USAJOBS · 3 months ago
Psychiatrist - Behavioral Health Community Based Outpatient Clinic
Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$123K/yr - $300K/yr
5+ years expErie VA Medical Center is seeking a Psychiatrist to join their Behavioral Health Community Based Outpatient Clinic. The role involves providing medical care and evaluation for psychiatry outpatients, managing wellness and illness care, and collaborating with other care providers to update therapeutic plans.
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Responsibilities
Provide medical care and evaluation for psychiatry outpatients in the mental health outpatient clinics
Utilizes advanced practice skills and knowledge in an independent manner in areas outpatient care, education, research and consultation with physician collaboration as needed. Provides healthcare to individuals, families, and groups across the adult life span. This process includes assessment, diagnosis, treatment plan and evaluation
Manages and provides wellness and illness care to assigned group of patients. This includes assessment, diagnosis, ordering and interpreting diagnostic studies, prescribing medications and treatment plan when applicable and evaluating treatment outcomes
Collaborates with patient and other care providers to evaluate and update changes in the therapeutic plan of care and patient management
Practices in a nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory manner and is sensitive to diversity
Appropriately documents assessments and interventions
Counsels patients in health promotion/disease prevention strategies
Conduct psychiatric evaluations, including assessment interviews, history and physical exams; lab, imaging, medication and psychotherapy consultation orders, aftercare plans and follow up visits
Provide appropriate follow up care including reassessments of diagnoses and conditions, medication adjustments, and any further tests or consults indicated
Provide mental health education /counseling and brief therapy of patients and their families
Primary responsibility for care of patients when the clinic medical director is absent
Perform examinations and screening scales (such as AIMS, MoCA, HAM-D) and similar non-invasive examinations specific to the ongoing care of psychiatric patients
Ordering appropriate laboratory tests, imaging studies, EKGs (electrocardiograms),and similar noninvasive tests
Answering consults for inpatients on the medical floor when called upon and holding scheduled appointments for outpatients to observe and record patients' medical progress
Evaluates outside consultations presenting to the mental health clinic and determines the appropriate disposition, routing and urgency of those consults
Facilitates access to the mental health clinic medical director and other staff for other Health Care Providers
Participation in regional and national meetings for the advancement of psychiatry and continuing medical education requirements
Qualification
Required
Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place 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
Proficiency in spoken and written English
Successful completion of an approved residency/fellowship training program in psychiatry
Demonstrate provision of psychiatric services in the past 24 months
Preferred
Mental Health
Benefits
The Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program.
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Authorized
Telework: Available - ad-hoc
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: Paid annual leave and sick leave are accrued based on hours worked.
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
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