Military / VA Psychiatry: General Job in Sturgis, South Dakota
This general psychiatry position in Sturgis, South Dakota is offered under a Military/VA arrangement, one of several structures listed for this role alongside single-specialty group and hospital/clinic/MSO employment options. As Military/VA employment, this track follows federal employment terms — serving active-duty personnel, veterans, and their families — with federal benefits, federal malpractice protection, and a schedule structure that supports predictable, mission-driven practice without the billing and business demands of private practice.
Compensation is structured through an employment agreement with a production bonus, with the financial offering listed at the national average tier. Relocation assistance, a signing bonus, and loan repayment assistance are included. Call responsibilities include a patient/group call rotation of 1:6 or better and a separate emergency department call rotation of 1:4.
- Board Certified or Board Eligible
- MD training background
- American Medical Graduates and Foreign Medical Graduates considered
- US Citizens and Green Card
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Psychiatry: General
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
- Structure of Position: Single-Specialty Group, Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other, Military/VA
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: 1:6 or better
- Expected ER Call Coverage: 1:4
The psychiatrist will provide outpatient care in the Mental Health Clinic to veterans with a variety of diagnoses. He/she will also work with a multidisciplinary treatment team to provide care to veterans participating in residential programs in the 100 bed Domiciliary. There will also be some consultation/liaison work with the adjacent hospital/nursing home/primary care clinic. On-call coverage for the entire VA Black Hills Health Care System is shared with full-time psychiatrists (6 others) and is generally by phone consultation with the ER/Urgent Care. Weekend rounds on the 10-bed inpatient psychiatric unit are included in the on-call rotation. These rounds may be done via telepsychiatry depending on where the psychiatrist chooses to live.
- Structure of Financial Support: Employment Agreement with production bonus
- Financial Offering: National Average
- Median Compensation: $316,076 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Yes
- Signing Bonus: Yes
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Yes
- Practice State: South Dakota
- Practice City: Sturgis
- Community Size: 10,000 - 24,999, 25,000 - 49,999
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card
- Preferred Experience Level: Currently In Training, Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Hospital
- Number of Hospital Beds: 10
- Number of ER Visits Per Year: 1000
- Number of Deliveries Per Year: 0
- Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
