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Physician (Psychiatry)- Recruitment/Relocation Incentive/EDRP Authorized
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 134 days ago
About the Role
This vacancy will remain open until filled. The first cut-off date is 06/04/2026. Additional applications will be referred as needed. (open continuous announcement).
What You'll Do
- →A full-time staff psychiatrist position is available on the Homeless Domiciliary team at the VA North Texas Health Care System Mental Health Service (VANTHCS MHS) in Dallas, TX.
- →This position is fully in-person.
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Duties are but not limited to: Core responsibilities include providing comprehensive psychiatric medical care (assessment, consultation, treatment) to patients residing in the Homeless Domiciliary at the Dallas VA Medical Center.
- →Incumbent must be skilled in general outpatient psychiatry, including diagnostic evaluations, pharmacotherapy, and psychotherapy.
- →They should be competent in the management of 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.
- →The incumbent should be comfortable managing patients with concurrent psychiatric, medical, and psychosocial challenges.
- →The incumbent should be comfortable providing care for scheduled and unscheduled patients including performing briefer triage-style visits.
- →The incumbent will serve as a collaborative member of an interdisciplinary mental health team at the Dallas VA Medical Center as well as the larger combined team of all residential programs at VANTHCS.
- →They may provide coverage to other residential programs based on service needs.
- →Incumbent is encouraged to be involved in medical student, psychiatry resident and addiction psychiatry fellow education.
- →He/she will provide clinical supervision for health care professionals such as Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants and may act as formal collaborating physician.
- →There is ongoing active research in addiction psychiatry, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, mood disorders, and homelessness.
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
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