Physician - Psychiatry - Physician Psychiatrist ( Full & Part-time)

Psychiatric Services Position
129.96 - $148.51 Hourly
$Bilingual allowance when applicable
5% Special Duty Assignment allowance when regularly assigned to the Psychiatric Health Facility or when regularly assigned to work in North County positions in Lompoc and Santa Maria.
New Hire Incentive: The County has a generous hiring incentive program and may provide reimbursement for reasonable relocation expenses, and at the discretion of the CEO, can provide flexible relocation assistance, housing, student loan offsets, cash incentives, and/or vacation and sick leave pre-accruals in the interest of attracting the best talent to the organization.
Holidays: 12 days per year.
Unlimited accumulation, one year of which can be converted to service credit upon retirement.
Health Plan: Choice of medical and dental plans (with vision care). On-Site Employee Health Clinics in Santa Barbara and Santa Maria: Provides ongoing and episodic services to eligible employees and their eligible dependents over age 15.
Retirement reciprocity
We are accepting applications to establish one employment list to fill full-time and part-time vacancies in Santa Barbara, Santa Maria and Lompoc for the Behavioral Wellness Department. To be considered for a specific location, you must check the individual Location(s) on the application where you would be willing to accept an assignment. Although incumbents will be assigned a home base location, the selected candidate may need to travel between different sites within Santa Barbara County. Founded in 1962, it is the mission of the Department of Behavioral Wellness to promote the prevention of and recovery from mental illness and addiction among individuals, families and communities, by providing effective leadership and delivering state-of-the-art, culturally competent services. The Department provides treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to 10,000 clients with mental illness and substance use disorders annually through its professional staff of over 400, in addition to its many contracted Community-Based Organization (CBO) providers. Quality services for persons of all ages with mental illness and/or substance abuse
Active involvement of clients and families in treatment, recovery, and policy development
Diversity throughout our organization and cultural competency in service delivery
Teamwork among department employees in an atmosphere that is respectful and creative
Continuous quality improvement in service delivery and administration
The candidate selected for this position will, under direction, but with independent responsibility for professional results, provide psychiatric diagnostic and therapeutic service in a mental health clinic and/or inpatient psychiatric facility; The candidate selected will also need to be able to treat patients using a measurement-based care approach as well as establish relationships with primary care and substance use disorder providers of clients. Adult Specialty: On-call rotation for adult services as required at the Psychiatric Health Facility, and 3 to 4 weeknights per month of telephone availability. Child/Adolescent Specialty: On-call rotation for child services is approximately one week per month of telephone availability. You may elect to volunteer for paid duty on weekends at the inpatient "Psychiatric Health Facility." For the position in the inpatient Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF): Incumbents will be required to acquire training in Management Assaultive Behavior (MAB) or a related crisis prevention course within the first six months of employment.
Conducts psychiatric examinations; makes diagnoses and prescribes therapy.

• Assists in developing and organizing a program of clinic treatment.
• may serve as a consultant to other clinic staff, confers with patient's relatives regarding illness and treatment.
• Assists through consultation in establishing psychiatric programs and policies, cooperates with other public health and hospital personnel.
• Keeps medical records and prepares psychiatric reports; In order to be considered for this position, applicants must provide detailed information on their application to demonstrate how they meet the employment standards (minimum qualifications) listed below:

Additional Requirements for Child-Adolescent Psychiatry Specialty:

~ Completion of a residency training program in child and adolescent Psychiatry.

NOTE: Initial acceptance may be based on licensure as a physician and surgeon in another state; licensure as a physician and surgeon in California is required prior to appointment. Employees must obtain Board Certification in Psychiatry within five (5) years of employment.
Possession of a valid California Class C Driver's License may be required at the time of appointment.
Knowledge of: General medicine and psychiatry; current developments in the field of psychiatry; and hospital and clinic organization, management, and procedures. The ability to read, write, and converse fluently in English and Spanish is desirable. Note: You must self-certify on the application form that you are fluent in English and Spanish. APPLICATION & SELECTION PROCESS

• Review applications and supplemental questionnaire to determine those applicants who meet the employment standards.
• A Live Scan is electronic fingerprint scanning that is certified