Physician (Psychiatry Lead)

Recruitment Information

The Lead Psychiatrist position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical care within the Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program including intake and follow-up care.
• Provides clinical care within Outpatient Behavioral Health including intake appointments, medication management, same-day access, and other clinical reviews as needed.
• Provides clinical coverage for staff on leave including planned surrogacy for providers on leave.
• Provides direct patient care including comprehensive psychiatric assessment and diagnostic services for Veterans with a broad range of psychopathology receiving care within the BHSL, including services for patients with complex psychopathology requiring advanced diagnostic and intervention skills.
• Provides direct patient care through education to patients and family members regarding Behavioral disorders and best practice approaches to treatment.
• Provides direct patient care through comprehensive assessment of Veterans at imminent risk of harm to self and/or others (including grave disability), and facilitates admission for acute psychiatric hospitalization.
• Provides direct patient care through evidence-based pharmacotherapy with evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions as indicated and appropriate.
• Provides direct patient care through the ordering, monitoring, and responding to all necessary laboratory and radiological assessments.
• Responsible for the initiation of appropriate health care consults and referrals for all direct-care patients as applicable.
• Provides consultation to health care providers about assessment findings and treatment plan for all direct-care patients to ensure that care is coordinated, collaborative, and integrated within the Medical Center.
• Develops, implements, and documents within the Behavioral health treatment plan for all direct-care patients as indicated and appropriate for the specific job setting and duties of the psychiatric provider.
• Complies with all Service Line documentation requirements, including standards for timely completion of documentation within the electronic health record (EHR) including but not limited to: patient contact notes, use of required documentation templates, clinical reminders, treatment plans, and risk assessment protocols.
• Adheres to all Facility and Service Line policies and practices for delivering direct patient care, including but not limited to direct risk assessment and risk mitigation practices for potentially dangerous behavior (suicide and violence), timeliness of care and access standards, professional conduct requirements, and EHR documentation convention.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Preferred completion of Psychiatry Residency at APA Accredited Training Program; Minimum of board eligible for psychiatry, but board certified preferred; Experience practicing in psychiatric residential care units, Acute Psychiatric Unites (APUs), and Behavioral Health, Minimum 1 year experience leading people or a clinical program are a plus.