Psychiatry Consultant

Job Description

Job Description

Position Title: Psychiatrist

Department: Youth Psychiatry

Reports To: Medical Director and Administrator

POSITION SUMMARY

Responsible for all psychiatric evaluations, consultations, and related medication reviews and psychiatric discharge summaries.

HOURS

Varied

CATEGORIES OF DUTIES

1. Psychiatric Evaluations

2. Medication Consultations

3. Participation in Medical Staff meetings and committees, as requested, including peer review

4. Consultation and training of staff, as requested

5. Utilization Review, when requested, including phone calls to physicians and case managers

6. On Call availability, as needed

7. A monthly schedule of hours working at Tarzana Treatment Center, to be provided prior to the start of each month to the Clinical Director

8. Completion of the credentialing, privileging and Medical Staff application/re-application process

EDUCATION

Current California Sate License in Psychiatry

Medical Doctor with Psychiatric specialty

EXPERIENCE

Minimum of two (2) years experience in evaluating and/or treating persons suffering from substance abuse.

SETTING

Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. is a non-profit corporation, which provides behavioral healthcare services, including chemical dependency.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. does not discriminate as to race, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation and disability in its hiring practices.

ADA REQUIREMENT

Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. supports the Americans with Disabilities Act. Discrimination is prohibited in all aspects of employment against disabled persons, who, with reasonable accommodations, can perform the essential functions of a job.

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