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Physician (Psychiatrist - Float) - Recruitment/Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized, EDRP
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
About the Role
A full-time staff psychiatrist position as Float Team and Interventional Team and Research Psychiatrist is available at the Dallas VA Medical Center in the VA North Texas Health Care System Mental Health Service (VANTHCS MHS) in Dallas, TX. This position is being offered with planned support from University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW). Recruitment or Relocation Incentive May be Authorized for highly qualified individual. Education Debt Reduction Program is authorized.
What You'll Do
- →This is an Open Continuous Announcement & will remain open until May 14, 2027, or until all positions are filled.
- →The first cut-off date is June 01, 2026.
- →Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled.
- →Applicants will remain active for 3 months after their initial application is received and/or updated.
- →After that time, you must update your application through your USAJobs account if you would like to be made active again for possible consideration during the open period.
- →Duties may include but are not limited to: Provides comprehensive psychiatric medical care (assessment, consultation, treatment) to patients in various areas of VANTHCS MHS.
- →General outpatient and inpatient psychiatry, including diagnostic evaluations, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy.
- →Manages individuals with a broad range of clinical problems, including but not limited to post-traumatic stress disorder, mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders, substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders in the elderly Veteran population.
- →Delivering interventional psychiatric treatments including ECT, esketamine, ketamine, and rTMS.
- →Acts as the Primary Investigator in collaborative VA-University of Texas Southwestern research in rTMS.
- →Conducts psychiatric clinical research.
- →Serves as a collaborative member of the broader VANTHCS MHS team.
- →May provide clinical supervision for and be assigned as formal collaborator for health care professionals such as Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Clinical Pharmacy Specialists.
- →Provides supervision to health profession trainees.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 81c0ef0e-d7e9-4b74-8e94-8bdd2da44513
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