Excellent Psychiatry Opportunities in Central Alabama - Tuskegee, AL

The Central Alabama VA Medical Center - Tuskegee, is seeking full-time board certified/board eligible Psychiatrist to join our Mental Health Team. Actively recruiting generalist and specialist psychiatrist across a wide range of clinical settings. CAVHCS provides health services to Veterans throughout central Alabama and west-central Georgia.

Psychiatrist will function as a highly skilled, independent care provider in the management of patients with behavioral health problems; carry a caseload and provide consultation to Behavioral Health, Primary Care, and other clinical programs within the VA Healthcare system, community agencies, and other clinicians caring for our veterans; be responsible to one or more Behavioral Health programs either on the main campus or at outlying clinics associated with the Tuskegee VA Healthcare Center (Columbus, Dothan, Fort Benning, Fort Rucker & Monroeville), and may participate in Tele-psychiatry duties.

VA Central Alabama Healthcare System – Tuskegee & Montgomery has teaching hospitals that provide a full range of health services for Veterans, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research. VACAHS serves more than 49,000 Veterans in a 39-county area that covers central Alabama and parts of western Georgia, with over 433,00 outpatients visits per year.  Services include outpatient primary care, outpatient mental health, specialty care, substance abuse residential rehabilitation, Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC), HUD/VASH (VA Supported Housing), and Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) programs.

Benefits and Features

• Expected Salary range for well qualified Psychiatrist will be competitive for the academic rank with consideration given to candidate's qualifications, credentials and experience. Selected candidate may receive Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus), Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance) & be eligible to apply for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), and if approved, receive up to $200k in school loan repayment.
• The VA offers Psychiatrist and all employees industry leading full benefits and features package to support high quality professional practice & favorable work-life-family balance.
• Paid Time Off in the form of 26 Days paid annual leave, 13 Days paid sick leave per year, 12 weeks of maternity or paternity leave, 11 Federal holidays with pay. 
• Insurance to include Health-Dental-Vision care insurance programs to choose from with premiums partially paid by VA; Flexible Spending Accounts; Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government; and Long-term care insurance available as an option
• Federal Retirement Plans thru the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) - A three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits; 2) FERS-FRAE basic benefits (pension); and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan, with up to five percent government matching

Tuskegee is a beautiful community with rolling hills, spruce pines, lakes, streams and meadows naturally accenting the topography, located 21 miles west of Auburn (Opelika) in central Alabama and is the county seat of Macon County with nearly 9,000 residents. As a major part of Alabama’s history, Tuskegee is the birthplace of Rosa Parks, Booker T. Washington, and George Washington Carver. The city is also home to Tuskegee University, the state’s second-oldest historically black college, and the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. The city offers a number of recreational opportunities, including Lake Tuskegee.

Auburn-Opelika is the proud home of Auburn University, Alabama's biggest, and the Robert Trent Jones Trail, the world’s finest. It's the coolest college town in the South, according to us, and one of the top 10 cities in the US for small businesses, according to Forbes. Centrally located near Atlanta, Birmingham and Montgomery, Auburn-Opelika is easy to get to and easy to love.  Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama, with a 2020 population of 76,143. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a population of 158,991, along with the Columbus, GA-AL MSA and Tuskegee, Alabama, comprises the greater Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA, a region home to 501,649 residents.

For more information, please forward your Curriculum Vitae to Hank Laguatan, VA National Healthcare Recruitment Consultant @ Henry.laguatan@va.gov or call (206) 459-7927.

Paid Time Off:

• 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave
• 13 Days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation
• 11 Federal holidays with pay annually
• 5 Days paid absence to attend approved CME courses

Insurance:

• Health Insurance: VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA) Lifetime Healthcare Insurance options available
• Dental & Vision: Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA)
• VA employees have the option to use Flexible Spending Accounts, which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan
• Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government
• Long-term care insurance is available as an option

Federal Retirement Plan:

• VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits, 2) FERS-RAE basic benefits (pension), and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan
• How is the pension funded? VA employees automatically contribute 4.4% of their salary each pay period and the VA contributes 12.2% of the employee’s salary each pay period for a total annual contribution percentage equal to 16.6% of the employee’s salary
• Similar to the 401(k) savings plans widely available in the private sector, the TSP allows employees to tax defer a portion of their income each year, subject to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. For calendar year 2020, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $19,500, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $25,500.
• The Federal Government also provides an automatic basic contribution (1% of salary) and up to 4% of salary in matching contributions, depending on the amount of the employee contribution
• For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension
• In addition to FERS, VA provides health care insurance coverage for retired personnel
• Disability Retirement
• Employees are vested in a federal pension after only 5 years service