Psychiatrist

Job Title: Psychiatrist Location: Memphis TN 38120 Duration: Permanent Benefits: Yes, Federal benefits Shift: 08:00am-05:00pm (M-F) Hours/week: 40 Hours/week Job description: Direct Patient Care : estimated 95% of the time involved in direct patient care. Inpatient Care: All psychiatrists will be required to work in collaboration with Mental Health staff who are part-time or full time salaried by the VA for inpatient care duties including but not limited to: • Operating and collaborating physician's patients • Seeing 1C/1D Psychiatry Service - Ward Patients.

• Admitting • Diagnosis of patients • Developing Treatment Plans • Managing, including the performance of timely treatment • Discharge/Transfer • Including all needed medical record documentation • Outpatient Care • Seeing all new patient referrals with accompanying medical records • Seeing severely mental ill patients • Evaluation disposition E-consult • Post-discharged follow up • Patients must be seen by provider in 30 days Clinic and Residential Care: shall provide clinical psychiatry services.

Clinical duties include direct patient care. Contractor's physician (s)shall operate the clinic, examine patients, and interpret reports as required by the VA. Contractor's physician(s) shall be present and on time for any scheduled clinics as documented by physical presence in the clinic. The contractor's employees will be required to work with VA staff. Should clinic hours need to be changed, VA will provide the contractor a thirty-day advanced notice of the change.

Approximate case load is as follows: • 6 to 6.5 patient bookable hours per day. • 6 patients for an hour each or roughly 12 patients for one half-hour each; or any combination of one-hour and one-half hour appointment per day totaling 6 to 6.5 bookable patient hours per day.” Peer Review: The contractor shall provide professional Psychiatry Service with Mental expertise for peer review of selected cases.

This shall include, but not be limited to tort claims, patient family complaints, Mental Health case reviews, peer reviews, and Health case reviews, peer reviews, and benefit appeals. Administrative: estimated 5% of time not involved in direct patient care Staff Meetings: The Contractor's physician(s) shall attend staff meetings as required by the facility Chief of Service, Chief of Staff, or designee.

Contractor to communicate with COR on this requirement and report any conflicts that may interfere with compliance with this requirement. Hours of Operation/Scheduling: Business Hours: All referenced times are in Central Time. The Mental Health Clinic is open Monday – Friday 8:00am-4:30pm. On call hours commence at 4:30pm and concludes at 08:00am, Monday – Friday. Weekend inpatient coverage hours are from 8:00am – 4:30pm Saturday and Sunday.

Patients must be seen by a Contractor's physician(s) on-site at the facility in a timely manner in accordance with VA Rules and Regulations on clinic wait times and consult completion. Contractor shall notify the COR at least monthly about any obstacles to meeting this performance measure. P\hysician(s) shall be available and present in clinic during normal facility clinic hours, which will be established, and may be revised, as deemed appropriate for patient care by the Chief of Staff.

Currently, normal clinic hours are as follows: • General Mental Health Clinic: Monday – Friday, 8am – 4:30pm • Inpatient Psychiatry: Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm • Specialty Clinics: Monday – Friday, 8am – 4:30pm. Specialty Clinics include, Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC), Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM), PTSD clinic, and Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs.

Off-hours Coverage: • Contractor must make the Contractor's physician(s) available on-call during all hours when the facility clinic is c