<p>A full-time permanent position is available for Medical Director of the Primary Care - Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) team at the VA North Texas Health Care System Mental Health Service (VANTHCS MHS) in Dallas, TX.</p> <p>Education Debt Reduction Program is authorized</p> <p>Recruitment or Relocation Incentive may be offered to highly qualified individual</p> <p>Podiatrists please apply to CAZM-12848668-26-JMS</p> <p>This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT & will remain open until May 08, 2026, or until all positions are filled. The first cut-off date is December 26, 2025. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled.</p> <p>Applicants will remain active for 3 months after their initial application is received and/or updated. After that time, you must update your application through your USAJobs account if you would like to be made active again for possible consideration during the open period.</p> <p><strong><strong><strong>____</strong></strong></strong></p> <p>Core responsibilities for the Medical Director of the Primary Care - Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) include leading and coordinating the operations of a multidisciplinary outpatient team with a focus on uninterrupted high-quality care to Veterans. He/She monitors and ensures compliance with VANTHCS and mental health policies, regulations, executive orders, and management directives. He/She will collaborate with other teams and team leaders to improve communication and to ensure ongoing continuity of care for Veterans.</p> <ul> <li>In conjunction with the Clinical Directors of this Mental Health Team, the Medical Director PCMHI, organizes, and directs administrative, operational, patient and personnel activities for the team; Coordinating interdisciplinary staffing, work assignments, resource allocation and direct patient care. </li><li>Provides integrated mental health care in primary care clinic settings through collaboration with primary care physicians and nurses. Core responsibilities also include providing triage services to Veterans new to Mental Health; Consulting with primary care physicians, providing brief mental health assessments and time-limited follow up to Veterans not established in specialty mental health, and educating veterans, nurses, and mental health staff about behavioral health issues. </li><li>Skilled in general outpatient psychiatry, including diagnostic evaluations, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. Competent in the management of individuals with a broad range of clinical problems, including but not limited to post-traumatic stress disorder, mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders, substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders in the elderly Veteran population. </li><li>Serves as a collaborative member of a multidisciplinary mental health team. Provides clinical supervision and acts as formal collaborative physician for health care professionals such as Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Clinical Pharmacy Specialists. They will also provide shared administrative supervision for Social Workers, Psychologists, Peer Support, and Nursing staff. </li></ul> <p>VA North Texas Health Care System Mental Health Service provides a full range of mental health services including general adult psychiatry, geriatrics, psychosomatic medicine, substance abuse sub-specialty services, trauma services, psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery programs, comprehensive homeless programs, peer support services, opiate replacement programs, Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery (ICMHR), vocational rehabilitation programs, domiciliary based programs and inpatient services. There is ongoing active research in addiction psychiatry, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, mood disorders, and homelessness. Clinical training programs exist for medical students, psychiatry residents and fellows, clinical psychologists, social workers and nurses. VA North Texas Health Care System has an active relationship with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as our primary affiliate, as well as other local teaching institutions.</p> <p>Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 0800 - 1630</p> <p>Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus) or Relocation Incentive: May be available to highly qualified individual</p> <p>Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): See Benefits section Learn more.VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.</p> <p>VHA Physician Total Rewards.</p> <p>Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases</p> <p>Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)</p> <p>Paid Parental Leave: 12 weeks of paid time off for birth of a child, adoption, foster care</p> <p>Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA</p> <p>Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)</p> <p>Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory</p> <p>CME: Possible $2,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)</p> <p>Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided</p> <p>Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting</p>