MD/DO - Psychiatrist Some cities never sleep, this one never rests The Community - Pittsburgh, PA A city on the move. Long known as the Steel Capital, these days Pittsburgh is known for innovation. In "the Burgh " you will cross a lot of bridges, climb a lot of hills, and explore what the Atlantic calls "the next tech mecca. " Ranked as on of the top 25 cities for millennials, the city is home to Google, Uber, Disney Research, Client, and Apple offices along with tech startups such as Duolingo, Modcloth, and 4Moms.
Pittsburgh VAMC It is an acute care and inpatient behavioral health facility with 146 beds available for medical, neurological, and surgical care in the main facility and 78 secure, private psychiatric beds in the consolidation building. This campus also receives the most outpatient visits of all VAPHS facilities .
The University Drive campus of VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System is located in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, adjacent to University of Pittsburgh's Petersen Events Center. It is an acute care and inpatient behavioral health facility with 146 beds available for medical, neurological, and surgical care in the main facility and 78 secure, private psychiatric beds in the consolidation building. This campus also receives the most outpatient visits of all VAPHS facilities.
Specialized services available at the University Drive campus include speech and audiology, dermatology, optometry/ophthalmology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, nephrology, sleep studies, urology, and more. The campus is also home to national, independent liver and renal transplant centers, along with a regional cardiac surgery center and an oncology referral center. In addition, our Women Veterans Health and Renal Dialysis programs have earned recognition as National Centers of Clinical Excellence.
Requirements (include but not limited to) Inpatient Care - Operating and collaborating physician's patients
- Seeing 1C/1D Psychiatry Service - Ward Patients.
- Admitting
- Diagnosis of patients
- Developing Treatment Plans
- Managing, including the performance of timely treatment
- Discharge/Transfer
- Including all needed medical record documentation
Outpatient Care - Seeing all new patient referrals with accompanying medical records
- Seeing severely mental ill patients
- Evaluation disposition E-consult
- Post-discharged follow up
- Patients must be seen by provider in 30 days
Qualifications - Must hold a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree from an accredited graduate school of Medicine.
- Must have successfully completed a residency program in psychiatry which has been approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the Committee on Postdoctoral Training of the American Osteopathic Association or those Canadian training programs approved by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or other appropriate Canadian medical authority.
- Must be board certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the American Osteopathic Association.
- Must be in good standing, and under no restrictions, with the state licensure board in any state in which a license is held.
- Must maintain current certification in American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers.
KurzSolutions is committed to improving health outcomes by providing well-managed companies with the top healthcare talent in the market. 
