Psychiatrist Physician (Regular Ft)

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing • Martinsburg, WV

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About The Position

Martinsburg VA Medical Center offers a comprehensive range of services - including internal medicine - ambulatory surgery - audiology and speech pathology - dental - nursing home - nutrition - podiatry - prosthetics - women's health - mental health and rehabilitation medicine. Patient care is provided through an integrated primary care concept - and each veteran is assigned to a team of health care providers that follows the patient's care both as an inpatient and an outpatient.

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
• The successful applicant must be able to demonstrate that he/she has provided treatment or consultative services for at least 100 patients during the past 24 months

Nice To Haves

• Board Certified or Board Eligible

Responsibilities

• Psychiatric admission to inpatient unit - including work-up - diagnostic assessment - and provision of treatment
• Conduct risk and memory (MMSE/MoCA) assessments on patients using psychiatric principles
• Perform mental status examinations
• Perform AIMS
• Diagnose movement disorders
• Perform MMSE
• Make psychiatric diagnoses using current DSM and ICD criteria
• Provide psychiatric consultation to other providers on patients with mental - behavioral - or emotional disorders
• Manage a full range of psychotropic medication
• Manage psychiatric issues in geriatric patients
• Manage patients with addictive disorders
• Perform supportive psychotherapy
• Perform eclectic cognitive psychotherapy
• Perform group psychotherapy
• Perform family and marital therapy
• Evaluation - admission - and detoxification of alcohol/opiate dependence
• Demonstrates current clinical knowledge
• Acquires and maintains current knowledge in practice (assessments - therapies - clinical skills - etc.) to effectively meet patient needs as well as program - service - functional area or system performance
• Attends Medical Center and community meetings - seminars - conferences and represents a professional image of Physician health professional member of the Martinsburg VA Medical Center
• Designs/revises formal standards of practice to improve patient outcomes and health care delivery process at the service - functional group - Medical Center - network - or community levels
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams in implementing standards of practice
• Diagnostic assessment - evaluation and treatment of patients with mental - behavioral or emotional disorders
• Manage patients with addictive disorders - perform supportive psychotherapy and perform mental status examinations on patients using psychiatric and recovery-oriented principals
• Initial and ongoing assessment of patient's mental - physical - and psychosocial status

Benefits

• Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program
• Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases
• Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
• 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)
• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
• CME: Possible $1 -000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
• Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
• Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree