Psychiatry - Geriatrics Physician

Job description

Job description

•Contractor's physician(s) shall be responsible for: Inpatient Care: All psychiatrists will be required to work in collaboration with Mental Health staff who are part-time or full time salaried by the VA for inpatient care duties including but not limited to:

•Operating and collaborating physician's patients

•Seeing 1C/1D Psychiatry Service - Ward Patients

• Admitting

•Diagnosis of patients

•Developing Treatment Plans

•Managing, including the performance of timely treatment

•Discharge/Transfer

•Including all needed medical record documentation

•Outpatient Care

•Seeing all new patient referrals with accompanying medical records

• Seeing severely mental ill patients

• Evaluation disposition E-consult

• Post-discharged follow up

• Patients must be seen by provider in 30 days Clinic and Residential Care: Contractor's physician(s) shall provide clinical psychiatry services. Clinical duties include direct patient care.

•Contractor's physician (s)shall operate the clinic, examine patients, and interpret reports as required by the VA.

• Contractor's physician(s) shall be present and on time for any scheduled clinics as documented by physical presence in the clinic.

• The contractor's employees will be required to work with VA staff. Should clinic hours need to be changed, VA will provide the contractor a thirty-day advanced notice of the change. Approximate case load is as follows:

• 6 to 6.5 patient bookable hours per day.

• 6 patients for an hour each or roughly 12 patients for one half-hour each; or any combination of one-hour and one-half hour appointment per day totaling 6 to 6.5 bookable patient hours per day.

Licensure Requirements

Physician(s) shall be Board Certified /Board Eligible by the American Board of Psychiatry

Active BLS/ACLS

Who can apply

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