Psychiatrist (BHIP Supervisor)

Quick Facts

• Role: Physician–Psychiatrist, BHIP Supervisor (Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program Medical Director)
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 08:00am–04:30pm
• Administrative focus: 20%
• Clinical focus: 80%

Description

Serve as the BHIP Medical Director, overseeing the psychiatric/medical aspects of the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program. You will administratively supervise BHIP psychiatrists and mental health nurse practitioners while also acting as a staff psychiatrist. The role includes clinical leadership, quality improvement, and education/training liaison responsibilities, in addition to comprehensive psychiatric care.

Responsibilities

• Administrative leadership: supervise BHIP psychiatrists and mental health nurse practitioners; assist the Mental Health Executive team with compliance, MHS policy implementation, same-day services, and patient complaint resolution
• Support patient safety, peer review, OPPE, and delegated authority for community care as necessary
• Facilitate team performance by attending team and clinic/program leadership meetings
• Clinical leadership: lead all medical issues within BHIP (including planning and implementing new programs) and consult across disciplines
• Monitor and facilitate workflow by reviewing clinic grids, utilization, caseloads, and productivity (may require travel to CBOC locations)
• Quality improvement: develop and maintain high standards of care; conduct and/or facilitate quality improvement and collaborative research
• Education/training: orient trainees, coordinate medical educational programs, and ensure appropriate supervision; provide ongoing medically relevant learning for mental health staff
• Clinical responsibilities (80%): perform mental health assessments/psychiatric evaluations for Veterans with anxiety, trauma, mood, substance use/addiction, psychosis, grief/loss, adjustment, attention/cognitive symptoms, suicidality, and personality disorders—within psychosocial and medical comorbidity contexts
• Provide psychodiagnostics, medication evaluation/management, referrals/consults, suicide risk assessments, crisis intervention, and overall care
• Participate in interdisciplinary treatment teams; coordinate consults and triage of specialty clinic referrals
• Order diagnostic tests and studies and make appropriate management decisions

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (non-citizens may be appointed only when VA policy allows due to inability to recruit qualified citizens)
• MD (or equivalent) degree from a VA-approved allopathic or osteopathic medical school
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a U.S. state/territory/commonwealth or DC
• Completed residency training approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited program leading to board certification eligibility (or VA-approved equivalent pathways)
• Proficiency in spoken and written English
• Background/security investigation requirements; complete VA onboarding; pass pre-employment physical evaluation
• Meet application/document requirements; comply with Selective Service registration (if applicable)
• Urinalysis drug screening may be required prior to appointment (if testing-designated)
• Seasonal influenza vaccination requirement for VA Health Care Personnel
• Preferred/required qualification for this posting: Board Certified Psychiatrist; 2 years of experience working on a BHIP team

Benefits

• Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and regular salary increases
• Paid Time Off: 50–55 days/year (26 annual leave, 13 sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays, plus possible 5-day paid CME absence)
• Retirement: traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% VA contributions
• Insurance: federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care options (many carry into retirement)
• CME: possible $1,000/year reimbursement for full-time board-certified physicians
• Malpractice: free liability protection with tail coverage provided
• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory
• Contract: no physician employment contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
• Telework: may be authorized for some ad-hoc short-term/episodic telework per agency policy