Career Center

• The Gainesville VA is currently seeking a full-time Physician to join the North Florida/South Georgia VA Medical Center Psychiatry Service as a Psychiatrist serving at the Lake City VA Medical Center, in Lake City, Florida. The primary role for this position will focus on the care of Veterans as part of an integrated team of psychiatrists, mid-level practitioners, nurses, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers and clerks.
• Office Hours: 8 – 4:30 pm, Monday -Friday 
• Review the outstanding benefits of VA employment:   Total Rewards of a Physician VA Career Brochure.pdf
• The duties include, but are not limited to:
• Provide general adult psychiatric care.
• Conduct diagnostic evaluations, psychiatric consults, medication management, and individual or group psychotherapy.
• Provide direct clinical supervision of advanced practice nurses or physician assistants and other staff as appropriate.
• Establish professional working relationships with other clinical service providers within the medical center and outlying clinics.
• Provide telephone and e-consult consultations as needed.
• Expected to cooperate with and participate in medical duties or functions related to quality of care, peer review, and other performance improvement activities as directed.

Lake City – The gateway to FL

• Tucked into the junction of two major highways in North Florida — I-75 and I-10 — Lake City is a breeze to get to from any direction. Plus, we’re within easy reach of several large cities.
• Downtown Lake City is known for its treasure trove of history, natural wonders, and even its possible hauntings, making it an exciting place to visit where there's always something happening.

• Lake City and the surrounding communities of Columbia County house an enchantingly diverse ecosystem, with over 350 miles of rivers, 1,500 miles of trails, aquatic caves, nine state parks, waterfalls, and 300 documented natural springs that offer cave diving, tubing, paddle boarding, kayaking, hiking, birdwatching and spring hopping that can’t be found anywhere else in the United States.

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About Lake City VAMC

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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