Outpatient psychiatrist opportunity caring for our nation's veterans in Clearlake, CA!
Selectee will be the staff psychiatrist at the
Veterans Administration Clear Lake Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) providing psychiatric evaluations, medication management, psychotherapy, and care coordination for a general adult psychiatric population.
- Work with Veterans and family members from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds utilizing counseling skills.
- Evaluate, diagnose, and provide care and consultation to Veterans and their family members, and to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the Veterans problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance needed.
- Implement pharmacologic, psychotherapeutic, and behavioral treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups to achieve treatment goals. This requires judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem-solving, or crisis intervention techniques.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate with clients, staff, and representatives of community agencies.
- Effectively consult with physicians in other fields regarding mental, emotional, behavioral, and substance-related disorders.
