Physician (Psychiatry) Jobs

Psychiatric Medical Care Expert

Serve as a recognized board-certified expert in the delivery of psychiatric medical care to a wide range of patient psychiatric presentations, ages, conditions, and complexities. Provide treatment services in any capacity including, inpatient services, consultation liaison services, partial hospitalization, day programs, emergency psychiatric services, tele-psychiatric services, and routine and intensive outpatient services. Provide continuing follow-up care for inpatients and outpatients with mental health disorders and for complications related to these disorders and provides psychiatric care for walk-in patients presenting with acute illness. Conduct thorough biopsychosocial evaluations of presenting patients including but not limited to integration of laboratory, radiological, and clinical findings. Prescribe appropriate pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatment. Make fitness and suitability for duty and other administrative determinations. Determine and provide mental health assessments of fitness and suitability for duty and deployments of service members based on psychiatric clinical assessment. Collaborate with physicians in other medical specialties on cases involving complicated and multifaceted problems. Provide professional consultation, supervision, and collaborative medical support to other professional staff within the hospital and across other mental health clinics. Serve as member of the professional medical staff and/or faculty to provide advisory and consultative services on various meetings, committees, conferences, and/or boards. Develop medical policy, guidance, and standard of care determinations within the Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) specific to psychiatric medical care. Participate in continuing education programs to update and maintain skills, and attend/or participate in nationally recognized conferences as requested.

Requirements Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
• This position has specific initial background investigation and periodic re-verification requirements since its duties require interaction with children and youth under the age of eighteen (18) years of age on a recurring basis.
• All applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
• This position is subject to a pre-employment screening, and random drug testing, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
• This position has mandatory seasonal Influenza vaccination requirements and is subject to annual seasonal Influenza vaccinations unless otherwise exempted for medical or religious reasons (documentation of exemption must be provided upon hire).
• Immunization screening is required. Hepatitis B immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact. Applicants may be required to show proof of other immunizations depending on the type of position.
• This position requires the incumbent to have Tuberculosis testing.
• This position requires that you obtain and maintain a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from, or in accordance with, the American Heart Association and American Red Cross. Advanced certification (e.g., ALS) does not supersede BLS.
• This position requires the incumbent to fulfill credentialing requirements and obtain and maintain appropriate/relevant clinical privileges.
• This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
• This position may require the incumbent to work on call during irregular work hours which may include evenings, weekends, holidays, and/or varying work schedules.
• Applicants must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a Physician from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.