The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a dedicated and skilled Psychiatrist to join our medical team. This position entails providing a comprehensive range of psycho-diagnostic services and therapeutic interventions for a diverse patient population, including males, females, geriatric, and post-deployment combat veterans. Responsibilities include performing psychiatric evaluations, crisis intervention, medication management, and overall patient care in various clinical settings such as outpatient, inpatient, emergency department, and integrated programs.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct psychiatric evaluations and provide psychotherapeutic techniques.
• Perform diagnostic assessments, medication evaluation, suicide risk assessments, and crisis interventions.
• Coordinate consults, triage specialty clinic referrals, and collaborate in multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Order diagnostic tests, interpret results, and decide on appropriate treatments.
• Ensure compliance with Joint Commission, CARF, VA policies, and HIPAA regulations.
• Participate in the supervision and teaching of psychiatric residents and trainees.
• Engage in performance improvement, quality assurance initiatives, and provide leadership and guidance to staff.
• Complete all clinical charting and documentation timely.
• Oversee personal research programs aimed at improving treatment approaches.

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM.

• 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)

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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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