Job Description
Summary
A full-time position is available for a Pain and Addiction Physician in the VA North Texas Health Care System - Mental Health Service in Dallas - Texas. Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be available for highly qualified individual. Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) is available - see Education section
Duties
- Core responsibilities include providing comprehensive dual diagnosis (addiction and pain) psychiatric and medical care (assessment - consultation - treatment) to patients in the Dallas Mental Health Gold Team - which is an outpatient clinic with a focus on providing care to Veterans with addictions and substance use disorders
- Incumbent must be skilled in general outpatient addiction and pain management - including diagnostic evaluations - pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy
- He/she should be competent in the management of individuals with a broad range of clinical problems - including but not limited to substance use disorders - acute and chronic pain - associated psychiatric conditions such as mood - anxiety and psychotic disorders - post-traumatic stress disorder - and other psychiatric disorders in the elderly Veteran population
- The incumbent will serve as a collaborative member of a multidisciplinary mental health team
- Incumbent is encouraged to be involved in medical student - psychiatry resident and addiction psychiatry fellow education
- He/she may provide clinical supervision for health care professionals such as Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
- Veterans served by the Gold Team tend to have serious and severe crises - be dually diagnosed - and have numerous psychosocial deficits
- Treatment provided occurs in both residential and outpatient levels of care through an outpatient clinic in Dallas (main campus) - an outpatient opioid replacement program - a Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Program (SARRTP) and an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
- VA North Texas Health Care System Mental Health Service provides a full range of mental health services including general adult psychiatry - geriatrics - forensics - psychosomatic medicine - substance abuse sub-specialty services - trauma services - psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery programs - comprehensive homeless programs - peer support services - opiate replacement programs - Mental Health Intensive Case Management - vocational rehabilitation programs - domiciliary based programs and inpatient programs
- There is ongoing active research in addiction psychiatry - post-traumatic stress disorder - disaster psychiatry - mood disorders - and homelessness
- Clinical training programs exist for medical students - psychiatry residents and fellows - clinical psychologists - social workers and nurses
- VA North Texas Health Care System has an active relationship with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as our primary affiliate
- Work Schedule: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm - Monday - Friday with light on-call responsibilities Bargaining Unit Status: This position is part of the bargaining unit
- VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
- VHA Physician Total Rewards
- Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be available Relocation Incentive: May be available Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Available - see Education section Learn more
- EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
- Contact [email protected] - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases 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
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