Locum Tenens Psychiatry: General Job in Des Moines, Iowa
About the Facility – The VA Central Iowa
Health Care System
The VA Central Iowa Health Care System (VA-CIHCS) provides service to Veterans
from all over Central Iowa bringing together quality care and services designed
to meet the needs of our nation’s Veterans. The main medical center is in Des
Moines, Iowa, with 6 Community Based Outpatient Clinics, and one Community
Resource and Referral Center that deals with local homeless populations. The
Mental Health program provides consultation, evaluation, and treatment for a variety
of issues that can impact emotional well-being.
Facility
Address: 3600 30th St Des Moines, IA 50310
Telepsych - RESPONSIBILITIES (listed are included but not limited to): This position is for telepsychiatry and telephone psychiatric rounding services for an acute inpatient unit and Emergency Department after hours weekdays, weekends, and holidays, as well as tele rounding by telepsychiatry or telephone for inpatient Veterans on weekends and holidays. Psychiatrist duties may include (but are not limited to):
· Shall see patients through call or tele rounds by phone or tele-health. Treatment with be for Veterans with general, moderate, to severe psychiatric disorders. Must be skilled in Psychopharmacology.
· Will provide a comprehensive clinical summary/psychiatric summary and document patient care in the patient chart via the Computerized Patient Record System.
· Shall see patients by telehealth or phone after hours weekdays, weekends, and holidays and rounding on weekends and holidays. Patients could possibly be from the acute psychiatric unit, the domiciliary, the emergency room, the community living center, or on med surg unit for on call after hours, with the bulk being from the acute psychiatric unit or the ER. Rounding will be on the acute psychiatric unit only. Patients needing to be seen would be for mental health issues only.
· Must be able to do admissions and discharges for the acute psychiatric unit for mental health issues.
· Shall be required to perform their assigned duties with regards to all admitted patients, outpatients, and eligible beneficiaries regardless of underlying disease process or physical condition of such patients or beneficiaries.
· The workload is 95% direct patient care, 5% administrative (not involved in direct patient care).
Psychiatrist Telehealth - REQUIREMENTS:
· Licensure: Shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States of the District of Columbia where services are being performed.
· Certification: Shall be Board Certified or (a physician graduating from a psychiatric residency and having a valid license to practice medicine).
· Education: Must have a medical degree from any accredited institution at the time of graduation.
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