Permanent Psychiatry: General Job in San Diego, California

• Position Type: Permanent
• Recruited Specialty: Psychiatry: General
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
• Structure of Position: Military/VA
• Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
• Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
• Expected ER Call Coverage: No call

MD/DO - Psychiatrist

REQUIREMENTS (duties include but are not limited to)

• Work closely with clinical staff and/or base personnel regarding patient awareness of mental health wellness programs (addictions, stress management, group therapies).
• Provide input to medical board determinations and administrative separations as requested.  Examine, diagnose, treat or recommend a course of management for patients with mental illness.
• Evaluate and treat outpatients and inpatients using laboratory and clinical findings to differentiate between contributory causes.
• Follow through on cases to ensure treatment effectiveness and alters course of treatment as indicated.
• Collaborate with specialists in other areas on cases involving multidisciplinary problems.
• Prepare consults on chronic complicated mentally ill patients requiring complex evaluation and medical decision making to specialists in the hospital or to other medical facilities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Possess a minimum experience of 2 years within the past four years as a full-time Psychiatrist.
• Possess and maintain board certification in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the American Osteopathic Association.
• Have and maintain a current license to practice in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Must have and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification as approved by the American Heart Association (AHA).

   

• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen
• Preferred Experience Level: Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
• Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes