Physician / Psychiatry / New Mexico / Locum Tenens / Psychiatrist Job - Albuquerque, United States - KurzSolutions

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Psychiatrist MD/DOThe "All American City is in need of your talents and skills The Community

• Fayetteville, NCBoth historic and beautiful, Fayetteville is one of the oldest communities in North Carolina, playing a huge role in American history dating all the way back to the American Revolution.

Fayetteville has received the prestigious All-America City Award from the National Civic League three times, and is the fifth largest municipality in North Carolina with an approximate population of 377,193.

Built on the Cape Fear River, the climate and the region offer opportunities for hiking, fishing, golf, water sports, camping, museums, historic sites, and much more with a growing economy to support indoor adventures as well.

The Facility Fayetteville VAMCThe Fayetteville VA Medical Center (VAMC) is a Complexity Level 1c Medical Center authorized 58 general medical, surgical and mental health beds.

We are located within 10 miles of Fort Bragg and Pope Army Air Base. In addition, Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base lie in the facilitys catchment area.
The medical center also maintains a 69-bed long-term care Community Living Center (CLC) to care for Veteran residents.

Our CLC serves as host to the North Carolina State Veterans home in Fayetteville, a 150-bed long-term nursing home facility located adjacent to the medical center.

Fayetteville VAMC serves Veterans in 19 counties in Southeastern North Carolina, serving 75,000+ patients, representing nearly 760,000 outpatient visits. We are also the largest catchment area in the VISN 6 Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Network.

Fayetteville VAMC operates two Health Care Centers 1 in Fayetteville and 1 in Wilmington, plus Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in Brunswick County, Goldsboro, Hamlet, Jacksonville, Robeson County and Sanford.

Our CBOCs provide Primary Care, Mental Health Care and offer Tele-health services for other specialties. Located off-site in Fayetteville, we opened the first community Dialysis Center in the VA health system nationwide. This freestanding dialysis unit has the capacity to treat 64 dialysis patients.

We also utilize leased space in Fayetteville and Jacksonville to provide Readjustment Counseling Services for Veterans at the Vet Centers.

Basic Responsibilities:
oTreatment and professional direction of outpatient/inpatient care as well as outpatient/inpatient care consultations. oProvide professional direction and participate in the treatment team to evaluate, develop and implement treatment plans. oDevelop and implement follow-up plans. oParticipate in organization meetings and duties of the VA Medical Center as required.


Clinical competence will include:

Psychiatric Examinations Diagnostic Formulation Therapeutic Plan Patient Management Consultations Discharge summaries Record Keeping/electronic medical records Current practice experience with acute outpatient and inpatient treatment with working knowledge of current pharmacology Current practice experience in completion of involuntary commitment procedures per North Carolina state statues The psychiatrist may answer inpatient consultations.

Other duties, as assigned by mutual agreement between the locum tenens and the COR or Contracting Officer.