Chief Psychiatrist (Education Debt Repayment and Sign on Bonus)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Battle Creek (MI); On-site; USD 230,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

The Battle Creek VA Medical Center is seeking a Chief of Psychiatry to lead the Psychiatry Service. This role involves program planning, oversight of psychiatric care at the medical center, and administration of staff. Candidates must be board certified and possess the necessary medical qualifications and licenses.

Benefits

Comprehensive total rewards package

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Full, unrestricted medical license required.
• Board eligible or certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for program planning involving psychiatric care.
• Administrative and clinical duties split 49% to 51%.
• Involves selection, orientation, and evaluation of staff.

Skills

Proficiency in spoken and written English

Education

Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree

Completed residency training in a core specialty

Job description

THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION.

The Battle Creek VA Medical Center is hiring a Psychiatrist to serve as the Chief of Psychiatry Service. The position has overall responsibility for program planning involving psychiatric care for patients of the Battle Creek VA Medical Center and associated outpatient clinics. The Service Chief is responsible for all professional and administrative activities within the Service, including: selection, orientation, evaluation, and continuing education of staff.

Duties

This is an open continuous announcement. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis and will remain on file until December 31, 2025.

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The Chief of Psychiatry will split time between administrative/supervisory duties (49%) and clinical duties (51%).

Duties include but are not limited to:

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 physicians 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. Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), (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 appropriate professional training and exposure to 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. Surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Additional Requirement: Board eligible or board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements: The physical requirements of this position concern the mental and physical ability of the applicant to satisfactorily perform the duties of the proposed assignment and may include requisite laboratory and other screening as required by Federal regulatory agencies.