Physician - Psychiatry

Durham VA Health Care System

The Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System is seeking a full-time Psychiatrist to join our dynamic team in Durham or Raleigh!

Duties:

The psychiatrist will provide psychiatric evaluations, follow up care and medication management. The psychiatrist will be fully qualified, credentialed and privileged to function in the clinical role assigned. This individual is delegated the authority and responsibility to assume clinical, consultative, educational and administrative duties and assignments related to the care of mental health outpatients. The psychiatrist must be skilled in general outpatient psychiatry, including diagnostic evaluations, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. He/she should be competent in the management of individuals with a broad range of clinical symptoms, including post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, substance use disorders, and mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders. The psychiatrist will serve as a collaborative member of a multidisciplinary team in managing an outpatient panel. The position may include administrative responsibilities, teaching and supervising students and residents as applicable.

Clinical:

• The primary focus of practice is the clinical management of patients assigned.
• Maintain effective relationships with other team members to determine and meet the social, environmental, economic and psychological needs of the patient.
• Participates as a key member of the patient care team to formulate treatment plans and monitor patient progress. Involvement with both, psychiatric and medical treatments.
• Utilizes and promotes approved standards of care, procedures, methods, techniques, safety precautions, and protocols in their application to treatment and management of acute and chronic mental illnesses for psychiatric outpatients.
• Provides and/or recommends medication management and individual and group psychotherapies as clinically indicated. Primary treatment modality will be medication management.
• Collaborates with other health care system resources to insure continuity of care.
• Keeps abreast of the latest trends, skills, procedures, equipment and protocols relevant to the care of patients.
• Facilitates the care of patients as well as their entry and exit from various health care systems by establishing and maintaining liaison with a variety of medical professionals and associated staff.
• Recording pertinent findings, impressions and plan of care in the patient's medical record for all patient encounters. This will generally be in the form of diagnostic interviews for new patients and progress notes for existing patients.
• Order laboratory tests, imaging studies, and psychological tests, and utilize the results in clinical decision-making.
• Provides coverage when peer is absent from the clinic to maintain continuity of clinical services.
• Other clinical duties as assigned by the supervising physician.

Administrative/Education:

• Promotes and participates in the delivery of patient and family health care education.
• Attends conferences and committee meetings as assigned by the supervising physician.
• Participates, directs, and provides opportunities for staff development through in-service education if requested.
• Facilitates responses/actions to patient inquires, including forms, regarding care and treatment received.
• Assures self-development responsibilities and maintains current knowledge of trends in the management of patients. Completes educational and training requirements in a timely manner
• Supervises assigned trainees and provides them with meaningful educational experiences.
• Other administrative and/or educational duties as assigned by the supervising physician.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized for highly qualified applicants.
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment)