Physician-Supervisory Psychiatrist

Job Title

Psychiatrist

Job Description

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Performs psychiatric evaluations for a diverse population, including geriatric and post deployment combat Veterans, who are mentally ill and have psychosocial issues such as homelessness, unemployment, and poor family support network.
• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation and management, suicide risk assessments, crisis intervention, psychotherapy, and overall care of patients with psychiatric disorders.
• Modalities for patient care include face-to-face, tele-video, and phone calls as clinically appropriate.
• Provider must be able to incorporate alternative encounter modalities into clinic.
• Ensures practice of psychiatric medicine is consistent with TJC, CARF, HIPPA, VA policies and procedures, clinical practice guidelines, national statutes and regulations, medical record documentation, and mandatory continuing education.
• Maintains appropriate licensing and board certifications as applicable.
• Participates effectively in team meetings and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to enhance coordination of comprehensive patient care.
• Functioning as part of a psychiatric care team working with other physicians, PA's, APN's, nurses, Psychologist, LCSW & other team members. Works as collaborating physician with PA's and APN's as necessary.
• Orders diagnostic tests and consultations. Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions.
• May participate in supervision and teaching in support of medical students and residents in training.
• Outpatient: 1 hour provided for new patients, 30 minutes for follow ups.
• Inpatient (if applicable): working with interdisciplinary team including PA, SW, nursing, and others on inpatient unit. Management of psychiatric inpatients from admit to discharge, with assistance of PA's. Documentation including psychiatric evaluations, suicide risk assessments, daily progress notes, and others as applicable. Covering of inpatient consults may be required.
• Provide administrative supervision to a team of MH providers at assigned location.
• Duties will include clinical and administrative work in the outpatient clinics at assigned location.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm. Will involve on-call duties and other duties as assigned.