Physician -Psychiatrist

About the role

Join the outstanding team at the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System (VANWIHCS)! We are seeking a dynamic, board‑certified Psychiatrist for a full‑time inpatient position. This is an incredible opportunity to make a profound impact on the lives of our veterans while working alongside dedicated healthcare professionals in a supportive and rewarding environment.

Responsibilities

• 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 psychiatric services 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.

Requirements

• United States Citizenship: Non‑citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine; the degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• Current – full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Resid