PHYSICIAN SPECIALIST OPT D

Physician Specialist Option D

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a Physician Specialist, Option D for the Chester Mental Health Center located in Chester, Illinois to serve as a staff psychiatrist. As an Illinois licensed physician, provides a full range of psychiatric/medical assessments and treatments to patients at Chester Mental Health Center on an assigned unit on an assigned shift. Performs and records psychiatric evaluations and maintains files or progress notes of the patients' status as it relates to a psychiatric practice. Provides support and expertise to staff in dealing with patients. Provides clinical information and guidance to other clinicians. Serves as an active and contributing member or chair of assigned center committees.

Essential functions include providing a full range of psychiatric/medical assessments and treatments to patients, performing and recording psychiatric evaluations, maintaining files or progress notes, providing support and expertise to staff, providing clinical information and guidance to other clinicians, and serving as an active and contributing member or chair of assigned center committees.

Minimum qualifications require a valid State of Illinois Physician and Surgeon License, American Board Certification in the job-related medical specialty of psychiatry, and the possession of a valid Illinois Controlled Substance License and a valid United States Drug Enforcement Administration Certificate of Registration. Preferred qualifications include one year of professional experience evaluating the quality of specialized medical care and treatment for patients with a mental illness, coordinating medical services with other professional disciplines and supportive personnel, conducting comprehensive psychiatric evaluations of patients, identifying the most appropriate positive treatment option and carrying out that treatment in accordance with best practices, communicating effectively both orally and in writing, preparing comprehensive and specialized medical records and reports.

Conditions of employment include the ability to meet the requirements of and be appointed to the medical staff association of Chester Mental Health Center within 30 days of employment, the ability to travel in the performance of job duties, the ability to walk and stand for significant period of time, including stooping, bending, lifting or exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, the ability to participate in patient management interventions that may include participating in restraint interventions, the ability to maintain current Basic Life Support Certification, the ability to testify in court, the ability to serve as Medical Officer of the Day (MOD) after business hours, weekends and holidays in case of emergency, and the ability to pass the IDHS background check and a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

Work hours are Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm; 30-minute unpaid lunch. Headquarter location is 1315 Lehman Dr, Chester, Illinois, 62233 Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery Chester Mental Health Center Clinical Services- Unit A Work County: Randolph.