Physician -Psychiatrist

Psychiatrist

The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Serves as a member of the acute psychiatry services team at the Omaha Veteran Affairs Hospital, an academic clinical care site. The acute psychiatry services team participates in shared coverage of the inpatient psychiatry unit (12 beds) and the consult-liaison psychiatry service.
• Performs mental health assessments/psychiatric evaluations for a diverse population including, but not limited to, individuals with anxiety, trauma, mood, substance use/addiction, psychosis, grief/loss, adjustment, and attention/cognitive symptoms as well as those with suicidality and personality disorders, all in the context of psychosocial and medical comorbidities
• Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services and therapeutic interventions including, but not limited to, diagnostic assessment, capacity determinations, medication evaluation and management, (including prescribing and management of buprenorphine/naloxone) placing referrals/consults as appropriate, suicide risk assessments, clinical reminders, treatment plans, crisis intervention, and overall care of individuals with psychiatric disorders
• Serves as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team which may include being the informal leader of the team with responsibilities for coordinating consults and triage of specialty clinic referrals
• Participates effectively in team meetings/treatment planning conferences and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to enhance the care of Veterans
• Orders diagnostic tests and studies; discriminates between normal and abnormal findings; and makes appropriate management decisions
• Supervises and teaches trainees of educational affiliate programs, including medical students and residents.
• Ensures practice of psychiatry is consistent with TJC, HIPPA, VA policies and procedures, clinical practice guidelines, national and local statutes and regulations, medical record documentation, and mandatory continuing education requirements
• Performs on-call duties, quarterly on average
• Other duties as assigned

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM