Psychiatrist

KurzSolutions • Philadelphia, PA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Philadelphia VAMC (Corporal Michael Crescenz VAMC) provides health care to Veterans living in America's sixth-largest metropolitan area, including the city of Philadelphia and six surrounding counties in Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey. The CMCVAMC is part of the VA Healthcare Network-VISN4 and serves as an acute referral center for VA health care facilities in eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware and Southern New Jersey. This facility has three separate patient care buildings, one of the which (building 3) houses the Opioid treatment program were the work will be performed.

Requirements

• Must have a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) degree.
• Must be at minimum board eligible by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry, board certification preferred.
• Must have no less than two (2) years of experience as a full-time psychiatrist.
• Current, full, active and unrestricted license to practice medicine is required.
• Must have current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS). Certification cards must display the American Heart Association, the client or Military Training Network emblem. Web-based classes to not meet required standards.
• Must also have a full, unrestricted and active DEA license.

Nice To Haves

• Board certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Outpatient psychiatry, possibly with some consults to the inpatient Medical (Primary Care) unit and the inpatient Nursing Home Care (Extended Care) units.
• Admission/discharge, treatment and professional direction of inpatient care, specialized residential unit, outpatient care (including tele-mental health), psychiatric consultations, rounds, attending treatment teams.
• Provide on-call weekend and holiday psychiatrist coverage on a scheduled/rotating basis with other psychiatrists on staff.
• Weekend psych call would begin at 4:30 on Friday and run through 8:00 am the following Monday, occurring approximately one weekend per month.
• Provide on-call evening psychiatric coverage on a scheduled/rotating basis with other psychiatrists on staff.
• Evening call schedule would be from 4:30 pm each evening to 8:00 am the following day during the business work week, occurring approximately one week per month.
• Patients must be seen and evaluated within 24 hours of admission.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree