Board Certified/Board Eligible Psychiatrist Physicians

Posterity Group LLC•Loma Linda, CA

About The Position

Posterity Group LLC is seeking Board Certified/Eligible Psychiatrists to staff The VA Loma Linda Healthcare System (VALLHS). The role involves performing psychiatric evaluations and providing a full range of therapeutic interventions for a diverse patient population, including veterans with mental health and psychosocial issues. The psychiatrist will ensure practice aligns with TJC, CARF, HIPPA, VA policies, and other regulations, while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive patient care. Responsibilities may include ordering diagnostic tests, participating in supervision and teaching, performing on-call duties, and addressing various psychiatric disorders in different clinical settings. The role may also involve serving as a mental health team leader.

Requirements

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.
at least 3 years of experience
Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

Performs psychiatric evaluations for a diverse population, including geriatric and post deployment combat Veterans, who are mentally ill and have psychosocial issues such as homelessness, unemployment, and poor family support network.
Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation and management, suicide risk assessments, crisis intervention, and overall care of patients with psychiatric disorders.
Ensures practice of psychiatric medicine is consistent with TJC, CARF, HIPPA, VA policies and procedures, clinical practice guidelines, national statutes and regulations, medical record documentation, and mandatory continuing education.
Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including assessment and the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care.
Participates effectively in team meetings and treatment planning conferences and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members that enhances coordination of comprehensive patient care.
Orders diagnostic tests and consultations and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions.
May participate in supervision and teaching in support of the psychiatric residency program, performs on call duties, and performs other directly related duties as assigned.
Areas which the Board Certified/Board Eligible Psychiatrist Physicians is assigned and has clinical privileges to practice may include depression, anxiety, psychosis, PTSD, substance abuse, and other psychiatric disorders in various clinical settings (outpatient, inpatient, ED, and through VA Video Connect).
The Board Certified/Board Eligible Psychiatrist Physicians may serve as a mental health team leader with responsibilities for coordinating consults and triage of specialty clinic referrals.
Other duties as assigned.