Locum Tenens Psychiatry: General Job in Des Moines, Iowa

• Position Type: Locum Tenens
• Recruited Specialty: Psychiatry: General
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
• State License Required: No
• Terms of Locums Assignment: Long Term (More than 2 months)
• How soon does the position need to be filled: 3 months or greater

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 30^th 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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• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen