Physician (Psychiatrist) Medical Director, PCMHI EDRP and RecruitmentRelocation May be Available

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT & will remain open until May 08 2026 or until all positions are filled. The first cut-off date is December 26 2025. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled.

Applicants will remain active for 3 months after their initial application is received and/or updated. After that time you must update your application through your USAJobs account if you would like to be made active again for possible consideration during the open period.



Core responsibilities for the Medical Director of the Primary Care - Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) include leading and coordinating the operations of a multidisciplinary outpatient team with a focus on uninterrupted high-quality care to Veterans. He/She monitors and ensures compliance with VANTHCS and mental health policies regulations executive orders and management directives. He/She will collaborate with other teams and team leaders to improve communication and to ensure ongoing continuity of care for Veterans.

• In conjunction with the Clinical Directors of this Mental Health Team the Medical Director PCMHI organizes and directs administrative operational patient and personnel activities for the team; Coordinating interdisciplinary staffing work assignments resource allocation and direct patient care.
• Provides integrated mental health care in primary care clinic settings through collaboration with primary care physicians and nurses. Core responsibilities also include providing triage services to Veterans new to Mental Health; Consulting with primary care physicians providing brief mental health assessments and time-limited follow up to Veterans not established in specialty mental health and educating veterans nurses and mental health staff about behavioral health issues.
• Skilled in general outpatient psychiatry including diagnostic evaluations pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. Competent in the management of individuals with a broad range of clinical problems including but not limited to post-traumatic stress disorder mood anxiety and psychotic disorders substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders in the elderly Veteran population.
• Serves as a collaborative member of a multidisciplinary mental health team. Provides clinical supervision and acts as formal collaborative physician for health care professionals such as Nurse Practitioners Physician Assistants and Clinical Pharmacy Specialists. They will also provide shared administrative supervision for Social Workers Psychologists Peer Support and Nursing staff.

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.
• Education: 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.
• License: 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.
• English Language Proficiency: Proficiency in spoken and written English.

• ABPN or AOBNP board certified or eligible or anticipated eligibility
• Buprenorphine treatment experience
• Integrated Care experience
• Administrative Psychiatry experience
• Significant VA practice experience