Job at a glance
Total annual salary will consist of a GS Base Pay rate combined with a non-locality 'Market Pay' supplement. Market pay is determined by an Activity Compensation Panel of peer physicians who will evaluate the selectee's clinical specialty, board certifications, regional market data, and depth of professional experience. Market Pay is then reviewed every 24 months to ensure compensation remains competitive and aligned with the local healthcare market.
Major duties: Provide comprehensive treatment services across all levels of care, from inpatient programs to routine and intensive outpatient services, including emergency and telehealth options. Develop treatment and rehabilitation plans and provide appropriate therapeutic treatment services that may include medication management, electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, various individual and group therapy modalities.
Prescribe appropriate pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment. Provide appropriate referrals to other medical and mental health care providers in and outside of the Military Treatment Facility. Serve as member of local Medical Evaluation Boards for assessment and determination of duty. Participate in hospital approved mental health training programs. Regularly present research and recommendations at national academic and professional organization conferences, in order to advance the field of psychiatry.
Education: FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S.
accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.