Physician - Psychiatrist

Summary This position is located on the Inpatient Psychiatry Unit at the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany, NY. The selected physician will have the skills, abilities, training, and expertise necessary to provide integrated inpatient psychiatry care on a 15-bed unit. Responsibilities will include biopsychosocial assessment of inpatients, multidisciplinary treatment team leadership and care, collaborative clinical interactions with medical/surgical staff around patient care. Responsibilities GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNED DUTIES:T The Physician's duties include: Team leadership and development of multidisciplinary collaboration on inpatient unit Implementation and maintenance of JAHCO and VA guidelines for inpatient psychiatric care Provision of evidence and community based assessment and care of psychiatric patients including current pharmacologic and other standard therapeutic treatments Active participation in multidisciplinary treatment and discharge planning Facilitat...