Join Our Team at VA Southern Oregon Healthcare System - Seeking Full-Time Psychiatrists

The VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center & Clinics (VASORCC) in White City, Oregon, is currently looking for full-time, board-eligible psychiatrists to join our Mental Health Service Line team. VASORCC provides primary care, mental health, and psychosocial rehabilitation to 18,000 outpatients and 525 residential Veterans. As a VASORCC Psychiatrist, you will offer patient-centered care through an integrated care team, utilizing an Electronic Health Record system that spans all national VHA facilities. Ideal candidates will have experience collaborating with multiple disciplines to provide psychopharmacological and behavioral health services. Additionally, psychiatrists will offer telehealth services to other VHA clinics. While board certification is preferred, candidates with comparable qualifications are encouraged to apply. All VASORCC Psychiatrists must obtain a buprenorphine prescribing waiver within three months of hire.

Specialty Psychiatrist Positions Available:

Lead Psychiatrist: You will work closely with the prescribing team across the Behavioral Health Service overseeing the practice of psychiatric prescribing.  You will be part of the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) as well as part of our Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP) providing care to Veterans.

About VASORCC:

VASORCC serves outpatient Veterans throughout southern Oregon and northern California, and residential Veterans primarily from the western US (with 16% from the rest of the nation). Our residential psychosocial rehabilitation program focuses on Veterans dealing with chronic mental illness, substance abuse, and homelessness.

Living in the Rogue Valley:

The Rogue Valley offers a mild and sunny climate, with Medford being the largest nearby city. The area is perfect for year-round outdoor activities like hiking, white-water rafting, road and mountain biking, camping, and fishing. Mt. Ashland provides snow sports opportunities such as skiing and snowboarding. The area also boasts rich cultural activities, including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Britt Festival.

Benefits of Working as a VASORCC Psychiatrist:

Practice Evidence-Based Medicine: Enjoy practicing medicine without the hassles of high malpractice premiums and associated overhead costs!

Work-Life Balance: Typical work week is 40 hours, Monday-Friday, with a rotating Call Schedule.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: You must be a US citizen and hold an unrestricted medical license from any US state, territory, or commonwealth.

Integrated Electronic Medical Records: Work with state-of-the-art national Integrated Electronic Medical Records (EMR) network.

Competitive Salary: Your salary will be determined by a Physician Compensation Panel based on your qualifications, education, and experience.

Generous Leave Policies: Physicians earn 26 days of paid annual leave in the first year, with the ability to accumulate up to 86 days, plus 13 days of sick leave annually, and 11 federal holidays.

Attractive Benefits Package: Full malpractice coverage, life insurance, portable health insurance (after 5 years), a thrift savings plan (401K) with employer matching, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System with a defined benefit plan vested after 5 years.

Educational and Relocation Support: CME opportunities and a potential relocation/recruitment incentive.

If you are interested in exploring a practice within the VHA, please feel free to email your CV and any questions you may have. I am happy to assist you.

For more information, you can explore our Physician benefits at: VA Careers - Physicians

For consideration, please forward an updated CV or contact:

Hank Laguatan National Healthcare Recruitment Consultant @ Henry.laguatan@va.gov or (206) 459-7927.

VA SORCC Services

Over the years the Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics (SORCC) resident milieu has evolved from a domiciliary to a more program-specific, Veteran-centric organization, emphasizing rehabilitation and community reintegration.  Comprising 525 active residential rehabilitation beds, our efforts focus on returning the Veteran to a healthy, productive lifestyle.  Integrated rehabilitation and therapeutic services include Case Management, Substance Abuse Treatment Program (SATP), Evidence-Based Psychotherapy, Neuropsychological Assessment, a Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Center (PRRC), a Mindful Action Group program that includes a Ropes Course, Recreation Therapy, Vocational Rehabilitation/Employment Services, OIF/OEF/OND program, Native American Veterans Program, and Psychiatry Service.  These programs are augmented by additional programs including telehealth, care for homeless veterans, community residential homeless Veteran Grant Per Diem Program, physical rehabilitation, prosthetics, ambulatory care clinic, group visits and disease management, community reentry, blind Veteran computer training (VIST), dental services, 15-bed infirmary, chaplain services, and a range of patient wellness clinics focusing on preventive health such as smoking cessation, relapse prevention, tuberculosis, diabetes, hypertension, and nutrition.  Coordinated Home Tele-health (CCHT), Home Based Primary Care (HBPC), Women Veterans Healthcare (including Women’s Mental Healthcare), and minority Veterans programs are also offered.

An expanding component of this treatment focus is in the presence of our outpatient programs, offering access to primary and mental health services at the main White City campus and in two CBOCs (Grants Pass and Klamath Falls).  As VA’s only freestanding rehabilitation center, the SORCC is a significant resource, drawing Veterans from across the nation (approximately 84% from VISN 20 and 21; 16% from the rest of the nation).  We proudly provide specialized programs for underserved Veteran populations experiencing homelessness, chronic mental illness, and substance abuse.  We offer quality residential treatment in psychiatry; addictions; medicine; and bio-psychosocial, physical, and vocational rehabilitation. 

We offer exemplary outpatient medical and mental health care to Veterans living in the southern Oregon and northern California region, comprising nearly 200,000 Veteran visits annually.  Veteran outpatients in Southern Oregon, namely Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, and Lake Counties and Siskiyou, Del Norte and other counties in Northern California visit White City’s Outpatient Clinic.  The outpatient service area includes well over 40,000 Veterans.  To further complement our rural healthcare focus the Klamath Falls and Grants Pass Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) provide primary and mental health care, including telehealth services.  An additional rural healthcare access point has been added to include an outreach clinic in Lakeview, Oregon. 

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 2025, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $23,500, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $31,000.
• 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

Living in the Rogue Valley

Medford is the largest city within the proximity of the SORCC with smaller nearby communities of Grants Pass and Ashland comprising the majority of the population densities for the Rogue Valley.  The climate is generally mild and sunny, with average high temperatures around 45 in the winter and 90 in the summer.  Rainfall, averages around 20 inches per year. The climate and geography of Southern Oregon support year-round outdoor activities, including hiking, white-water rafting/kayaking, road and mountain biking, camping, and fishing.  Given the proximity to Mt. Ashland (15-minute drive from Ashland), snow sports are readily available, including skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, winter camping, sledding, etc.  Mt. Ashland (and the surrounding area) also supports the growth of Enduro-style mountain biking.  The area is also known for its dense cultural recreational opportunities including theatre and music such as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Britt Festival.  The Rogue Valley has some of the best soil in the country, and vineyards abound in the area.  Crater Lake National Park and the Oregon Caves National Monument are both less than a two-hour drive from Medford, and both have multiple campsites along the way.  A little further from the city, one can take a day trip to the ocean (about 2.5 hours), which includes a drive through the famous redwood forests of Northern California.

Larger metropolitan cities are also accessible, with flight time to San Francisco less than two hours, driving time to Eugene around 2.5 hours, and driving time to Portland around 4 hours (1 hr flight).