Psychiatrist - Mental Health Clinic

Psychiatrist

Starting Salary: $93.02 hourly; $We are an agency committed to innovative behavioral health services in trauma-informed care that promote healing and recovery to instill a sense of empowerment and foster a lifelong sense of resilience.

The purpose of this job is to perform professional and highly responsible psychiatric services to clients with mental health problems, intellectual developmental disability, and substance abuse. Medical Authority in all matters regarding medications, hospitalization, suicide, homicide assessments, and all other matters involving medial judgment and intervention. This class works under administrative supervision, developing and implementing programs within organizational policies and reports major activities to executive level administrators through conferences and reports.

Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals.

Provides direct (75%) and indirect clinical services at a level consistent with medical polices. Prescribes medication with consideration of benefits and adverse effects, using relevant psychiatric prescribing practices and EHN medical policies as guidelines.

A quantitative review by the Medical Record Department will be performed at least quarterly and will cover at least initial intakes, progress notes, treatment plans, and discharge notes.

Qualitative reviews by the Medical Peer Review and/or Medical director will find clinical integration of intake, evaluations, treatment recommendation and treatment plans, and therapeutic interventions and/or disposition, taking client's cooperation into consideration in at least 75% of review cases.

Services performed will be documented in the client's record and will reflect quality treatment. Provide supervision as requested by the Medical director.

Complies with applicable Center policies and procedures, federal and state laws and regulations.

Participates in or attends administrative meetings as requested by the Medical Director.

Provides in-service training as requested or approved by the Medical Director.

Works with the professional clinical staff as head of the interdisciplinary team in providing quality care to assigned consumers.

No more than one warranted consumer/family complaint per 6-month period.

Consultations at local Hospitals, Home Evaluations and Treatment.

Providing Inpatient Psychiatric Services.

Provides Clinical and Administrative Oversight services for assigned NP as instructed.

Maintains compliance with all Joint Commission training requirements relevant to job duties, including but not limited to those dealing with use of restraints and physical holding of individuals receiving services.

Requires: graduation from an accredited Medical School and hold a Doctorate in Medicine or Osteopathy with an approved Residency Training Program in psychiatry with an unrestricted license to proactive medicine in the State of Texas.

Preferred: cognitive behavioral therapies, including Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT); and motivational therapies including the use of incentives.

Preferred: Knowledge of trauma-informed theories, principles, and practices (includes multi-faceted understanding of concepts such as community trauma, intergenerational and historical trauma, parallel processes, and universal precautions).

Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting between 20 and 50 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations.

Toxic/caustic chemicals; Must possess and maintain Texas Medical Board Full Medical License.

Requires Hepatitis B vaccination.

Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance (ADA).

Emergence Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires Emergence Health Network to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Staffing requirements, including criteria that staff have diverse disciplinary backgrounds, have necessary State required license and accreditation, and are culturally and linguistically trained to serve the needs of the clinic's patient population.

Credentialed, certified, and licensed professionals with adequate training in person-centered, family centered, trauma informed, culturally-competent and recovery-oriented care.

Note: This Class Description does not constitute an employment agreement between the Emergence Health Network and an employee and is subject to change by the Emergence Health Network as its needs change.