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About the Inpatient and MHRRTP Psychiatrist position
This position will contribute to both the Acute Psychiatric Unit as well as the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program. The Acute Inpatient Mental Health Psychiatrist provides comprehensive mental health services for a diverse population needing psychiatric stabilization throughout the course of admission. This includes history and physical examinations, mental status examinations, intake assessments, medication management, suicide risk evaluations This staff psychiatrist will work on a multidisciplinary mental health team treating Veterans with a full range of diagnosis, including mood disorders, PTSD, anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, substance use disorders and neurocognitive disorders. Board certification (or board eligible) in psychiatry preferred. The incumbent will be responsible for the medical care of veterans admitted to MHRRTP residential level of care for substance use treatment. Includes assessments for and documentation of admission orders, ongoing medical assessments and management, and discharge summary and discharge orders
About the Sheridan VA Health Care System
We are part of the Rocky Mountain Region Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN19). VISN 19 includes facilities in Colorado, Oklahoma, Montana, Utah and Wyoming. Our health care system consists of our main facility located in Sheridan, Wyoming. Its a 200-bed medical center, serving as the psychiatry tertiary referral site for VISN 19. We provide complex care across the continuum ranging from acute inpatient mental health care to mental health residential rehabilitation and interdisciplinary outpatient programs, and prospective candidates will help drive an integrated and comprehensive approach to the care of a complicated Veteran population. Sheridan VAHCS bed complement includes 20 psychiatric, 10 medical, 55 extended care, 115 mental health residential beds, and a 45-bed Domiciliary Residential Treatment program for homeless Veterans.
Livability in Sheridan and Wyoming
6% - Sheridan County Sales Tax
30,921 - Sheridan County population
12.1 - Average Minutes for daily commute for workers
95.6% - High School graduation rate in Sheridan
6 - Population of people per square mile in the state of Wyoming
42.3 - Sheridan County median age
3742 - Sheridan elevation in feet
7th - Lowest crime rate of all states in the nation
$0 - Wyoming state personal income tax
83 vs. 68 - Sheridan Livability score vs. USA Livability score
Compensation Information:
$240000.0 / Annually - $240000.0 / Annually
Starting At: 240000.0 Annually
Up To: 275000.0 Annually
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