Staff Psychiatrist | |||||
Company: Overton Brooks VA Medical Center Location: Shreveport, LA Employment Type: Full Time Date Posted: 08/25/2023 Expire Date: 12/17/2024 Job Categories: Medical |
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Job Description | |||||
Staff Psychiatrist Major Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Providing mental health services for any eligible veteran requesting services. • Recording data from patient visits, including chief complaints, active problems, medications, physical findings and results of diagnostic tests. • Formulating assessment and plan according to accepted protocols, treatment plans or attending physician's treatment protocols, treatment plans or recommendations. • Prescribing medications according to formulary. • Ordering labs and non-invasive diagnostic and preventative screening tests as indicated. • Referring patients to other services of subspecialty clinics as indicated, including nutritional counseling. • Performing and recording history and physical examinations. • Counseling patients on smoking cessation. • Providing patient education of medical conditions, preventive measures and prescribed treatments. • Performing review of lab results and identifying abnormalities according to established guidelines. • Planning and guiding educational activities for residents, trainees, and other employees. • Participating in clinical research. • Performing BLS and calling codes when indicated and managing CPR efforts until code team arrives, • Other duties as assigned. Contact Information
Contact Name: Melvin Redditt
Phone Number: 318-294-1351 Contact Email: melvin.redditt@va.gov Website: ... |