Physician (Psychiatrist)

About the role

The Robert S. Poydasheff VA Clinic in Columbus, Georgia, is a state-of-the-art outpatient facility providing primary care and a wide range of specialty health services including mental health services, laboratory services, and more for veterans.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the screening, examination, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of all patients.
• Completes appropriate follow-up examinations and medication management of assigned patients and ensures that all assigned patients receive the necessary care.
• Reviews medical information on all referred and assigned patients.
• Consults with patients, their families, and other medical professionals, attorneys, and other appropriate persons to interpret clinical findings.
• Leads, facilitates, and coordinates treatment planning and assigns persons responsible for follow up on established goals and objectives.
• Directs and instructs nurses, other professional support staff, attendants, and residents in the care and treatment of patients.
• Prescribes medications for the treatment of physical and psychological disorders within approved clinical privileges.
• Attends and participates in general and teaching conferences as assigned.
• Pursues and receives advanced training in the field of pharmacological, behavioral, cognitive, and motivational therapies, crisis interventions, and treatment compliance to enhance these areas of expertise for all CAVHCS.
• Provides consultation services to other disciplines within Mental Health across service lines and the VISN.
• Provides coverage for inpatient/outpatient psychiatrists as required.
• Provides formal supervision for Nurse Practitioners with respects to DEA requirements.
• Serves as Psychiatrist Officer of the Day for on-call duties during non-administrative hours, weekend, and holidays as assigned.
• Abides by all patient Care, documentation policies and Medical Center Bylaws.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• 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.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Exceptional circumstances may allow for appointment under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 of a physician graduate of a school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities.

Qualifications

• To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement.
• Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Pay

• Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
• 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
• CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
• Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Schedule

Subject to change based on the needs of the agency

Benefits

• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
• CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
• Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting