Physician - Staff Psychiatrist

About the Company

The Mental Health Service Line at Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center provides healthcare services in a cost-effective institutionalized setting for patients who may be eligible for disease management and coordination of care.

About the Role

The Staff Psychiatrist is primarily responsible for the overall psychiatric care delivered to enrolled Veterans at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center.

Responsibilities

• Diagnosing and appropriately treating the patients' psychiatric and/or behavioral problems.
• Managing use of antipsychotic medications.
• Providing consultative psychiatric services for other disciplines when needed.
• Collaborating with medical providers, clinical pharmacists, psychologists and other interdisciplinary treatment team members.
• Responding to psychiatric emergencies within the facility.
• The provision of psychiatric care may be delivered on station or remotely through telehealth.
• The MHSL is comprised of inpatient, outpatient and residential programs to which a Staff Psychiatrist may be assigned.
• Although the setting may differ, the overall functioning of a Staff Psychiatrist remains the same.