Physician-Supervisory Psychiatrist

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.

Responsibilities

• Performs psychiatric evaluations for a diverse population - including geriatric and post deployment combat Veterans - who are mentally ill and have psychosocial issues such as homelessness - unemployment - and poor family support network
• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions including diagnostic assessment - medication evaluation and management - suicide risk assessments - crisis intervention - psychotherapy - and overall care of patients with psychiatric disorders
• Modalities for patient care include face-to-face - tele-video - and phone calls as clinically appropriate
• Maintains appropriate licensing and board certifications as applicable
• Participates effectively in team meetings and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to enhance coordination of comprehensive patient care
• Functioning as part of a psychiatric care team working with other physicians - PA's - APN's - nurses - Psychologist - LCSW & other team members
• Works as collaborating physician with PA's and APN's as necessary
• Orders diagnostic tests and consultations
• Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions
• May participate in supervision and teaching in support of medical students and residents in training
• Outpatient: 1 hour provided for new patients - 30 minutes for follow ups
• Inpatient (if applicable): working with interdisciplinary team including PA - SW - nursing - and others on inpatient unit
• Management of psychiatric inpatients from admit to discharge - with assistance of PA's
• Documentation including psychiatric evaluations - suicide risk assessments - daily progress notes - and others as applicable
• Provide administrative supervision to a team of MH providers at assigned location

Benefits

• Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases
• Paid Time Off: 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)
• 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)
• Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
• Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting