Psychiatry - Geriatrics Physician

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