Psychiatrist

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Time Type: Full time Department: Behavioral Health Urgent Care All Locations: 10 Gove Street – Taylor Building, 1601 Washington Street Position Summary: The Psychiatrist as a member of the Behavioral Health care team provides direct care to referred adult patients and may be required to demonstrate age specific competency, depending upon clinical assignment, in a variety of clinical settings throughout the health center. The Psychiatrist is responsible for providing quality patient care in accordance with departmental policies and procedures. The Psychiatrist reports to the Medical Director of Behavioral Health or designee.

The Psychiatrist conducts psychiatric/psychopharmacological evaluations for referred adults, utilizes when appropriate population measurement-based care tools (e.g., PHQ-9, GAD-7, C-SSRS) to guide diagnosis, treatment planning, and outcome tracking, and determines which patients are best served in a primary care, specialty behavioral health or community behavioral health setting. The Psychiatrist provides expert consultation to the medical and behavioral health staff in the management of psychiatric disorders in primary care. In certain situations and when appropriate, the Psychiatrist may follow the patient longitudinally. Caseload composition includes consultative evaluations, short-term stabilization, and longer-term medication management for clinically complex patients. Education of the medical providers, behavioral health providers, PMHNP residents and students as well as supervision of PMHNP residents and students and other Psychiatrists are components of the position. The position may involve both telehealth and in-person work.

NeighborHealth is regarded as an underserved area for the NHSC scholarship program. The successful candidate will be able to perform the following responsibilities: • Establishes rapport and develops therapeutic relationships with patients of diverse backgrounds and varying levels of motivation for change. • Demonstrates knowledge of the full range of community resources to properly guide and direct patients. • Renders accurate diagnoses utilizing the DSM-5-TR and applies evidence-based treatment guidelines. • Documents and presents completed assessments for clinical disposition in a clear and organized manner. • Provides consultation to and coordinates patient care with multidisciplinary staff in clinic and in the BHUCS. • Maintains active DEA registration and fulfills all federal and state requirements for prescribing controlled substances, including medications for opioid use disorder. • Provides urgent coverage and crisis intervention for referred patients. • Conducts suicide risk assessments and safety planning in accordance with organizational protocols • Screens for domestic violence, substance use and risk behaviors with every patient, applying protocols for intervention with positive screenings. • Performs and documents outreach activities for patients who do not follow through, especially for those with known risk factors. • Serves as an expert consultant and/or supervisor to PACE providers (Program of All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly) for their psychiatrically complex patients, consistent with experience, if needed. • Demonstrates capacity to diagnose and effectively treat a range of behavioral health conditions, including anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders and moderate-severe personality disorders with evidence-based psychopharmacology. • Demonstrates cultural humility and trauma-informed care principles in all patient interactions. • Demonstrates excellent, advanced triage skills, assigning the appropriate level of priority at all times. • Provides education and supervision to the medical and behavioral health providers regarding psychopharmacological treatment and patient management. • Performs advanced, high quality, thorough psychosocial evaluation that contains data in support of the diagnosis, findings, recommendations and plans. • Meets the departmental documentation standards in a timely fashion and completes documentation within 24–48 hours of service delivery to support billing compliance and continuity of care. • Serves as an expert consultant and provides ongoing psychopharmacologic care to SCO (Senior Care Options) providers for their psychiatrically complex patients, consistent with experience. • Demonstrates excellent clinical judgement in assessing changes in risk, enlisting the Administrative and/or Medical Directors and initiating Special Clinical Reviews as indicated. • Attains working knowledge of all departmental policies and procedures and interprets them to new staff and assigned supervisees. • Applies short-term, solution-based and evidence-based pharmacotherapies to patients in the BHUCS. • Manages a full caseload consisting of patients seen for psychopharmacological consultation to medical providers, assessment, and medication management. • Maintains professional licensure, accumulating the required number and type of CMEs and submits the associated documentation to the Medical Dir

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