U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Psychiatrist- Mental Health Intensive Case Management

This position involves clinical and program activities as part of the Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM) Program, which focuses on psychosocial rehabilitation, intensive case management, and community-based treatment for chronically mentally ill veterans. The role requires working within an interdisciplinary treatment team to provide a full range of therapeutic interventions, including diagnostic assessment and medication evaluation and management.

Key Responsibilities
  • The clinical and program activities assumed under this position are conducted as part of the Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM) Program
  • Develop, implement and assess the benefit of a behaviorally oriented program or psychosocial rehabilitation, intensive case management and community-based treatment for chronically mentally ill veterans who have been high uses of Inpatient Mental Health services
  • Work is done in the context of an interdisciplinary treatment team, and extensive liaison activities with other interdisciplinary teams are required to provide continuity of care for assigned veterans in outpatient settings
  • Provide a full range of therapeutic interventions in units/programs in the Hampton VA Health Care System to which they are assigned and has clinical privileges to practice including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation and management
  • Recognizes the need for the appropriate level of care including routine, urgent and emergent status and recognizes the need to refer the patents for inpatient care
  • Will provide support and clinical oversight to their program
  • Will work with interdisciplinary team
  • Participates effectively in team meeting and treatment planning conferences and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members in a manner that enhances coordination of comprehensive patient care
  • Performs appropriate evaluation and management of patients to include ordering of diagnostic tests and consultations and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions
  • Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions to units/programs to which assigned and has clinical privileges to practice in
  • Is involved in the supervision and teaching of house staff and other trainees assigned to the clinical area as appropriate
Required
  • 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
  • (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR [(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 the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of 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
  • Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
  • Proficiency in spoken and written English
  • Physical Requirements: The incumbent must be able to perform all activities of the position without restriction. This position may involve standing, walking, stooping, bending, reaching, lifting, and turning. The work may involve going up and down flights of stairs.
Preferred
  • Preferred Experience: Board Certification or eligible by the American Board of Psychiatry
Benefits & Perks
  • This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program
  • Recruitment/Relocation Incentive: A recruitment incentive may be authorized for highly qualified applicants
  • EDRP Authorized: Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) Authorized: This position is eligible for EDRP, a student loan payment reimbursement program
  • Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
  • Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
  • Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
  • Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
  • CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
  • Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
  • Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
  • Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
  • Telework: Offered on an AD-HOC Basis to support the needs of the facility
Company Overview

Industry: Healthcare Technology

Company Size: 500-1,000 employees

Founded: 2015

Headquarters: San Francisco, CA

Key Contacts

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About the Company

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Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

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 physician(s) 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
  • (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - b) OR [(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 the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of 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
  • Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
  • Proficiency in spoken and written English
  • Preferred Experience: Board Certification or eligible by the American Board of Psychiatry Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
  • Physical Requirements: The incumbent must be able to perform all activities of the position without restriction
  • This position may involve standing - walking - stooping - bending - reaching - lifting - and turning
  • The work may involve going up and down flights of stairs.

Duties

  • This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30 - 2026 or until all positions are filled
  • The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be 15 November 2025 - with subsequent cut-off dates every two weeks
  • Eligible applications received after that date will be referred to at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled
  • VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
  • VHA Physician Total Rewards
  • Major Duties and Responsibilities to include but not be limited to: The clinical and program activities assumed under this position are conducted as part of the Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM) Program
  • The goal of the MHICM Program is to develop - implement and assess the benefit of a behaviorally oriented program or psychosocial rehabilitation - intensive case management and community-based treatment for chronically mentally ill veterans who have been high uses of Inpatient Mental Health services
  • Work is done in the context of an interdisciplinary treatment team - and extensive liaison activities with other interdisciplinary teams are required to provide continuity of care for assigned veterans in outpatient settings
  • Provide a full range of therapeutic interventions in units/programs in the Hampton VA Health Care System to which they are assigned and has clinical privileges to practice including diagnostic assessment - medication evaluation and management
  • Recognizes the need for the appropriate level of care including routine - urgent and emergent status and recognizes the need to refer the patents for inpatient care
  • Will provide support and clinical oversight to their program
  • Will work with interdisciplinary team
  • Participates effectively in team meeting and treatment planning conferences and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members in a manner that enhances coordination of comprehensive patient care
  • Performs appropriate evaluation and management of patients to include ordering of diagnostic tests and consultations and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions
  • Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions to units/programs to which assigned and has clinical privileges to practice in
  • Is involved in the supervision and teaching of house staff and other trainees assigned to the clinical area as appropriate
  • Recruitment/Relocation Incentive: A recruitment incentive may be authorized for highly qualified applicants
  • EDRP Authorized: Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) Authorized: This position is eligible for EDRP - a student loan payment reimbursement program
  • You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of your start date
  • Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application
  • Former EDRP Participants are ineligible to apply for the program
  • Contact [email protected] for questions/assistance
  • Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory CME: Possible $1 -000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification) Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Work Schedule: 8:00AM-4:30PM - Monday - Friday - 40 hours/per week Telework: Offered on an AD-HOC Basis to support the needs of the facility
  • Telework is generally not offered on a regular and re-occurring basis.
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