About the Physician Opportunity
The Primary Care Physician (Intermittent/Schedule Varies) performs specialized treatment of complex physical and/or mental illness in the inpatient, or outpatient clinical settings. Treatment will include comprehensive assessments and ongoing care of the physical and medical need of individuals being cared for in the respective service/unit.
The population of male and female Veterans serviced ranges from adult, age 18, to the elderly adult, age 65 and over. Age-related and cultural intervention appropriate to the cognitive, physical, and emotional needs will be always employed, tailored to the individual patient, incorporating knowledge of changes associated with aging and principles of growth and development.
About the Sheridan VA Health Care System
We are part of the Rocky Mountain Region Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN19). VISN 19 includes facilities in Colorado, Oklahoma, Montana, Utah and Wyoming. Our health care system consists of our main facility located in Sheridan, Wyoming. Its a 200-bed medical center, serving as the psychiatry tertiary referral site for VISN 19. We provide complex care across the continuum ranging from acute inpatient mental health care to mental health residential rehabilitation and interdisciplinary outpatient programs, and prospective candidates will help drive an integrated and comprehensive approach to the care of a complicated Veteran population. Sheridan VAHCS bed complement includes 20 psychiatric, 10 medical, 55 extended care, 115 mental health residential beds, and a 45-bed Domiciliary Residential Treatment program for homeless Veterans. We have five Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Casper, Riverton, Cody, Gillette and Rock Springs, with two Telehealth Outreach Clinics in Worland and Evanston; and one Outreach Clinic in Afton, Wyoming.