Seeking experienced Women’s Mental Health and/or Reproductive MH Psychiatrist

Job description

The Mental Health Service at VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (GLA) is seeking a dedicated Psychiatrist to join the Women’s Health Clinic at our West Los Angeles VAMC or Sepulveda VAMC. The Women’s Health Centers are unique, integrative women’s health clinics that offer comprehensive primary care to female veterans, as well as specialty medical and mental health care, social work services, and pharmacy services, in a warm, welcoming space dedicated to female veterans.

As a multidisciplinary team member, you will work closely with psychology, nursing, primary care, and social work to deliver coordinated, integrated, rehabilitative, and restorative outpatient services. Your role will encompass medication management, supportive psychotherapy, crisis intervention, and same-day psychiatric services, ensuring Veterans receive coordinated, rehabilitative, and restorative care aimed at achieving their highest level of functioning, independence, and housing stability.

Key Responsibilities:
• Provide a full range of psycho-diagnostic services and therapeutic interventions as part of the overall
care of female Veterans with psychiatric disorders.
• Manage medications for a wide variety of mental disorders.
• Deliver supportive psychotherapy when indicated.
• Evaluate/manage Veterans presenting urgent psychiatric needs, including hospitalization as needed
• Participate in daily interdisciplinary team huddles.
• Opportunity to teach and supervise psychiatry residents affiliated with the UCLA Geffen School of
Medicine, with eligibility for a health sciences faculty appointment.

Why Join VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System?
• Impactful Work: Serve those who have served our nation by addressing the unique mental health
needs of homeless Veterans.
• Comprehensive Services: Be part of a Level 1A complexity tertiary care health organization providing
state-of-the-art care to one of the largest Veteran populations in the VA system.
• Interdisciplinary Approach: Collaborate closely with primary care, psychology, nursing, and social
work professionals to deliver integrated care.
• Professional Growth: Involved in teaching opportunities and innovative outreach programs, with a
commitment to research and educational advancement.

Work Schedule: Full-time / On-site

Qualifications:
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine
• Must possess a current, full, and unrestricted license
• Must have completed residency in an accredited core specialty
• Board Certified or Board Eligible
• Preferred minimum of 5 years of practice but not required.

Benefits and Features:

• PTO: 50–55 days of PTO annually (26/13 days of annual/sick leave, 11 holidays,)
• Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided.
• Dental, Medical, Life Insurance, Pension, TSP (401K) with 5% match, Survivor Benefits
• Up to $1,000 or more annually and up to 5 days paid absence for CME
• Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) up to $200,000 in qualified loan reimbursement
• Service without strings: No employment contracts or restrictive covenants
• Opportunity for UCLA Geffen School of Medicine Faculty appointment
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

• Opportunity for Academic Appointment
• Womens Health Clinic
• Work-life