A full-time permanent position is available for Medical Director of the Primary Care - Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) team at the VA North Texas Health Care System Mental Health Service (VANTHCS MHS) in Dallas, TX. Physicians, please apply to announcement CAZM-12774934-25-JMS
Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. PODIATRIST BASIC REQUIREMENTS Education: Degree as a doctor of podiatric medicine, or its equivalent, from a school of podiatric medicine approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Approved schools are United States schools of podiatric medicine approved by the Council on Podiatry Education of the American Podiatry Association in the year in which the degree was granted. ~AND~ Residency: Completed, or currently completing, residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. VA Podiatrists involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status. Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education, the Council on Podiatric Medical Education, in the list published for the year the residency was completed, or (2) Other residencies and training experiences, or their equivalents, which the local Professional Standards Board determines to have provided an applicant with appropriate professional training. ~AND~ License: Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice Podiatry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia. PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: ABPN or AOBNP board certified or eligible or anticipated eligibility Buprenorphine treatment experience Integrated Care experience Administrative Psychiatry experience Significant VA practice experience Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Physical Requirements: Moderate lifting, 15-44 pounds; Moderate carrying, 15-44 pounds; Reaching above shoulder; Use of fingers; Walking (8 hours); Both legs required; Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other; Both eyes required; Hearing (aid may be permitted; Mental and Emotional stability.
This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT & will remain open until November 07, 2025, or until all positions are filled. The first cut-off date is August 18, 2025. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled. Applicants will remain active for 3 months after their initial application is received and/or updated. After that time, you must update your application through your USAJobs account if you would like to be made active again for possible consideration during the open period. ________________ Core responsibilities for the Medical Director of the Primary Care - Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) include leading and coordinating the operations of a multidisciplinary outpatient team with a focus on uninterrupted high-quality care to Veterans. Incumbent monitors and ensures compliance with VANTHCS and mental health policies, regulations, executive orders, and management directives. He/She will collaborate with other teams and team leaders to improve communication and to ensure ongoing continuity of care for Veterans. In conjunction with the Clinical Directors of this Mental Health Team, the Medical Director PCMHI, organizes, and directs administrative, operational, patient and personnel activities for the team. Duties include coordinating interdisciplinary staffing, work assignments, resource allocation and direct patient care. Provides integrated mental health care in primary care clinic settings through collaboration with primary care physicians and primary care nurses. Core responsibilities also include providing triage services to Veterans new to Mental Health. Duties will include consulting with primary care physicians, providing brief mental health assessments and time-limited follow up to Veterans not established in specialty mental health, and educating veterans, nurses, and mental health staff about behavioral health issues. Skilled in general outpatient psychiatry, including diagnostic evaluations, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. He/she should be competent in the management of individuals with a broad range of clinical problems, including but not limited to post-traumatic stress disorder, mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders, substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders in the elderly Veteran population. Serves as a collaborative member of a multidisciplinary mental health team. He/she may provide clinical supervision and/or formal collaborating physician for health care professionals such as Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Clinical Pharmacy Specialists. They will also provide shared administrative supervision for Social Workers, Psychologists, Peer Support, and Nursing staff. VA North Texas Health Care System Mental Health Service provides a full range of mental health services including general adult psychiatry, geriatrics, psychosomatic medicine, substance abuse sub-specialty services, trauma services, psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery programs, comprehensive homeless programs, peer support services, opiate replacement programs, Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery (ICMHR), vocational rehabilitation programs, domiciliary based programs and inpatient services. There is ongoing active research in addiction psychiatry, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, mood disorders, and homelessness. Clinical training programs exist for medical students, psychiatry residents and fellows, clinical psychologists, social workers and nurses. VA North Texas Health Care System has an active relationship with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as our primary affiliate, as well as other local teaching institutions. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 0800 - 1630 Bargaining Unit Status: This position is Not part of the bargaining unit. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. 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 Paid Parental Leave: 12 weeks of paid time off for birth of child, adoption, foster care 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