Millington, Tennessee
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chesapeake County, Virginia
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Posted: 26-Apr-26
Location: Millington, Tennessee
Type: Full Time
Salary: $250,000-$315,000
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Internal Number: 91772481
The Millington Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) has an opening for a psychiatrist that offers a dual academic appointment with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). The CBOC is a part of the Department of Veterans Affairs and falls under the Memphis VA Medical Center. It’s one of the largest of twelve community-based clinics within the Memphis VA clinical network.
The Memphis VA is a 1a complexity tertiary care VA healthcare system located in one of the fastest growing Veteran population regions in the United States. The main campus provides comprehensive care to almost 69,000 Veterans in a 52-county area of Western Tennessee, Northern Mississippi, and Northeast Arkansas. It includes 236 inpatient beds with a 26-bed Spinal Cord Injury Unit. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, as well as extensive education and research programs. Comprehensive primary, secondary, and tertiary health care is provided in vast areas of medicine, to include but not limited to cardiology, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, spinal cord injury, neurology, oncology, rheumatology, geriatrics, women’s health, and dentistry.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Provide support for same-day access to mental health services for Veterans in person and by telephone.
- Ability to work with multiple disciplines and collaborate with mid-level providers consistent with licensure and credentialing.
- Fulfill after hours, weekend and holiday general psychiatry on-call duties in rotation with other psychiatrists and may be called upon for service wide cross-coverage when necessary to maintain facility psychiatric service requirements.
- Ability to effectively provide comprehensive general psychiatric services. Experience with consultation and psychosomatic medicine is preferred.
- Skilled in interpersonal relationships, including conflict resolution and the ability to work collaboratively with other service lines and departments.
- Ability to deal effectively with individuals or groups representing widely divergent backgrounds, interests, and points of view.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the goals and objectives of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
- Adequate technology skills to efficiently utilize electronic records for patient care and for basic office electronic documentation and communication.
Highlights of position:
- $250,000-$315,000
- Work Schedule: Mon-Fri: 8AM-4:30PM, Periodic On-call
- CME Reimbursement: Possible $2000 per year (Must be Board Certified)
- Malpractice Liability Protection with tail coverage
- Possible Recruitment/Relocation Incentive for highly qualified candidates
- Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment) for highly qualified candidates
Area Overview:
The main campus medical center is in the metropolitan area of Memphis, TN, on the Bluff of the Mighty Mississippi River. It’s the hub of the United States and is known as the birthplace of Blues, Rock & Roll, and low & slow-cooked barbecue. It’s also home to the infamous Grizzlies NBA Team! Millington CBOC sits in the suburbs in Millington, TN close to Millington Naval Station.
Savor your way through the ‘cue capital of the world and explore the best of Memphis-style barbecue, from hole-in-the-wall hidden gems to world-class dining experiences! You’ll get it all on the Memphis barbecue trail. Many know Memphis as being home to “Memphis-Style Barbecue”, but it’s also the “Wing Capital” of the world with more chicken establishments (200+) than barbecue joints. Plan a visit and enjoy the nightlife on Beale Street, take a tour of Elvis Presley’s Graceland, or take a visit to the historic Peabody Hotel and watch the royal ducks walk the red carpet. The options are unlimited!
Apply today and become a part of the world’s largest healthcare system and serve those who served the nation.
To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors"-- by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.
Requirements:
- MD/DO
- Residency/Fellowship: Psychiatry
- BE/EC in Psychiatry
- Eligible for a Faculty Appointment at UTHSC
- Full and unrestricted license from ANY state
- Current BLS/CPR
- US Citizenship
- Be proficient in the written and spoken use of the English language