St. Cloud VA Health Care System is seeking a Psychiatrist to care for Veterans within the Mental Health Service Line. An incentive is authorized for highly qualified candidates.
Clinical services are provided by a physician who has completed residency training in Psychiatry. S/he must be qualified to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with mental illness according to standard, usual, and acceptable methods and techniques. Core privileges: Admission, evaluation, diagnosis, and provision of treatment including consultation to adult patients presenting with mental, behavioral, addictive or emotional disorders.
Privileges include providing consultation to other physicians regarding mental health, behavioral or emotional and geriatric disorders, pharmacotherapy, and group and family therapy, behavior modification, consultation to the courts, and emergency psychiatry as well as ordering diagnostic, laboratory tests, and prescribing medications.
Core privileges also include the care of the ambulatory medically ill patient, including the prescription and ordering of non-psychiatric medications and performing medical history and physical examinations. Duties: Manages a panel of patients s/he follows on a regular basis and may also see unscheduled patients. Provides medication management services.
Coordinates patient care while developing and presenting treatment plans to the multidisciplinary treatment team; initiates consults, referrals, and psychotherapy as indicated; and documents clinical activity in the Veteran's computerized medical record.
Provides clinical support, guidance and oversight for the Mental Health (MH) services of the Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) MH staff and liaison to Primary Care as needed and directed by MH Service Line (SL) management. Serves on at least one Medical Center Committee or representing the MHSL on special Medical Center projects or initiatives. Documents the care provided in the electronic medical record in a timely and complete fashion.
Maintains training and waiver for provision of Suboxone as well as other psychiatric interventions deemed necessary by MHSL management. Provides some inpatient coverage and on-call responsibility and rotating weekday evening phone coverage. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. This position may be eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program.
Applicants selected for an EDRP-eligible position will be notified in their conditional job offer. The selectee must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit an EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program approval, award amount (up to $200,000), and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.
Former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply. Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply. Contact VHA.ELRSProgramSupport@va.gov for questions or assistance. Learn more. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): A recruitment/relocation incentive is authorized for highly qualified candidates.
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 Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm with potential for night, weekend and holiday coverage.
Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are: Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted.
Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) for the year in which the degree was granted. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, confirmation must be made that the medical school meets (or met) Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) eligibility requirement for year graduated.
NOTE: The Under Secretary of Health or designee in the VHA Central Office may approve the appointment under authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 of a physician graduate of a school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities.
The appointment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidate's credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $275000 – $315000/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-12-02.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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