Psychiatrist (1099/Contractor)

Job Description

Job Description

BrightQuest Treatment Centers  in La Mesa, CA  is seeking a Licensed Psychiatrist.

· This is a contractor/1099 position

BrightQuest is an organization dedicated to providing highly specialized treatment serving individuals and families suffering from complex mental illness and co-occurring disorders. Our vision at BrightQuest is to provide best in class treatment founded on a therapeutic community model that provides a supportive environment for social skills development and reparative attachment experiences. Our mission is to provide hope, strength and inspiration for individuals and families suffering from mental health, co-occurring, and substance use disorders so that they can heal, transform their lives, and realize all the possibilities of a life in recovery. We value our employees and contractors, and our goal is to engage those who share our core values and our vision.

The expectations of the position include the following:

• Psychiatric assessment and treatment of a caseload of clients, as determined by the Medical Director in consultation with program leadership. Psychiatric assessment and treatment will include:
• Conducting diagnostic assessments and developing treatment formulations.
• Documenting all encounters within the program’s required timeframes, including clinical rationale for diagnoses, medication changes, and risk determinations.Completing all required regulatory, licensing, and administrative forms and other administrative tasks for clients in the caseload.
• Completing risk assessments (suicidality, homicidality, self-harm risk, and aggression) and supporting safety planning and risk mitigation strategies.
• Ordering, reviewing, and interpreting laboratory studies when clinically indicated.Prescribing and monitoring pharmacologic treatment, including documenting and monitoring side effects.
• Supporting medical necessity and peer-review processes for insurance when available
• Meeting with clients and/or families during the Assessment process for new patient exams.
• Providing daytime and after-hours crisis management support for clinical and operations staff regarding clients in caseload.
• Coordinating psychiatric care with outside facilities for clients in caseload.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary team, including primary therapist, to regularly review each client on the schedule to integrate what is happening in the therapeutic milieu into the psychiatric care conceptualization.
• Performing peer review of other psychiatrist records once per quarter as dictated by the Program Director and required by The Joint Commission.
• Practicing in accordance with the clinical policies, protocols, and order sets established or approved by the Medical Director.

Requirements:

• Experience working with a multidisciplinary team
• Active CA medical license
• ABPN Board Certification
• Maintenance of your own malpractice insurance
• EMR familiarity (KIPU)
• Must be at least 18 years of age

The Professional agrees to bill the Company monthly with a description of services provided, hours and description of service(s) rendered. The contractor will be paid for services at a rate of $300 per hour for services rendered as a psychiatrist.

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