Over 1 Million Paying Vacancies Available. Discover Your Dream Vacancy with Us!

Are you looking for a Staff Physician - Psychiatrist? We suggest you consider a direct vacancy at Veterans Health Administration in Ann Arbor. The page displays the terms, salary level, and employer contacts Veterans Health Administration person

Job opening: Staff Physician - Psychiatrist

Salary: $230 000 - 400 000 per year
City: Ann Arbor
Published at: Nov 20 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This is an open Psychiatry position located within the Flint / Howell CBOCs as part of the VA Ann Arbor Health System (VA AAHS). VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System (VAAAHS), in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School, is actively recruiting for full or part-time psychiatrists.

Duties

Candidates should be board-eligible/certified in Psychiatry, have strong broad clinical (outpatient and hospital-based settings) and leadership skills and ability to adapt and work flexibly with several multidisciplinary teams. This position also requires managing patients with addictive disorders, performing supportive psychotherapy, and performing mental status examinations on patients using psychiatric and recovery-oriented principals. The position will also require the diagnostic assessment, evaluation, and treatment of patients with mental, behavioral, or emotional disorders. Additionally, Administrative functions will include implementing policies and procedures related to patient care delivery with team approach, interdisciplinary patient care planning, and evaluation of his/her own practice through participation in professional peer review case conferences, research studies, or other organized means. THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): 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) 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 (8:00 p.m. to 4:30)

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed. Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences. Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs. Proficiency in spoken and written English. Additional Requirement: Candidates should be board-eligible/certified in Psychiatry, have strong broad clinical (outpatient and hospital based settings) and leadership skills and ability to adapt and work flexibly with several multidisciplinary teams. Specialty board eligibility/certification is preferred but not required (e.g. Geriatric, Addiction, Consult-Liaison). Experience with Telepsychiatry is preferred but not required. Candidates should qualify for an appointment to the University of Michigan Medical School faculty as a Clinical Track Instructor (or higher) level in Psychiatry. Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office. Physical Requirements: The position requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and manual dexterity. This position requires potentially long periods of continued walking, sitting, typing, bending, pulling, and pushing. Transferring objects may be required. Staff may be required to don protective equipment in isolation situations or operative/invasive procedures.

Education

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:
  1. Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted, or
  2. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted.
  3. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met requirements for certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant. [If the applicant does not claim an ECFMG certificate, facility officials must still confirm that the medical school meets (or met) ECFMG eligibility requirements for the year the candidate 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.

Contacts

  • Address Ann Arbor VA Medical Center 2215 Fuller Road Ann Arbor, MI 48105 US
  • Name: Jeremiah Ferguson
  • Phone: 734-882-3036
  • Email: [email protected]

Map

Similar vacancies

Physician - Psychiatrist Sep 02 2024
$230 000 - 400 000

Ideal candidates will have expertise in psychiatric assessment and management of patients of high complexity and across a broad diagnostic range, an ability to work in interdisciplinary teams and acti...

Staff Physician - Chief of Emergency Medicine Service Oct 11 2023
$230 000 - 400 000

The responsibilities include hands on clinical work, oversight, and administration of all aspects of the service, including research, and guidance and training for residents and other trainees. The Em...

Staff Physician - Surgical Critical Care Service Aug 30 2023
$230 000 - 400 000

Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System seeks an intensivist to join an expanding clinical practice. The Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System provides cutting-edge surgical and procedural care to veterans ranging fr...

Physician - Pain Management Dec 18 2024
$230 000 - 400 000

Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System seeks a pain management physician to join an expanding clinical practice. The position requires training/experience in the management of acute perioperative pain includi...

Staff Physician - Psychiatrist Oct 10 2023
$230 000 - 400 000

Candidates should be board-eligible/certified in Psychiatry, have strong broad clinical (outpatient and hospital-based settings) and leadership skills and ability to adapt and work flexibly with sever...