Summary

This is a supervisory position within the Psychiatry Section and functions as the primary supervisor for assigned medical staff prescribers (psychiatrists - advanced practice registered nurses - and physician assistants). Supervises the prescribers working on Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) teams - Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) teams - and outpatient interventional psychiatry teams as applicable.

Duties

• Start - continue - or finish your career here | VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System Major duties and responsibilities of the position - 50% Clinical/50% Administrative: Develops - implements - and documents treatment of an outpatient panel of patients
• Provides medical support and at times cross coverage for assigned outpatient medical staff
• Complies with national and local performance measures - including timely health care screening and completion of clinical reminders for all patients
• Assumes complete professional responsibility for his/her clinical assessment findings - patient care decisions - and documentation
• Complies with all CPRS documentation procedures - including timeliness standards for documentation and properly entering diagnostic and procedure codes
• Adheres to operational policies and procedures for the treatment teams in both BHIP and PCMHI
• Gap coverage and provision of triage care as required
• Coordination with any clinical pharmacists in their area as needed
• Supports site directors for academic affiliates in their coordination of trainees
• Clinically supervises assigned trainees and provides clinical coverage for trainees as needed
• General supervisory duties of assigned staff - to include ePerformance reviews - maintaining eCompetency folders - monitoring required trainings as TMS supervisor - addressing FMLA/RA requests as indicated
• Coordinates coverage and leave planning among direct reports and between sections as applicable with appropriate input from team leads
• Addressing leave requests and timecards in VATAS/GovTA
• Tracking educational leave for each staff member reporting to them in real time
• Routine clinic cancellation LEAFs first approval
• Callouts/Unplanned Sick Leave LEAFs clinical review
• Monitors individual labor mapping - grid management - scheduled clinic utilization - bookability - productivity/RVU targets - and other critical metrics for direct reports - with periodic updates reflecting adjustments to maximize patient access
• Addresses change of provider requests and open encounter follow up of assigned staff.
• Participates in leadership meetings - serves on committees and/or workgroups as assigned
• Responds to customer service concerns (PATS-R) - patient safety reports (JPSR) - and associated required reporting as assigned
• Uses advanced clinical judgment to independently provide evidence-based treatment to Veterans with acute or chronic mental illness including use of psychotropic medications - psychotherapy - and other modalities
• Provides patient and family education on medical/MH conditions - preventive measures - and prescribed treatments
• Demonstrates leadership and engages in collaboration with other MH and specialty care professionals while involving Veterans and their families (as appropriate) - in treatment plan development
• Assesses and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes
• Counsels and treats patients with substance use disorders
• Orders and interprets labs - tests - and diagnostic studies
• Initiates referrals and consults to specialty services
• Prescribe medications according to their scope of practice - and with appropriate training and certification provide interventional modalities to include rTMS - and esketamine
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year) 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 Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) : This position is eligible for EDRP - a student loan payment reimbursement program
• You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of your start date
• Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application
• Former EDRP Participants are ineligible to apply for the program
• Contact tz1kurg@njk63fq4.com for questions/assistance
• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm