Psychiatrist

Overview

The Psychiatrist is responsible for diagnosing psychiatric illness and implementing pharmacological treatment. The Psychiatrist works closely with the interdisciplinary medical and behavioral health team to ensure the provision of quality service.

Responsibilities

Primary duties and responsibilities incluide but not limited to:

• Responsible for providing psychiatric services to clients during scheduled hours. The score of services includes outpatient psychiatric evaluations and medication management services.
• Assess, diagnose, and treat individuals experiencing symptoms of a behavioral health disorder.
• Prescribe, recommend, and discontinue drugs and treatments to treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
• Collaborate and educate guardians, relatives, and significant others on client’s conditions and treatment when clinically appropriate.
• Examine or order laboratory or diagnostic tests for clients to provide information on general physical conditions and mental disorders.
• Responsible for timely and accurate completion of medical records, including assessment, progress notes, outcome measures, and billing entries
• Confers with professional staff and other agencies/providers regarding care and treatment for patients receiving psychiatric service. Participate in monthly interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Participate in monthly interdisciplinary medical meeting.
• Compliance with social distancing, adherence to PPE, and infection protocols.

Schedule: 2-3 days a week, 14-20 hours a week.

Qualifications

• Medical degree conferred by an accredited college or university required.
• Board Certification and New York State licensure required.
• 24 Continued Medical Education (CME) credits per credentialing cycle (2 years).
• Healthcare Provider CPR/AED Certification.
• Prior experience with IDD/ASD population preferred
• Experience with community healthcare operations and familiarity with Federally Qualified Health Care organizations preferred
• Strong ability to support the Medical Director to provide excellent quality of care to patients required.
• Strong oral, written, and organizational skills required.
• Knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid and third-party billing requirements required.
• Familiarity and ability to efficiently navigate EHR, experience with ECW a plus
• Knowledge of relevant federal and state regulatory requirements required.
• National Provider Identifier.
• Child/adolescent or geriatric experience a plus.