Summary

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Qualifications

To qualify for this position - you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Education: Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine
• The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
• License: Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
• (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - b) OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) -OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences
• Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs)
• PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis
• PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
• rather - they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
• Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
• Proficiency in spoken and written English
• Preferred Experience: ABPN or AOBNP board certified or eligible or anticipated eligibility Buprenorphine treatment experience Methadone treatment experience Addiction Psychiatry fellowship Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• Physical Requirements: This position may require potentially long periods of continued Moderate lifting of 15-44 pounds - Moderate carrying under 15-44 pounds - Reaching above shoulder - Use of fingers - Walking for 8 hours - Both legs required - Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4 - Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other - Both eyes required - Hearing (aid may be permitted) - Mental and emotional stability.

Duties

• This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT & will remain open until November 7 - 2025 or until positions are filled
• Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur
• As a VA Physician - your opportunities are endless
• With many openings in the multiple functions of VA - you will have a wide range of opportunities at your fingertips
• Not only is it the largest - most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the nation - but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• VHA Physician Total Rewards
• Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more
• EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact vhaedrpprogramsupport@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance 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) Paid Parental Leave: 12 weeks time off for birth of child - adoption - foster care 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 $2 -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 A full-time position is available for a Psychiatrist on the Substance Use Disorder Team in the VA North Texas Health Care System - Mental Health Service (VANTHCS MHS) in Dallas - Texas
• Core responsibilities include providing comprehensive psychiatric medical care (assessment - consultation - treatment) to patients in the Dallas Mental Health Gold Team - which is an outpatient clinic with a focus on providing care to Veterans with addictions and substance use disorders
• Incumbent must be skilled in general outpatient psychiatry & addiction psychiatry - including diagnostic evaluations - pharmacotherapy & psychotherapy
• He/she should be competent in the management of individuals with a broad range of clinical problems - including but not limited to substance use disorders - mood - anxiety and psychotic disorders - post-traumatic stress disorder - and psychiatric disorders in the elderly Veteran population
• The incumbent will serve as a collaborative member of a multidisciplinary mental health team
• Incumbent is encouraged to be involved in medical student - psychiatry resident and addiction psychiatry fellow education
• He/she may provide clinical supervision and may act as formal collaborating physician for health care professionals such as NP & Physician Assistants
• All psychiatrists at VANTHCS are expected to provide coverage to the inpatient psychiatric unit on a rotating basis (typically two to four times per year)
• The incumbent may also be called upon to assist with coverage of critical need areas based upon the needs of the service
• Veterans served by the Gold Team tend to have serious and severe crises - be dually diagnosed - and have numerous psychosocial deficits
• Treatment provided occurs in the outpatient level of care through an outpatient clinic in Dallas (main campus) - an outpatient opioid replacement program - and an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
• Patients are seen on scheduled and unscheduled basis
• The incumbent may also be periodically called upon to provide cross coverage to the SUD Residential Treatment Program
• VANTHCS MHS provides a full range of mental health services including general adult psychiatry - geriatrics - forensics - psychosomatic medicine - substance abuse sub-specialty services - trauma services - psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery programs - comprehensive homeless programs - peer support services - opiate replacement programs - Mental Health Intensive Case Management - vocational rehabilitation programs - domiciliary based programs and inpatient programs
• There is ongoing active research in addiction psychiatry - post-traumatic stress disorder - disaster psychiatry - mood disorders - and homelessness
• Clinical training programs exist for medical students - psychiatry residents and fellows - clinical psychologists - social workers and nurses
• VA North Texas Health Care System has an active relationship with multiple academic affiliates
• Work Schedule: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm - Monday - Friday with light on-call responsibilities