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Physician (Psychiatrist)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
Mental Health Service is divided generally into Sections including Inpatient, Outpatient, Residential (SARRTP), outpatient Substance Use Disorder (SUD), and Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI). Seeking intermittent Psychiatrists to fill a Saturday or Sunday in need of coverage for the Inpatient Psychiatry Unit and ER consults for Mental Health
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are not limited to the following: Duties of the provider: Physician will provide consultation services and follow up of Psychiatry patients, in his or her designated field, in the inpatient and/or outpatient setting, at the VA Medical center in Asheville NC or one of the affiliated CBOCs (Community Based Outpatient Clinics).
- →When working with inpatients, provider is expected to participate in discharge planning and other interdisciplinary patient care plan activities.
- →During this time, information regarding patient status should be discussed with the Inpatient Psychiatrist and other team members and ensure proper hand off at the end of the shift as necessary.
- →Physicians may be assigned duty as a supervising or collaborating physician for a midlevel provider.
- →Physicians are expected to provide clinical oversight and review Supervising or collaborating responsibilities and performance will be noted in the physician's performance evaluation Most providers will need to act as surrogates for the patients of their colleagues, when one or more of their colleagues are on leave.
- →Telework: This is not a Tele-work position Virtual: This is not a Virtual position.
- →Remote: This is not a Remote position Work Schedule: Saturday/Sunday (as needed)
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 identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/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 1 or 2-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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