Staff Psychiatrist
Summary
Title: | Staff Psychiatrist |
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ID: | 1003 |
Department: | Psychiatric Services |
Salary Range: | N/A |
Employment Status: | Full-time |
Description
Reports to: Associate Director
Summary of position:
Responsible for providing diagnostic evaluations and conducting medication clinics, meeting the standards of the profession and the agency.
Primary Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Education:
Certification/Registration
Experience
Summary of position:
Responsible for providing diagnostic evaluations and conducting medication clinics, meeting the standards of the profession and the agency.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Completes initial psychiatric assessments with 5 axis diagnoses in accordance with agency timelines.
- Completes medical records and other documentation in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with policy and procedure.
- Reviews diagnosis, evaluation and treatment plans in collaboration with clients and/or interdisciplinary staff as appropriate.
- Prescribes medications and monitors client’s biological and psychological response. When appropriate, meets with client’s significant other(s), providing education about prescribed medications.
- Provides crisis intervention and evaluation when needed.
- Conducts offsite medication clinics in service area as needed.
- Works with other clinical staff to ensure necessary and appropriate resource linkage.
- Works in cooperative and problem-solving manner with other TCMHS departments and community agencies.
- Represents agency in cooperative, positive manner, identifying and reporting any concerns regarding improvement of the service delivery system.
- Actively contributes to the functioning of the treatment team, informing members of issues impacting care in a succinct and timely manner.
- Consistently meets billable expectations.
- Maintain knowledge of agency technology programs and/or systems needed to do the job and use them effectively.
- Other duties and/or responsibilities may be assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications:
Education:
- MD
Certification/Registration
- MO License
- CPR – Adult / Infant
- TB Screening
- Board Certified preferred
Experience
- 3 - 5 years required
- 5+ years preferred
This opening is closed and is no longer accepting applications