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Psychiatrist

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$0.00 Annually

Location

VA 23513, VA

Job Type

Permanent Full-time

Job Number

13725

Department

Community Services Board

Division

Medical Services

Opening Date

12/19/2025

Closing Date

12/29/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

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Description

Norfolk, Virginia is America's most authentic and urban waterfront city. Home to the world's largest naval station and the business, arts, and cultural center of Coastal Virginia, Norfolk has been rated a top place to live, work, play, and raise a family by numerous publications. Working for the City of Norfolk is an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of others. With our commitment to competitive pay and a strong retirement package, you can do good for your community and do well for yourself. Join a caring workplace that proudly celebrates uniqueness, authenticity, and a shared commitment to improving the lives of our residents.

The Norfolk Community Services Board (NCSB) provides treatment, support, and education to the community with a focus on mental illness, substance use addiction, and intellectual/developmental disabilities. Norfolk CSB provides services to persons in acute crisis as well as integrated, person-centered, and recovery-oriented programming for persons needing assistance and support stabilizing in the community.

Today, the NCSB provides treatment and rehabilitation services to over 6,000 Norfolk citizens yearly. Norfolk CSB seeks team members interested in providing skilled services in a public service environment. We are also seeking persons to join our team that are dedicated to supporting a positive work and treatment environment. Please join us as we instill hope and recovery opportunities for the persons we serve.

The NCSB is seeking a Psychiatrist a s a member of a collaborative interdisciplinary team, the physician actively engages in a full range of diagnostic, treatment, and therapeutic activities, utilizing a culturally competent, evidence-based approach to diagnosis and treatment. The physician will conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and provide ongoing outpatient assessment, psychopharmacological treatment, and psychotherapeutic interventions to adults with chronic and severe mental illness, including those with co-occurring disorders and developmental disabilities.

Essential Functions

Essential functions include but are not limited to:

+ Performs complete psychiatric evaluations and provides ongoing outpatient psychiatric assessment and treatment for patients eligible for care at the NCSB.

+ Prescribes and monitors medications, including documentation of informed consent; maintains awareness of FDA indications and warnings; monitors efficacy, safety, and side effects of prescribed treatments.

+ Provides clinical management of urgent and semi-urgent clinical situations for patients, including on-call availability for consultation; provides after-hours phone consultation for urgent clinical matters involving patients; provides cross-coverage for other psychiatrists.

+ Provides direct psychiatric care services in accordance with the highest applicable standards of medical and professional practice and in full accordance with NCSB policies and procedures.

+ Documents the medical services rendered accurately, thoroughly, and in a timely manner in accordance with established policies and standards.

+ Maintains productivity standards per program requirements.

+ Participates in Utilization Review and Quality Assurance/Improvement activities.

+ Completes required training and certifications by their due date.

+ Performs related work, as required.

Education/Experience

Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree. Completion of an ACGME-accredited psychiatric residency program.

No additional experience above the successful completion of a psychiatric residency program.

Experience working with seriously mentally ill individuals in a community-based outpatient setting is preferred.

Additional Information & Requirements

+ Unrestricted license to practice Medicine in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

+ Board Eligible or Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Psychiatry.

+ If Board-Eligible, the psychiatrist must obtain Board Certification within five years of completing their psychiatric residency program.

+ Valid DEA Registration to prescribe Schedule II-V controlled substances.

+ Eligible for credentialing with Medicaid, Medicare, and other third-party insurance payers.

+ Valid Driver's License may be required depending on assignment.

+ Certifiable in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Basic First Aid.

Working Hours: Monday — Friday 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

+ Regular full-time and permanent part-time employees may receive paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, employer paid pension plan, basic life insurance, voluntary participation in medical and dental, Section 457 deferred compensation, long-term disability, optional life insurance for self, spouse and children, medical and dependent care reimbursement plans, access to membership in credit union and employer provided parking.

+ Special project/grant employees are generally eligible for the same benefits of regular full-time employees; however, retirement, life insurance and participation in health plans vary depending upon funding and authorization.

+ Temporary/seasonal and part-time employees are generally only eligible for employer provided parking and access to membership in credit union.

+ Retirement

If you are hired October 5, 2010, or after to a position with City of Norfolk Retirement System benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

If you are hired January 1, 2022, or after to a position with Virginia Retirement System (VRS) benefits, you will be required to contribute five percent (5%) of your salary toward your retirement benefit. This will be a pre-tax payroll deduction.

+ The Tuition Assistance Program is established to encourage employees toward continued self-development and education. Permanent full-time and permanent part-time classified, unclassified permanent, full-time special projects, and constitutional employees who have completed six months continuous service will be eligible to apply. The applicant’s school of enrollment must be an accredited institution.

NOTE:

The benefits described above are broad generalizations. The specific benefits that an employee may be eligible for are governed by City regulations, as applicable to job type.

Non-City

Positions listed with a job type designation of "Non-City" are not subject to the benefits descriptions above. Refer to the content of the job posting for information regarding these positions.

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The following Supplemental Questions are specific to the position for which you have applied to assist the hiring manager in screening applications for specific experience being sought. Please be specific in answering these questions as they will be used to evaluate which applications will be given further consideration in the process. Do not answer "see resume" or "see application" as these are not valid answers. Please note that if you are invited to be interviewed by the department, your responses to the following questions may be subject to verification.

+ I understand and will answer the following supplemental questions completely and thoroughly.

02

Please acknowledge receipt of the following information: - This position is Unclassified and serves at the will of the City Manager.

+ I acknowledge receipt of the information above

03

Do you have the legal right to work in the United States and, upon employment, can you provide documentation to verify this?

+ Yes

+ No

04

Are you a current or previous City of Norfolk employee?

+ Yes - I am a current City of Norfolk Employee

+ Yes - I am a previous City of Norfolk Employee

+ No - I am not a previous or current City of Norfolk employee

05

If you were referred for this position by a current City of Norfolk employee, please provide the employee's full name, department, and job title, and your relationship to the employee. If not, please indicate by typing "N/A."

06

Please select the highest level of education you have completed.

+ High School Diploma/GED

+ Associate's Degree

+ Bachelor's Degree

+ Master's Degree or higher

07

Do you possess a valid M.D. or D.O. license in the Commonwealth of Virginia?

+ Yes

+ No

08

Are you Board-Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology?

+ Yes, I am Board Certified

+ No, I am not Board Certified, but I am Board-Eligible

+ No, I am not Board Certified, but I am not Board-Eligible

09

Do you have experience working in an outpatient community mental health clinic?

+ Yes

+ No

10

Do you have experience supervising psychiatric nurse practitioners?

+ Yes

+ No

11

Have you ever been the subject of any exclusion, suspension, or debarment action by the General Services Administration(GSA), Office of Inspector General (OIG) or any other federal healthcare program including, but not limited to Medicare or Medicaid?

+ Yes

+ No

12

Has your license to practice in your profession ever been voluntarily or involuntarily relinquished, denied, suspended, revoked, restricted, or have you ever been subject to a fine, reprimand, consent order, probation or any conditions or limitations by any state or professional licensing, registration or certification board?

+ Yes

+ No

13

Have you had any professional liability actions (pending, settled, arbitrated, mediated, or litigated) within the past ten years?

+ Yes

+ No

14

Please provide the name, email address, and phone number of your current or most recent supervisor

15

Please provide an explanation of any periods of unemployment that are 30 days or longer. Indicate N/A if you have not experienced any periods of unemployment.

16

A conviction (felony or misdemeanor) does not necessarily eliminate you from employment consideration. A criminal background check is conducted on all new hires. Failure to disclose all criminal convictions may result in disqualification from employment consideration or may result in dismissal from City of Norfolk employment if you have been hired. The nature of the offense; the time that has passed since the offense, conduct and/or completion of the sentence; and the nature of the job sought may be taken into consideration. Have you ever been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor?

+ I have been convicted of a felony

+ I have been convicted of a misdemeanor

+ I have been convicted of a felony and a misdemeanor

+ I have not been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor

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If you answered, that you have been convicted of a felony and/or a misdemeanor, please provide an explanation including the city, state and date of the conviction. This excludes minor traffic violations such as speeding tickets.

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Are you a qualified military spouse? (An individual who is certified by the designated local agency as being a spouse of a member of the United States Armed Forces)

+ Yes

+ No

19

Please indicate your veteran status. (A copy of your long form DD-214 may be required)

+ I am not a Veteran

+ I am a Veteran

+ I am a Disabled Veteran

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