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Physician - Psychiatrist (Acute Recovery Center)

daly city, CA

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Job Description

Join our Team at the Department of Veterans VA Medical Center in San Francisco, CA as a Physician - Psychiatrist (Acute Recovery Center)!

The Inpatient and Interventional Psychiatrist serves as an Attending Psychiatrist for the SFVA Acute Recovery Center Inpatient Unit in which they provide psychiatric care to veterans requiring inpatient psychiatric hospitalizations. The incumbent also provides inpatient and outpatient interventional psychiatry care such as ketamine infusion, electromagnetic stimulation treatment, and transmagnetic stimulation treatment to veterans as part of a multidisciplinary team. The psychiatrist also provides supervision and mentorship of UCSF trainees, and also serves as VA faculty back up for on call residents at the SFVA. The incumbent works with a multidisciplinary team providing mental health care to Veterans with diagnoses such as Schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders as well as complex/treatment-resistant mood disorders including Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, and Anxiety Disorders.

Major duties include but may not be limited to:

Participate in an effective clinical program with attention to patient outcome indicators.

Practice within the scope of assigned privileges.

Comply with the bylaws, rules and regulations of the facility and agency.

Meet medical staff criteria for initial appointment and reappointment, including ongoing CME.

Comply with prescribed record keeping practices in accordance with the rules, regulations and bylaws.

Comply with prescribed information security policy and procedures.

Work effectively with patients, families, staff, coworkers and other health care professionals.

Participate in Medical Service educational activities and scheduled meetings.

Comply with assigned Peer Reviews and maintaining quality assurance standards.

Complete all assigned health record reviews, peer reviews, etc., within the identified timeframes.

Additional duties as assigned.

Board certification is required due to its teaching UCSF affiliation.

Benefits and Features

* Expected Salary Range from $300K - $315K (negotiable based on candidate's qualifications, credentials and experience).

* Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm Mon-Fri.

* Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized.

* Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized.

* 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).

* 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.

We encourage you to consider VA employment in San Francisco, CA. We offer both a mission you can put your heart into and a home for fun, new experiences. Join a team that values a healthy home/work life balance and be rewarded by your role in keeping the promise to those who served.

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daly city, CA, 94013, US

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