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Physician, Chief Mental Health Care

Job Field: Hospitality Jobs
Location: Columbia, SC
Salary: Please contact for more information
Job Type: Full Time - Excepted Service Permanent
Phone: (803)776-4000x6264
JOB SUMMARY:

Vacancy Identification Number (VIN): 663043 

Travel expenses (PCS relocation services) are authorized.  Recruitment/Relocation incentive may be authorized to highly qualified candidate.

To fulfill President Lincoln's promise – "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" – by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. 

 

How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?

The WJB Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) is seeking an individual with clinical leadership and managerial skills to direct our Mental Health Service.  Dorn VAMC is part of the VA Southeast Network (VISN 7), is a 216-bed facility, encompassing medical, surgical, psychiatric, and geriatric care.  The medical center provides care to approximately 75,000 veterans in the midlands and upstate South Carolina.  Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) are located in Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg, Florence, Orangeburg, Sumter and Rock Hill, SC.  Dorn VAMC is affiliated with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and provides teaching services for students and residents.  USC is the state's flagship research university, with Schools of Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, and an active Graduate School.

Applications will be accepted from the four core disciplines: Psychology, Nursing, Psychiatry, and/or Social Work.

We will accept applications for this position until filled.  Cut-off dates for referral for consideration will be the 15th & 30th of each month.  Applications received by the 15th & 30th of each month will receive first consideration.  This announcement will be closed once the position is filled.

 

Salary based on the qualifications and expertise of the applicant selected and will be recommended by a Professional Compensation Panel of Peers.

As a VA professional, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries.

 

The Dorn VAMC is one of the fastest growing VA Medical Centers in the US. Our quality processes and practice innovations are excellent. The medical center is affiliated and co-located with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Dorn offers in its compensation package: competitive salaries, 100% malpractice insurance coverage, health and life insurance programs, a three-tiered retirement income program, and up to 26 paid days of vacation per year.

 

Special Employment Consideration:  VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply.


KEY REQUIREMENTS:
  • U. S. Citizenship
  • Must pass pre-employment examination
  • English Language Proficiency required
  • Designated and-or Random Drug Testing required
  • Background and-or Security Investigation required
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