Podiatrist - Medical Director, PCMHI

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 210,000 - 330,000; Full time

Job summary

VA North Texas Health Care System in Dallas, TX seeks a Medical Director of the Primary Care - Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) team. This full-time permanent leadership role focuses on integrating primary care with mental health services.

Qualifications include a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, residency training, and active state licensure; preferred board certification eligibility and VA practice experience. Relocation may be authorized; Education Debt Reduction Program available.

Qualifications

• Degree as a doctor of podiatric medicine from an approved school.
• Completed or in progress residency in an accredited program leading to board eligibility.
• Full and unrestricted podiatry license in the United States or DC.

Education

Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM)

Licensed to practice Podiatry in the US state

Residency training in an accredited core specialty

Job description

A full-time permanent position is available for Medical Director of the Primary Care - Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) team at the VA North Texas Health Care System Mental Health Service (VANTHCS MHS) in Dallas, TX.

Recruitment/Relocation May be Authorized

Education Debt Reduction Program is authorized.

Podiatrist Basic Requirements

• Degree as a doctor of podiatric medicine, or its equivalent, from a school of podiatric medicine approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Approved schools are United States schools of podiatric medicine approved by the Council on Podiatry Education of the American Podiatry Association in the year in which the degree was granted. ~AND~
• Completed, or currently completing, residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. VA Podiatrists involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status. Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education, the Council on Podiatric Medical Education, in the list published for the year the residency was completed, or (2) Other residencies and training experiences, or their equivalents, which the local Professional Standards Board determines to have provided an applicant with appropriate professional training. ~AND~
• Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice Podiatry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.

Preferred Experience

• ABPN or AOBNP board certified or eligible or anticipated eligibility
• Buprenorphine treatment experience
• Integrated Care experience
• Administrative Psychiatry experience
• Significant VA practice experience

Reference

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

Physical Requirements

Moderate lifting, 15-44 pounds; Moderate carrying, 15-44 pounds; Reaching above shoulder; Use of fingers; Walking (8 hours); Both legs required; Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other; Both eyes required; Hearing (aid may be permitted; Mental and Emotional stability.