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Physician - Psychiatrist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
Position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →This is an open continuous announcement.
- →Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available.
- →Applications will remain on file until September 30, 2026.
- →The position involves assessing and treating outpatients, and when on call, emergency department patients and inpatients, with psychopharmacology and psychotherapy.
- →On call includes in-house call in rotation with others, and some call from home.
- →On weekends, the attending is expected to do an attending admission note on all new patients and to make sure all patients on acute psychiatry have a clinical note in addition to an encounter.
- →These notes may be fairly divided with the resident(s), but the attending is also supervising the resident notes.
- →The chief of the service is also available for administrative emergencies or clinical emergencies and unexpected adverse events.
- →When on call, check the admission log for new admissions to make sure all such patients have appropriate attending notes.
- →The applicant is directly accountable to the Chief.
- →Mental Health, Salem VAMC.
- →The applicant works independently; supervision is mainly advisory in nature.
- →The applicant provides first line supervision to residents and physician assistants as assigned, and may be required to lead clinical teams.
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
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.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 2-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 36deb797-cb7a-47e3-a292-f17b28451366
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