AMI Expeditionary Healthcare is seeking experienced
Psychiatrists to support the
Hampton VA Healthcare System in Hampton, Virginia. This is an opportunity to provide high-quality, compassionate psychiatric care to our nation's Veterans while working alongside a collaborative, interdisciplinary mental health team.
Psychiatrists will provide comprehensive services across inpatient, outpatient, residential, clinic, and emergency settings, supporting Veterans with a wide range of psychiatric and behavioral health needs.
Schedule - Mon-Fri 8:00am-4:30pm
- Availability for • Call Back• and • Consultation via telephone with attending physicians or nurses• for weekend and holiday evenings required.
What You'll Do - Provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management for Veterans across inpatient, outpatient, residential, and emergency care settings.
- Develop individualized treatment plans and provide medication management, suicide risk assessments, crisis intervention, and care for patients with severe and complex mental illness.
- Manage inpatient psychiatric admissions, treatment, discharge and transfer planning, and provide post-discharge follow-up and consultation services.
- Collaborate with physicians, nurses, Advanced Practice Providers, and other members of the VA interdisciplinary team to coordinate safe, effective, patient-centered care.
- Provide psychiatric consultations regarding medication management, psychiatric emergencies, restraints and seclusion, patient transfers, and other clinical concerns.
- Complete histories and physicals, review and interpret laboratory results, imaging, medical histories, and other clinical information necessary to guide treatment.
- Maintain timely and accurate documentation and enter prescriptions, laboratory orders, diagnostic imaging requests, and other treatment orders in the VA electronic health record.
- Provide clinical oversight and direction to residents, interns, medical students, and Advanced Practice Providers, as applicable, and participate in peer review activities.
- Participate in scheduled weekend and Federal Holiday inpatient coverage and designated after-hours telephone consultation/callback coverage.
What We're Looking For - MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school.
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN).
- Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in any U.S. state or territory.
- Active and current BLS certification.
- Active and current DEA certificate.
- Active and current National Provider Identifier (NPI).
- Strong clinical judgment, communication, interpersonal, and time-management skills.
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team and manage multiple clinical priorities.
- Ability to successfully complete the AMI credentialing process.
Why Join AMI? At AMI, you'll have the opportunity to use your psychiatric expertise in a mission-driven environment dedicated to improving the health and well-being of Veterans. You'll work alongside experienced healthcare professionals while providing meaningful care to a diverse Veteran population.
Join AMI and help us deliver compassionate, high-quality mental health care to those who have served our country. Inclusion & Cultural Competency - Utilize appropriate methods for interacting effectively and professionally with persons of all ages and from diverse cultural socioeconomic, educational, racial, and ethnic, sexual orientations, lifestyles, and physical abilities.
- Deliver targeted, culturally appropriate information to help individuals and groups understand health promotion and disease prevention information, policies, regulations, and local code.
Required Applicant Documents - Resume / CV
- Three (3) Professional and/or Academic References
- Copy of Professional License (if applicable)
