Psychiatrist Job Listing at Department of Veterans Affairs in Elsmere, DE (Job ID 2923047-2024-04-05)

Description

The VA Wilmington Health Care System in Wilmington, Delaware is recruiting for one Psychiatrist for Treatment Resistant Depression. The VA Wilmington Healthcare System provides world-class health care, trains America's future health care providers, and conducts important medical research.
This position is offering the Education Debt Reduction Program, and a Sign-On Bonus!

Major Duties and Responsibilities Include:

• Substance Use Disorder treatment
• Primarily responsible for on campus TMS/esketamine service and consults as well as working with the Behavioral Health Service line (BHS) and other service lines on developing / implementing ketamine service for Treatment Resistant Depression. Occasional assignments for additional coverage in the acute and outpatient services as needed.
• Refer for internal and external specialty care such as Neurology, Sleep Lab, Endocrinology, etc. when indicated and coordinate care
• Evaluates and reviews community referrals for procedures such as ECT and others, to determine if they are clinically indicated and whether preliminary criteria for approval have been met

• Performs psychiatric evaluations for a diverse population, including geriatric and post deployment combat Veterans, who are mentally ill and have psychosocial issues such as homelessness, unemployment, and poor family support network
• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation and management, suicide risk assessments, crisis intervention, and overall care of patients with psychiatric disorders
• Ensures practice of psychiatric medicine is consistent with TJC, CARF, HIPAA, VA policies and procedures, clinical practice guidelines, national statutes and regulations, medical record documentation, and mandatory continuing education
• Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including assessment and the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care
• The Psychiatrist may serve as a mental health team leader with responsibilities for coordinating consults and triage of specialty clinic referrals
• Participates effectively in team meetings and treatment planning conferences, and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members that enhances coordination of comprehensive patient care
• Will work in a team environment with nursing support
• Orders diagnostic tests and consultations, and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions
• May participate in supervision and teaching in support of the psychiatric residency program, performs on call duties, and performs other directly related duties as assigned
• Areas which the psychiatrist is assigned and has clinical privileges to practice may include depression, anxiety, psychosis, PTSD, substance abuse, and other psychiatric disorders in various clinical settings (outpatient, inpatient, ED)

Compensation Information:
$275000.0 / Annually - $275000.0 / Annually
Details:
Salary may go above posted amount. Education and length of practice are considered through a formal pay-setting process to determine the final compensable salary (Base Pay + Market Pay)