Psychiatrist

Quick Facts

• Role: Mental Health Psychiatrist (Regular full-time)
• Primary focus: Independent psychiatric care for veterans and active-duty personnel, including complex cases and emergency department/on-call coverage.
• Loan support: Eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) if you meet eligibility requirements and submit your EDRP application within 4 months of appointment (award up to $200,000; eligibility period 1–5 years).

Description

Provide psychiatric services as a mental health psychiatrist, reporting administratively to mental health leadership. You will deliver independent care for complex cases, coordinate with other providers, and maintain timely, accurate documentation in the electronic medical record (including diagnostic/procedure codes and patient checkout procedures). The position includes on-call duties, such as rotating daytime ED consultation, weekend coverage, and rotating weekday evening phone coverage.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent professional psychiatric functioning for complex patient cases.
• Apply contemporary, evidence-based medicine tailored to active duty and veteran populations and their unique stressors.
• Supervise and educate psychiatry residents and medical students.
• Coordinate with other providers to facilitate effective services.
• Comply with federal electronic medical record documentation procedures, including timeliness standards, proper coding, and patient checkout procedures.
• Serve as the on-call psychiatrist (rotating ED consultation, weekend coverage, rotating weekday evening phone coverage).
• Maintain accountability to the Psychiatry Executive for professional practice matters.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and regular salary increases.
• 50–55 days of paid time off per year (annual leave, sick leave, paid federal holidays, and possible paid absence for CME).
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% contributions by VA.
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance options.
• Free liability protection with tail coverage provided.
• No physician employment contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.
• Possible $1,000/year CME reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification).

Requirements

• US citizenship (non-citizens only if VA cannot recruit qualified citizens per policy).
• MD or equivalent DO degree from a VA-approved allopathic or osteopathic medical school.
• Current, full, unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a US state/territory/commonwealth or DC.
• Completed residency training in psychiatry (accredited core specialty training program leading to board certification eligibility) or approved alternative pathways.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Complete onboarding, pre-employment physical evaluation, and all required application documents.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service.
• Comply with VA drug testing requirements if selected.
• Seasonal influenza vaccination program participation required.
• If applying for EDRP: submit the application within 4 months of appointment; former EDRP participants are ineligible.