Job Description
MD/DO - Psychiatrist A greater place to live, work, and play The Community - St. Cloud, MN Though mostly in Stearns County, St. Cloud also extends into Benton and Sherburne counties, and the Mississippi River runs through the city. It is the center of a small, contiguous urban area totaling over 116,000 residents, with Waite Park, Sauk Rapids, Sartell, St. Joseph, Rockville, and St. Augusta directly bordering the city, and Foley, Rice, Kimball, Clearwater, Clear Lake, and Cold Spring nearby. St. Cloud is 65 miles northwest of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul along Interstate 94, U.S. Highway 10, and Minnesota State Highway 23. St. Cloud State University, Minnesota's third-largest public university, is between downtown and the Beaver Islands that form a maze for a two-mile stretch of the Mississippi. The approximately 30 undeveloped islands are a popular destination for kayak and canoe enthusiasts and are part of a state-designated 12-mile stretch of wild and scenic river. St. Cloud owns and operates a hydroelectric dam on the Mississippi that can produce up to nine megawatts of electricity.
St. Cloud is the 8th largest city in Minnesota, making it "just the right size" - large enough to provide the best in big-city business, entertainment and lifestyle amenities, but with a small-town feel of comfort and community in a college-town setting. Our values are square in the center of "Minnesota Nice". And with our outstanding recreational opportunities, exceptional healthcare services, beautiful gardens, rich history, historic downtown, vibrant arts, restaurants and shopping, friendly neighborhoods, excellent education facilities, fun events throughout the year and growing opportunity everywhere you can see why St. Cloud is a GREATER place to live, work, and play!
As a testament to the livability and quality of life that is enjoyed by residents of the City of St. Cloud and the Greater St. Cloud region, the following is a list of most recent recognitions:
- St. Cloud ranks No. 47 on list of "Best Small Cities in America" by
- St. Cloud ranks No. 26 on list of 2014 Best Performing Small Cities - Milken Institute ( Minnesota City)
- St. Cloud ranks No. 7 on list of Fastest-Growing U.S. Cities -
- St. Cloud ranks No. 5 in Top 10 Most Exciting Places in Minnesota -
- St. Cloud ranks No. 24 on Best Small Places for Business and Careers - (moved up 31 spots from the 2013 ranking)
- Munsinger and Clemens Gardens received a 2014 Best of Minnesota recognition - Star Tribune
- St. Cloud ranked No. 30 on list of 2013 Best-Performing Small Cities - Milken Institute
- St. Cloud ranked No. 5 on list of Most Livable Winter U.S. Cities -
- St. Cloud received 2011 MNAPA Excellence in Community Engagement award for the St. Cloud Urban Area Mississippi River Corridor Plan
- St. Cloud received the 2011 AWWA Best Tasting Water in Minnesota award - American Water Works Association
- St. Cloud received the 2011 River Friendly Community of the Year award - Minnesota Waters
- St. Cloud has been an Arbor Day Foundation's Tree city USA for 30 consecutive years
- St. Cloud named Best Old-House Neighborhood - This Old House
- St. Cloud ranked No. 11 Most Secure U.S. Place (cities populated less than 150,000) - Farmer Insurance. Fifth time in Top 20
- St. Cloud named Healthiest Hometown - AARP
St. Cloud VAMC - 4801 Veterans Drive, St. Cloud, MN 56303 REQUIREMENTS (duties include but are not limited to) - Provide face-to-face initial psychiatric assessment, medication management, evidenced-based therapies, and specialized consolations to veterans presenting to the facility.
- Create treatment plans for all patients seen in both the outpatient and inpatient departments.
- Will be assigned to either department as needed.
- The psychiatrist is expected to see up to 15 patients per day providing medication management, assessment, and/or psycho-therapy during inpatient and emergent department visits.
QUALIFICATIONS - Must hold a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree from an accredited graduate school of Medicine.
- Must have successfully completed a residency program in psychiatry which has been approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the Committee on Postdoctoral Training of the American Osteopathic Association or those Canadian training programs approved by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or other appropriate Canadian medical authority.
- Must be board certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the American Osteopathic Association.
- Must be in good standing, and under no restrictions, with the state licensure board in any state in which a license is held.
- Must maintain current certification in American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers.
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