Outpatient Psychiatrist Position Available in Fayetteville, NC

Job Description

The Fayetteville, NC Veterans Affairs Medical Center is recruiting an outpatient Psychiatrist to care for our Veterans . Clinical Services generally will be needed from 8 : 00 a.m. to 4 : 30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except when providing on-call coverage. Clinical duties include performing initial psychiatric evaluations, conducting medication management clinics, referring to other specialties or subspecialties, and providing appropriate treatment and management for general psychiatric problems on a predominantly outpatient basis.

Conduct initial psychiatric evaluation of veterans to establish diagnosis and management plan, to make a safety assessment, to develop a treatment plan including medication management, to order pertinent laboratory tests, procedures, and imaging, and to determine appropriate disposition of these patients.

Obtain appropriate consultation from specialists and communicate pertinent medical information to other health care providers and to patients.

Enter all diagnostic and treatment information, and related reports into the computerized patient record system on the day of the visit.

Prescribe medications for patients according to the facility established drug formulary.

Sign-on bonus is available!

Assistance with payment of med school loans up to $200K may be available.

We offer :

• Annual performance bonus up to an additional $15K per year
• Guaranteed salary increases
• One full & unrestricted license from any state is permissible to work at VA
• CME : $1,000 per year stipend & 5 days paid absence for conferences, etc.
• Malpractice : Liability protection with tail coverage provided
• 26 Days paid vacation & 13 days paid sick time per year with unlimited carry-over
• 11 Federal holidays with pay
• Federal Retirement Plan
• Separate 401K with partial agency match
• Health, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance

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If interested, please e-mail CV to

Julieann.torres@va.gov