Psychiatrist - Associate Medical Director - Outpatient Adult Psychiatry - New Britain, CT

Psychiatrist - Associate Medical Director - Outpatient Adult Psychiatry - New Britain, CT

Associate Medical Director General Psychiatry New Britain, CT Hartford HealthCare's Behavioral Health Network (HHC BHN), has new opportunity available for a BC/BE Psychiatrist to join our cohesive behavioral health team by providing leadership and psychiatry services at The Hospital of Central Connecticut (HOCC) located in New Britain, CT. Some highlights of this opportunity include:

• Provide psychiatric services for adult, adolescent and child clients on in-patient units, and for the partial hospitalization programs.
• Provide direct patient services including diagnostic admission evaluations, psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, as appropriate.
• Works within a multi-disciplinary treatment team and may act as a clinical team leader for the coordination and supervision of care provided across clinical disciplines.
• Completes timely documentation of assessments, clinical interventions and discharge summaries and updates records as specified in medical staff regulations.
• Monitor risk indicators and act to address risk management issues in a timely manner to ensure client, staff and visitor safety, and to safeguard the hospital from adverse events.
• Adheres to prescribing practices that are safe and evidence based. Obtains appropriate and informed consent for medications trials prior to prescribing.
• Acts as liaison and communicates effectively with outside providers, primary care physicians, schools and family members as needed.
• Provide supervision to selected non-physician health professionals.
• Participates in medical staff committees and meetings as specified in medical staff regulations.
• Oversight of psychiatric consult and liaison services for the local general hospital.
• Supervision of clinical training in community psychiatry for fellows, residents and students rotating through this site.
• We prioritize your development and wellbeing through the respected HHC Provider Leadership Development Institute and the groundbreaking Office of Provider Wellness.
• Competitive salary plus comprehensive benefits including low cost, high quality medical/dental, STD/LTD, matching 401(k), generous paid time off, CME, and more.
• Eligibility to apply for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

About HOCC: The Hospital of Central Connecticut is an acute-care community teaching hospital which provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services in general medicine and surgery, as well as a wide variety of specialties.

About the Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network: The Hartford HealthCare BHN is an expansive psychiatric treatment, research, and academic network that includes the world-renowned Institute of Living and the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center.

Qualifications: Experience in adult, adolescent or child in-patient and evaluation services, experience with a multidisciplinary team treatment model. Board Certified or Board Eligible psychiatrist. State of CT, Department of Public Health license; DEA; CCSR Computer and keyboarding skills required.

Our location: Located near Boston and New York City, Connecticut offers you and your family access to a lifestyle that is second to none. Enjoy the finest schools in the nation, four beautiful seasons of recreational activities, and options to live at the shore, in leafy suburbs, or in vibrant urban areas.