Permanent Psychiatry: General Job in Fayetteville, North Carolina
MD/DO
- Psychiatrist
Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg is a major
United States Army installation located near Fayetteville but also borders the
towns of Spring Lake and Southern Pines. It was also a census-designated place
in the 2010 Census, during which a population of 39,457 was identified. The
fort is named for Confederate general Braxton Bragg. It covers over 251 square
miles (650 km2). It is the home of the US Army airborne forces and Special
Forces, as well as U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command.
REQUIREMENTS
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Assess and
resolve complex social, economic and psychosocial problems that may impact
on service members and their family's medical treatment as inpatients or
while the service member is being evaluated for medical discharge from the
service by providing direct case work services to include screening,
assessment, referral, consultation and education.
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Conduct
psychosocial evaluations and provide therapeutic interventions including
crisis counseling to individuals, groups and families as needed to
facilitate behavioral health clinical care management and optimize care.
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Evaluate the
impact of diagnosis or lack of diagnosis with unexplained chronic symptoms
on individual and family systems as well as assess patients functioning in
work, family and routines of daily living and identify areas needing
continued support, resources, and treatment in order to assist patients.
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Provide
services to high-risk populations including service members pending
medical discharge due to physical and or Behavioral Health
injuries/illnesses, service members who were wounded as a result of their
military duties, and the families of Service members killed in action.
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Support local
Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) events as required.
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Coordinate
services for those patients who move to another location to ensure
continuity of care. Facilitates transfer of the case to local behavioral
health care case management resources, as appropriate.
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Perform Mental
Status Evaluations, Fitness for Duty Evaluations, Chapter Evaluations and
other clinical examinations requiring a DSM -IV diagnosis
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Coordinate and
assist installation community agencies and the MTF in the referral
process, to provider- integration training and services for Soldiers
returned from deployment.
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Educate
patients, their families, commanders and health care staff on community
resources including information and referral for financial, housing,
educational, employment and child care resources as required by patients'
needs assessment.
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Maintains
complete and accurate inpatient and outpatient records and documents
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Responsible for
the completion of individual workload accountability in accordance with
clinic, medical treatment facility and program requirements.
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Participate, as
appropriate, in departmental Quality Assurance (QA) programs and adhere to
all safety regulations at all times.
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Attend and
participate in patient care reports, patient care conferences, team
conferences, professional staff conferences and any other appropriate
professional activities only to the extent that such attendance and
participation is relative to assigned cases and/or performance of contract
services.
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Present patient
cases in regularly scheduled case staffing meetings to discuss status and
updates as required.
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Attend
meetings, case conferences and training under the direction of the Chief,
Psychiatry; Chief, Department of Behavioral Health; and/or Clinic Officer
in Charge (OIC) as requested.
QUALIFICATIONS
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Must have at
least 2 years of experience within the last 5 years. Internship/Residency/Fellowship
training may be substituted for experience.
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Must have and
maintain a current unrestricted license in any of the 50 United States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the
U.S. Virgin Islands and be able to obtain clinical privileges to practice
medicine at the MTF where services are provided.
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Must have or
obtain a current, valid Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration
number prior to performing the contract services.
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Must have
completed a psychiatric residency approved by the Accreditation Council of
Graduate Medical Education.
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Must hold a
Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree from an accredited
graduate school of Medicine.
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Must be Board
Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
(ABPN).
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Must have and
maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
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