Physician – Outpatient Psychiatrist
Job Description
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Position Description
We offer:·
Competitive Salaries·
Predictable work schedules and a focus on quality rather than volume·
Health, Dental & Vision Insurance·
Malpractice: Liability protection with tail coverage provided·
26 days paid vacation; 13 days paid sick time per year w/unlimited carry over; 11 paid holidays.·
Federal Retirement Plan·
Separate 401K with partial agency match ·
Recruitment and Relocation Incentives may be authorized for highly qualified candidates.
We are currently seeking full-time board certified/board eligible Psychiatrists for outpatient psychiatric services.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
Provide general outpatient clinical psychiatric services to Veterans and including on-call services.
General psychiatric care of adult Veterans to include: conducting diagnostic evaluations with ongoing medication management along with brief individual therapy as indicated. The psychiatrists will work as part of a team which includes a nurse, social workers and psychologists. Additionally, there are referral options for Psychological Testing and Neuropsychological Testing. Some of the specific counseling programs that Veterans can be referred to include: Trauma Recovery Program, DBT Program, Substance Abuse Program, TBI Clinic, Chronic Pain Program, etc.
Psychiatrist may be expected to provide direct clinical supervision of mid-level providers, psychiatric advanced practice nurses or physician assistants and other staff as appropriate.
Required to exercise judgment in the selection of or adaptation of standard and accepted clinical theories, techniques, and practices in treating patients or developing new techniques and programs for the treatment of specialized problems or clinical populations.
Common patient diagnoses treated include: PTSD, Anxiety Disorders, ADHD, Personality Disorders, Mood Disorders ( MDD, BP), Schizophrenia, Substance Use Disorders, Dementia and Sequela from Traumatic Brain Injuries.
There are specialty care clinics staffed by Psychiatric Specialty Pharmacists, NP’s and various other support staff including: Clozapine, Suboxone (as part of the Substance Treatment program- STARS) and MHICM (for veterans with severe mental illness and increased level of care needed).
Refer for internal and external specialty care such as Neurology, Sleep Lab, Endocrinology, etc. when indicated and coordinate care. There are local external resources for various somatic treatments including: Ketamine/ Esketamine, TMS and ECT.
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