Physician (BHIP Program Coordinator, Supervisory Psychiatrist)

2 months ago


Tucson, Arizona, United States Veterans Health Administration Full time

The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) is the principal teaching affiliate of the University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy.

Medical students, residents, and fellows train at our facility. The selected candidate must also be eligible for a faculty appointment with the University of Arizona. The SAVAHCS is a tertiary care facility providing a full range of clinical services including cardiac surgery and neurosurgery.

The SAVAHCS is a flagship quality provider within the VA and was a 2012 winner of the prestigious Robert W.

Carey Performance Excellence Award.


The SAVAHCS offers a beautiful 150-acre campus with a full range of medical and mental health services for Veterans, including a 31-bed inpatient psychiatry unit, a 25-bed mental health residential rehabilitation program, intensive outpatient programs, homeless programs, and more.

Tucson is a great place to live for families, people who enjoy outdoor activities (hiking, cycling, running, etc.) and those who enjoy rich culture and an affiliation with a world class University.

Tucson truly is a city with a friendly, small-town feel.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized

Pay:
Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Retirement:
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance:
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

CME:
Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice:
Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Contract:
No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting


As a Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) Program Coordinator and Supervisory Psychiatrist at the SAVAHCS, 80% of your work will be providing administrative oversight, program development and evaluation, and strategic planning for BHIP which consists of directly supervising 4 BHIP Team Supervisors who are overseeing 10 BHIP Teams consisting of psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, Register Nurse care coordinators, psychologists, social workers functioning as either psychotherapists or case managers and/or Licensed Practical Nurses and directly supervising 4-5 frontline staff.

Responsibilities include administering and coordinating performance standards and evaluations, clinical skill evaluations in conjunction with their discipline-specific program area leads, workload evaluation, competencies, efficiencies and all other personnel related responsibilities, and providing customer service activities.

As a psychiatrist, you would serve as the clinical lead and consultant for BHIP psychiatry and psychiatric providers.


The remaining 10-20% of your work will be providing outpatient psychiatric care to Veterans with mental health disorders as part of an integrated team of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and clinical pharmacists.

Our psychiatrists have an assigned Care Coordinator who triages walk-in patients, answers patient phone calls, and serves as a physician extender as appropriate.

You would be scheduled for 3-6 hours per week of direct patient care, to include a combination of intakes and follow-ups.

Call is limited to 3-4 weeks per year of home call (psychiatry resident is first call) and in-house rounding on the weekend.

Weekend days are compensated by having weekdays off. Teaching opportunities with the University of Arizona Medical School are available.

Work Schedule:
Monday - Friday, Full-time, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm or 7:30 am - 4:00 pm

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