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Psychiatrist, Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (Outpatient)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This 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
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.
- →EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
- →Outpatient Psychiatrists are aligned under the Outpatient Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) Manager and are bargaining unit employees.
- →Outpatient BHIP psychiatrists provide care in accordance with the VA goals of highquality, Veteran-centered healthcare that embraces the recovery model.
- →Outpatient BHIP psychiatrists evaluate Veterans' mental health symptoms and provide diagnostic evaluation, medication initiations, ongoing medication follow up, monitoring of responses to medication trials, and provide mental health interventions as needed.
- →They can also conduct lethality assessments, determining appropriateness of medication trials, supportive counseling, further assessment, and follow up.
- →Additionally, they take inpatient call ass assigned.
- →Outpatient BHIP Psychiatrists function in a collaborative fashion with behavioral health team members, other departments, and medical staff members to provide behavioral health services.
- →Provides direct patient care in an outpatient mental health clinic setting Maintains competency in all aspects of psychiatric care Maintains currency in medication management, including adverse reactions and their appropriate treatments.
- →Uses appropriate documentation to record patients' medical history and all aspects of the patients' Psychiatric course of treatment.
- →Proctors psychiatry residents to include didactics and oversight of direct care when interested in training.
- →If not, they remain 100% clinical.
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: 1e8b2ae8-937a-417e-85ff-3b8ffdf61ead
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