Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - Outpatient

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

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Job Description

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is committed to helping Georgia become a national leader in behavioral and mental health through an endowment greater than $550 million, one of the largest investments in child mental health by a healthcare system in U.S. history. Established in 2019, the initiative is focused on expansive, integrated clinical and research programs. Behavioral and mental health is a rapidly growing service line seeing patients within Children's three Emergency Departments and hospitals and across the spectrum of care of outpatient clinics, including the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Zalik Behavioral and Mental Health Center, which was announced in 2022 from a transformational donation of 10 acres of land by the Zalik Foundation.

Opened in 2023, the Zalik Center provides a balance of prevention and outpatient treatment services. It serves as a central location for nearly 80 transdisciplinary Children's providers and community partners to come together to deliver evidence-based care to kids throughout Georgia.

In 2024, Children's announced a transformational $10 million gift from Michele and David Hirsch to support the development of a transdisciplinary program that will treat behavioral impairments in children with complex neuropsychiatric conditions.

In 2025, our outpatient team completed nearly 40,000 appointments and cared for more than 5,000 new patients with a primary behavioral and mental health diagnosis.

To plan, implement and evaluate the provision of high-quality medical care, with appropriate resource management, to children and adolescents in the respective clinical area.

Experience

• No minimum experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in respective clinical area.

Education

• Graduate of an accredited, four-year medical school.
• Graduate of an accredited, post-graduate residency program in Psychiatry.
• Completion of an accredited fellowship program in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Certification Summary

• Board certified/board eligible in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Licensed to practice medicine in the state of Georgia.
• BLS or PALS certification required.
• Current DEA registration.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with patients and families and as a team member.
• Meets eligibility requirements for credentialing as part of the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Professional Staff.
• Demonstrates the following skills in accomplishing job duties and responsibilities: personal organization and time management, human relations and teamwork, personal adaptability, personal motivation, and listening.

Job Responsibilities

• Provides patient care within the respective clinical area which complies with the Professional Staff Bylaws, rules and regulations and Children's policies and procedures.
• Participates in and incorporates Quality Improvement and research findings into practice.
• Provides and/or serves as a resource for patient/family and staff education.
• Educate and assist trainees with medical decision making.
• Provides an authenticated report of all physician services rendered and maintains accurate and complete records in an acceptable manner.
• Completes necessary documentation and ensures timely communication to facilitate patient care and appropriate reimbursement.
• Actively responds to patient and clinical staff questions and requests.
• Participates in meetings/activities as required to support operations of the clinical area.
• Participates in activities that enhance professional development, complete, and maintain certification in BLS, PALS, or NALS and maintains any additional specialty training/certifications as required by the area assigned.
• Performs other responsibilities as required.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.

Primary Location Address: 1777-1797 Northeast Expressway

Job Family: Physician