Psychiatrist

Job Description

Job Description

Diagnoses and treats individuals with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provides direct psychiatric services through the comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment of individuals on a daily basis.

• Leads scheduled case conferences. Assures clinicians receive appropriate clinical supervision and direction.

• Completes assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, discharges, and other clinical and administrative documents in accordance with agency, managed care, and licensing requirements and standards. Regularly checks to ensure that content, signatures, credentials, dates, times, service types, and legibility meet standards.

• Reviews and approves treatment plans.

• Provides ongoing clinical services, individual psychotherapy and or family therapy to assigned cases.

• Provides urgent or emergency medical and/or psychiatric services as needed. 

• Provides direct support and clinical intervention and/or identify key individuals that can provide direct and immediate support in crisis situations.

• Orders appropriate laboratory tests. Reviews results in timely manner and arranges follow-up as needed.

• Provides and documents medication education and side-effect monitoring.

• Attends and completes trainings and seminars per departmental, agency, managed care and regulatory requirements. Requirements for specific training courses and/or hours of training must be met within designated time frames. Submits verification of course completion to supervisor in a timely manner.

• Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments through review of literature and periodicals, attendance at appropriate seminars and conferences and consultation with specialists.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Psychiatrists have delegated authority to provide clinical supervision to clinicians and nursing staff in assigned programs.
May provide direct supervision to Fellows, students, and physician extenders (PAs, CRNPs).

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience
Medical Doctor with valid PA license. Must have completed an ACGME accredited psychiatric residency training program. Board eligible or Board certified.