Physician- (Psychiatrist)- EDRP and Recruitment/Relocation Incentive May be Authorized

About the role

This vacancy will remain open until filled. The first cut-off date is 06/05/2026. Additional applications will be referred as needed. (open continuous announcement).

A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be authorized for a Highly Qualified Individual.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive psychiatric medical care (assessment, consultation, treatment) to patients on the outpatient mental health team.
• Skilled in general outpatient psychiatry, including diagnostic evaluations, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy.
• Competent in managing individuals with a broad range of clinical problems, including but not limited to post-traumatic stress disorder, mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders, substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders in the elderly Veteran population.
• Competent in seeing patients in context of scheduled and unscheduled (walk-in) visits. Competent to see patients new to mental health services.
• May be expected to provide clinical supervision for health care professionals such as Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Clinical Pharmacy Specialists.
• Assigned to act as collaborating physician for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.
• Involvement in supervising and teaching health care professional trainees such as medical students, psychiatry residents, and other trainees.
• Involved in supervising and teaching health care professional trainees such as medical students, psychiatry residents, and fellows, clinical psychologists, social workers and nurses.
• Engaged in ongoing active research in addiction psychiatry, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, mood disorders, and homelessness.
• Participates in clinical training programs for medical students, psychiatry residents and fellows, clinical psychologists, social workers and nurses.

Requirements

All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens. NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.

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. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. 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.

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Education: 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.
• License: 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. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are:
• (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA), in the list published for the year the residency, or fellowship if applicable, was completed;
• (2) One year of post medical school training (internship, first year of residency, or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States;
• (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.