Psychiatrist - Inpatient and Outpatient

KurzSolutions • Hampton, VA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Full-time psychiatry on the Chesapeake Bay — inpatient, outpatient and ED, with a team that has your back. The Community Hampton sits at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in the heart of Hampton Roads, a 1.8-million-person metro that includes Newport News, Norfolk and Virginia Beach. You get waterfront living, four real seasons, no state tax on military retirement pay, and housing that costs a fraction of the Northeast corridor. Beaches are minutes away, Colonial Williamsburg and the Outer Banks are day trips, Richmond is an hour up I-64 and Washington, D.C. is under three hours. The region is home to Hampton University, William & Mary, Old Dominion and Eastern Virginia Medical School, so there is real academic and cultural depth alongside the coastline. Getting Here Newport News/Williamsburg International (PHF) – about 15 minutes from the facility. Norfolk International (ORF), with nonstops to Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Chicago, New York and Orlando, is about 30 minutes away. The Facility The Hampton VA Healthcare System is one of the busiest and fastest-growing VA health systems in the country, serving veterans across southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. Mental Health is a flagship service line with an inpatient psychiatry unit, a full outpatient clinic, emergency department coverage, residents and advanced practice providers, and an integrated electronic health record. A limited number of assignments may also support the Virginia Beach Community Based Outpatient Clinic at 244 Clearfield Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23462. 100 Emancipation Drive, Hampton, VA 23667

Requirements

• MD or DO with a full, active and unrestricted license to practice medicine in any U.S. state, territory or the District of Columbia
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Comfortable practicing across inpatient, outpatient and emergency settings in the same role
• U.S. citizenship

Responsibilities

• Provide inpatient psychiatric care — admissions, ward rounds, diagnosis, treatment planning, medication management, discharge and transfer
• Run outpatient psychiatry clinic sessions, seeing approximately 12–15 patients per day including new referrals and severely mentally ill patients
• Complete diagnostic assessments, suicide risk assessments and crisis intervention in the outpatient and emergency department settings
• Cover the inpatient psychiatry unit on assigned weekends and federal holidays, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
• Take evening telephone consultations on assigned weekends and holidays for medication management, psychiatric emergencies, restraint and seclusion questions, transfers and order clarification — remote EHR access is provided
• Provide clinical oversight of residents, interns, medical students and advanced practice providers
• Participate in peer review, case review and post-discharge follow-up; document care in the electronic health record within 24 hours

What This Job Offers

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