Physician - Staff Psychiatrist

About the role

The Mental Health Service Line (MHSL) provides healthcare services in a cost-effective institutionalized setting for patients who may be eligible for disease management and coordination of care. The Staff Psychiatrist is primarily responsible for the overall psychiatric care delivered to enrolled Veterans at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center. Psychiatric care includes diagnosing and appropriately treating the patients' psychiatric and/or behavioral problems, managing use of antipsychotic medications, providing consultative psychiatric services for other disciplines when needed, collaborating with medical providers, clinical pharmacists, psychologists and other interdisciplinary treatment team members, responding to psychiatric emergencies within the facility. The provision of psychiatric care may be delivered on-station or remotely through telehealth.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and treat psychiatric and behavioral problems of enrolled Veterans
• Manage use of antipsychotic medications
• Provide consultative psychiatric services for other disciplines as needed
• Collaborate with medical providers, clinical pharmacists, psychologists and other interdisciplinary treatment team members
• Respond to psychiatric emergencies within the facility
• Deliver psychiatric care on-station or remotely through telehealth
• Collaborate with inpatient, outpatient and residential programs as assigned

Requirements

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.

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• 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.
• Completed residency training in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Skills

Board Certification in Psychiatry preferred.

Benefits

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases, 50-55 days of paid time off per year, traditional federal pension, federal 401K, free liability protection with tail coverage, and many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.

Pay

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases, and benefits including health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care.

Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM (subject to change based on agency needs).