Physician (Primary Care) Pain and Addiction Specialist – Recruitment/Relocation Incentive/EDRP

Internal Number: 835472000

Summary

A full-time position is available for a Pain and Addiction Physician in the VA North Texas Health Care System – Mental Health Service in Dallas – Texas. Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be available for highly qualified individual. Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) is available – see Education section

Duties

• Core responsibilities include providing comprehensive dual diagnosis (addiction and pain) psychiatric and medical care (assessment – consultation – treatment) to patients in the Dallas Mental Health Gold Team – which is an outpatient clinic with a focus on providing care to Veterans with addictions and substance use disorders
• Incumbent must be skilled in general outpatient addiction and pain management – 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 substance use disorders – acute and chronic pain – associated psychiatric conditions such as mood – anxiety and psychotic disorders – post-traumatic stress disorder – and other psychiatric disorders in the elderly Veteran population
• The incumbent will serve as a collaborative member of a multidisciplinary mental health team
• Incumbent is encouraged to be involved in medical student – psychiatry resident and addiction psychiatry fellow education
• He/she may provide clinical supervision for health care professionals such as Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
• Veterans served by the Gold Team tend to have serious and severe crises – be dually diagnosed – and have numerous psychosocial deficits
• Treatment provided occurs in both residential and outpatient levels of care through an outpatient clinic in Dallas (main campus) – an outpatient opioid replacement program – a Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Program (SARRTP) and an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
• VA North Texas Health Care System Mental Health Service provides a full range of mental health services including general adult psychiatry – geriatrics – forensics – psychosomatic medicine – substance abuse sub-specialty services – trauma services – psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery programs – comprehensive homeless programs – peer support services – opiate replacement programs – Mental Health Intensive Case Management – vocational rehabilitation programs – domiciliary based programs and inpatient programs
• There is ongoing active research in addiction psychiatry – post-traumatic stress disorder – disaster psychiatry – 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
• Work Schedule: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm – Monday – Friday with light on-call responsibilities Bargaining Unit Status: This position is part of the bargaining unit
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• VHA Physician Total Rewards
• Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be available Relocation Incentive: May be available Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Available – see Education section Learn more
• EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact VISN17EDRP2@va.gov – the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance 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

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