Physician Psychiatrist – BHIP (Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program) Team Supervisor
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
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Posted: 30-Sep-24
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Type: Full Time
Salary: $240,000 - $300,000
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Sector:
Government
Internal Number: 12492268
Position Description:
As a Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) Psychiatrist and Team Supervisor at the SAVAHCS, 51-75% of your work will be providing outpatient care to Veterans with mental health disorders as part of an integrated team of psychiatrist providers, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and clinical pharmacists. Our psychiatrists have an assigned Care Coordinator who triages walk-in patients, answers patient phone calls, and serves as a physician extender as appropriate. You would be scheduled for 15-22.5 hours per week of direct patient care, to include a combination of intakes and follow-ups. Call is limited to 3-4 weeks per year of home call (psychiatry resident is first call) and in-house rounding on the weekend. Weekend days are compensated by having weekdays off. Teaching opportunities with the University of Arizona Medical School are
available. The remaining 25-49% of your work will be providing administrative oversight for one respective BHIP team consisting of psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, registered nurse care coordinators, psychologists, social workers functioning as either psychotherapists or case managers and/or licensed practical nurses. Responsibilities include administering and coordinating performance standards and evaluations, clinical skill evaluations in conjunction with their discipline-specific program area leads, workload evaluation, competencies, efficiencies, and all other personnel related responsibilities. As a psychiatrist, you would serve as the clinical lead and consultant for BHIP psychiatry and psychiatric providers.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, Full-time, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm or 7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Requirements:
United States Citizenship
Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine
Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in all the US States
Residency Training leading to eligibility for board certification
Board Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
Preferred Requirements:
Experience with clinical and/or administrative supervision, management, and or program coordination.
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.