Physician Psychiatrist

The incumbents primary assignment is to provide behavioral health services to patients throughout the facility to include Outpatient Clinics Inpatient Units Primary Care Emergency Department and to the Substance Abuse Post Traumatic Stress and Community Day incumbent is expected to possess a high degree of knowledge which includes mastery of diagnosing as defined by the Diagnostic Statistical Manual for Psychiatric Disorders (DSM) treatment interventions medications effects/side effects and mastery of the theories principals concepts and methodologies acquired through education and practice.FUNCTIONS OR SCOPE OF ASSIGNED DUTIES:

• Provides psychiatric assessment services and diagnosis mental disorders particularly for complex or unusually difficult patients via face-to-face/traditional mental health or via tele-mental health services to various locations including CBOCs.
• Provides education to patients family members and significant others.
• Provides consultation to professional staff concerning clinical assessment findings and appropriate treatment plans for patients.
• Develops implements and documents the treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients.
• Assumes complete professional responsibility for his/her clinical assessment findings patient care decisions and documentation.
• Complies with national and local performance measures including timely health care screening and completion of clinical reminders for all patients.
• Assists in the implementation of clinical programs.
• Assists in ensuring the facilities ability to meet standards issued by various accrediting and regulatory groups and VA Headquarters.
• Plans coordinates and implements quality clinical care through analysis and evaluation of multiple method and tools that measure quality.
• Participates in various mental health components of the Medical Center Strategic Plan.
• Complies with all CPRS documentation procedures including timeliness standards for documentation and proper patient check-out procedures (e.g. entering diagnostic and procedure codes).
• Facilitates liaisons with other health care programs in order to effectively coordinate services.
• Attends and participates in administrative and informational meetings held by the Psychiatry Service Leadership.
• Attends regular Mental Health staff meetings Medical Staff and facility committee meetings as assigned and complies with Psychiatry peer review procedures.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

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.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in 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.
• 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 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) b) OR
  (2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)OR
  (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) 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.
  Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as Physician Resident Providers (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather they are to have a scope of practice that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.