The Central Alabama VA Medical Center - Montgomery, is seeking full-time board certified/board eligible Psychiatrist to join our Mental Health Team. Actively recruiting outpatient generalist and specialist psychiatrist across a wide range of clinical settings. CAVHCS provides health services to Veterans throughout central Alabama and west-central Georgia.

Psychiatrist will function as a highly skilled, independent care provider in the management of patients with behavioral health problems; carry a caseload and provide consultation to Behavioral Health, Primary Care, and other clinical programs within the VA Healthcare system, community agencies, and other clinicians caring for our veterans; be responsible to one or more Behavioral Health programs either on the main campus or at outlying clinics associated with the Tuskegee VA Healthcare Center (Columbus, Dothan, Fort Benning, Fort Rucker & Monroeville), and may participate in Tele-psychiatry duties.

VA Central Alabama Healthcare System – Montgomery & Tuskegee has teaching hospitals that provide a full range of health services for Veterans, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research. VACAHS serves more than 49,000 Veterans in a 39-county area that covers central Alabama and parts of western Georgia, with over 433,00 outpatients visits per year.  Services include outpatient primary care, outpatient mental health, specialty care, substance abuse residential rehabilitation, Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC), HUD/VASH (VA Supported Housing), and Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) programs.

Benefits and Features

• Expected Salary range for well qualified Psychiatrist will be competitive for the academic rank with consideration given to candidate's qualifications, credentials and experience. Selected candidate may receive Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus), Relocation Incentive & be eligible to apply for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), and if approved, receive up to $200k in school loan repayment.
• The VA offers Psychiatrist and all employees industry leading full benefits and features package to support high quality professional practice & favorable work-life-family balance.
• Paid Time Off in the form of 26 Days paid annual leave, 13 Days paid sick leave per year, 12 weeks of maternity or paternity leave, 11 Federal holidays with pay. 
• Insurance to include Health-Dental-Vision care insurance programs to choose from with premiums partially paid by VA; Flexible Spending Accounts; Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government; and Long-term care insurance available as an option
• Federal Retirement Plans thru the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) - A three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits; 2) FERS-FRAE basic benefits (pension); and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan, with up to five percent government matching

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Today, Montgomery is known for our historic downtown and focus on the future. Our southern charm is only elevated by our high-tech innovations to make life as pleasant as possible.  We are home to ballets, sports complexes, museums, civil rights memorials, city parks, and a vibrant riverfront housing Riverboat Harriott II.  In 2004, the City landed a $1.8 billion project when Hyundai Motors built its first assembly and manufacturing plant in the United States. It employs over 3,000 team members and shows the confidence Hyundai has in Montgomery.  We are proud to offer a wide range of excellent educational programs through colleges and universities within Montgomery, including a Historically Black College and University at Alabama State University.

For more information, please forward your Curriculum Vitae to Hank Laguatan, VA National Healthcare Recruitment Consultant at Henry.laguatan@va.gov or call (206) 459-7927.

About Central Alabama VA Medical Center - Montgomery

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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