Description
The VA Pacific Islands Health Care System provides access to patient care to over 130,000 veterans across a 2.6M square mile area of the Pacific Ocean. Remote Island locations, separated by great distances of ocean, is the environment in which the VAPIHCS delivers a full range of comprehensive health care services. The VAPIHCS operates seven community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) covering seven county areas. These outpatient clinics are in America Samoa, Guam, Hilo, Kauai, Kona, Leeward, and Maui. VAPIHCS is a Level 2 facility within the VA Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21).
- Incumbent will provide psychiatrist services as part of an interdisciplinary specialty mental health team, participates in team meetings, committees, and other assigned duties as a member of the VAPIHCS medical staff.
- Duties including providing a full range of psychiatric care, including psychotherapy and psychopharmacotherapy, for Veteran patients consistent with clinical privileges in psychiatry using various modalities (Face-to-Face; Telehealth; Phone) as required for the program.
- Conduct comprehensive psychiatric diagnostic assessments.
- Participates effectively in weekly team as well as informal treatment planning conferences.
- Orders diagnostic tests and consultations related to psychiatric issues and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions.
- Performs on call duties, maintains availability for consultation as needed by TSRP, the residential PTSD Rehabilitation and Recovery Program (PRRP), and Behavioral Health staff.
- Documents care in the electronic health record, including regularly updated documentation of treatment plans, and participates in quality improvement activities and peer chart reviews.
- Conducts evidence-based groups in collaboration with staff from other disciplines.
- Provides Prescribing Staff on Duty (PSOD) calendar coverage rotation approximately once per week.
- Assists in coordination with in-patient treatments and hospitalization processes, manages psychiatric emergencies in the clinic including conducting comprehensive suicide risk assessments and developing safety plans.
- Provides education and information to veterans engaged in treatment and any relevant family members or care partners.
- Participates in the call pool as an Attending Psychiatrist. Typically ~5 weekends/weeks per year, depending on the size of the on-call pool.
- Must work effectively with a multidisciplinary team.
- Flexible mindset- willing to cover residential PTSD program and Triage clinic on an ad hoc basis.
- When there is shortage of staffing, willing to help cross-cover other areas within ambulatory care program mental health as work week allows and as requested by supervisor.
- Provide training and supervision to psychiatry residents rotating in TSRP and/or PRRP Programs.
- Must maintain privileges with Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) to enable care of Tricare beneficiaries.
- Must have ability to use distinct medical record systems for outpatient (CPRS) and inpatient (Genesis) care interchangeably.
- Participate in a Performance Improvement Project (PIP).
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Work Schedule: 7:30am to 4:00pm, Monday through Friday
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
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