Psychiatrist

Community Health and Dental Care

Announces Position Opening For

Psychiatrist

Reports to Chief Medical Officer

$256,000 - $260,000/year

Full-time, exempt

Position Summary: The Psychiatrist specializes in mental health, diagnosing and treating patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. This position involves conducting psychiatric evaluations, developing treatment plans using medication and/or therapy, monitoring patient progress, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals. Key responsibilities include prescribing and administering medications, providing counseling, maintaining confidential records, and staying up to date on medical advancements.

Role Qualifications:

Education: Medical degree (M.D. or D.O.), Psychiatry residency, PA state medical license, and board certification.

Experience:

1. Strong medical and psychiatric knowledge, including evidence-based practices.
2.Excellent communication, empathy, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills.
3.Ability to work in diverse settings and use telemedicine/EHR systems

Location: Attendance required at assigned CHDC site(s)

Position Responsibilities:

• Patient Assessment: Conduct thorough psychiatric evaluations, interviews, physical exams, and order diagnostic tests to understand a patient's condition.
• Diagnosis: Diagnose mental health conditions (e.g., depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia).
• Treatment Planning: Develop individualized treatment plans that may include medication, psychotherapy (talk therapy, CBT), or other interventions.
• Develop a treatment plan according to the needs of the patient’s needs and extent of emotional, social, cognitive, developmental, or behavioral disorder.
• Medication Management: Prescribe, monitor, and adjust psychiatric medications.
• Therapy: Provide psychotherapy if appropriate or work with therapists/psychologists to offer holistic care.
• Collaboration: Work with nurses, social workers, primary care physicians, and other providers for comprehensive patient care.
• Crisis Management: Provide emergency psychiatric consultation and intervention in acute situations, such as cases involving suicidal behavior or severe psychosis.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate, detailed, timely, and confidential patient records and treatment notes i.e., documenting diagnoses, treatment plans, progress, and any legal reports for court proceedings if necessary.
• Education: Educate patients and families about mental health conditions and treatment options.
• Continuing Education: Keep up to date with professional job knowledge by reading publications, attending educational conferences, or maintaining professional networks.
• Legal and Ethics: Follow ethical and legal policies, procedures, and standards.

Organizational

• Adheres to the organization’s mission, vision, and values.
• Adheres to the organization’s policies regarding time and attendance.
• Comply with accepted dress code and maintain a professional image.
• Demonstrates reliability and trustworthiness.
• Manages time and other resources to meet established goals within the agreed time frames.
• Demonstrates flexibility in the acceptance and completion of work assignments.
• Participates in the department’s performance improvement activities.
• Maintains patient/employee confidentiality in the management of information.
• Observes the Health Care System’s compliance policies.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Clinical Skills: Strong clinical and diagnostic skills, in-depth knowledge of psychotropic medications, and an understanding of the complex relationship between emotional and physical illnesses.
• Interpersonal Skills: Empathy, excellent listening and communication skills, patience, and the ability to handle emotionally challenging situations with professionalism.

Physical demands & work environment: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands: While performing duties of job, employees are occasionally required to stand; walk; sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. Employees must occasionally lift and/; or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Mental Demands: Stressful due to time constraints and multiple tasks/procedures occurring at the same time.
• Work environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Manual Dexterity Required: Must be able to manipulate small electronic parts and controls.

Compliance Provision:

• This position requires compliance with Health Center’s written standards, including its Standards of Conduct and policies and procedures (“Written Standards”). Such compliance will be an element considered as part of the employee’s regular performance evaluation.
• Failure to comply with Health Center’s Written Standards, which may include the failure to report any conduct or event that potentially violates legal or compliance requirements or Health Center’s Written Standards, will be met by the enforcement of disciplinary action, up to and including possible termination, in accordance with Health Center’s Compliance Program Policy and Procedure: Addressing Instances of Non-Compliance Through Appropriate Disciplinary Actions.

Americans with Disabilities Act Statement:
External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled, must be able to perform the essential job specific functions (listed within each job specific responsibility) either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by the organization on a case-by-case basis.

General sign-off: The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies and to act as a role model in the adherence to policies.

I have read and understand this explanation and job description.

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