Physician (Psychiatry)

Company: Tripler Army Medical Center - U.S. Army Civilian C
Location: Honolulu
Posted on: March 26, 2020

Job Description:

- Recruiting for a Psychiatrist who will work with either 1. Adult patient population 2. Adult & Child/Adolescent patient population or 3. Child/Adolescent patient population. - - Open positions are at: - 1. Tripler Army Medical Center - 2. Fort Shafter - 3. Schofeld Barracks - Federal employees in Hawaii are currently entitled to receive a 12.05% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) in addition to the base salary. This is subject to change. - Completion of subspecialty fellowship training in addiction psychiatry is considered highly desirable. - Located in Honolulu, next to Tripler Army Medical Center, Fort Shafter is home to U.S. Army Pacific and Pacific Ocean Division, Army Corps of Engineers. Fort Shafter has a large commissary, an exchange, and 1 shoppette. Recreation at Fort Shafter includes arts and crafts, auto hobby, bowling, camping, gym, library, swimming pools, tennis, and theater. - Medical malpractice liability insurance is not required for federal civilian healthcare providers as they are covered by the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. -- 1346(b)) while acting within the scope of their employment. Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens Key Requirements - This is a Direct Hire Solicitation. - A recruitment or relocation bonus may be authorized. - May be required to work on-call. Basic Requirements: Degree: Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from a school in the United States or Canada approved by a recognized accrediting body in the year of the applicant's graduation. A Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school that provided education and medical knowledge substantially equivalent to accredited schools in the United States may be demonstrated by permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) (or a fifth pathway certificate for Americans who completed premedical education in the United States and graduate education in a foreign country). Position requires a Degree in Medicine, completion of Residency in Psychiatry, Board Certification by the American Board of Psychiatry. In addition to the basic requirements, you must have 1 year of appropriate specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. Specialized experience must be clearly documented in your resume, and must demonstrate skill and ability to perform a full range of psychiatric analysis and treatment for all patients; broad knowledge of psychiatric evaluation and treatment activities to include individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy and somatic therapies; and knowledge of other modalities to include family therapy, pharmacotherapy, community psychiatry and liaison therapy. As a Physician (Psychiatry), you will: - Perform duties as a practitioner and consultant in Psychiatry at the Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) Interdisciplinary Pain Management Center (IPMC). - Provide outpatient psychiatric medical care to adult outpatients with chronic pain syndromes and substance use disorders (SUD's). - Exercise initiative and sound judgment in establishing evaluation techniques, developing treatment and rehabilitation plans, and providing appropriate and safe therapeutic treatment services, which may include psycho-education classes. - ***ADULT PATIENT POPULATION JOB DUTIES BELOW*** - Provide treatment services in any capacity including, but not limited to, assessment, medication management and disposition of psychiatric patients including making arrangements for hospitalization if needed. - Provide routine, intensive, complex and emergency intakes and extended evaluations for a variety of emotional, psychological, and behavioral disorders. - Provide continuing follow-up care for chronic patients with acute disorders and complications of these disorders, such as psychosis, organic brain syndrome, substance abuse/addictions, etc. - - ***ADULT AND CHILD/ADOLESCENT PATIENT POPULATION JOB DUTIES BELOW*** - Treatment entails individual, family, group psychotherapy, and medication management. - Responsible for providing treatment services, and performing the full range of clinical treatments, including consultation, evaluation and treatment of emergency, complex and routine cases in the field of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. - Develop an individualized biopsychosocial treatment plan based on the child and adolescent?s diagnosis, personal and family history, current family situation, laboratory and other diagnostic tests and procedures. - - ***SUPERVISORY POSITION JOB DUTIES BELOW*** - Supervisory positions will serve as an expert in the field of Psychiatry. - Supervisory positions will participate in quality assurance, and quality improvement studies, utilization review, risk management, and peer review activities. - Supervisory positions will plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, prepare schedules for completion of work, develop performance standards, and evaluate work performance of subordinates. Travel Required

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