Pediatric Psychiatrist Acute Care
Pediatric Psychiatrist Acute Care
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$ 100000 - 1000000
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology research and familyfriendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140year legacy of excellence kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.
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Job Description
General Summary:
Primary responsibilities include provision of direct clinical psychiatric services to children adolescents and their families primarily on our inpatient psychiatric unit and care for patients with complex emotional and behavioral needs; secondary responsibilities include the education of trainees and engagement in scholarly activities. Understands and integrates into the delivery of patient care the principles of pediatric growth and development. The position actively supports the hospital and the departments Continuous Quality Improvement and customer service goals through modeling of appropriate behavior and by providing a work environment conducive to attaining these goals.
Essential Job Functions:
Direct clinical services
Conducts DSMVbased diagnostic evaluations and develops treatment plans for children and adolescents.
Provides pharmacotherapy to children and adolescents.
Provides individual group or family therapy to children adolescents and their families as needed.
Follows protocols and procedures of the Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Lurie Childrens Hospital.
Maintains appropriate clinical documentation in the electronic medical record. Writes letters notes and formal clinical reports on patient contacts. Communicates progress over the telephone and via the electronic medical record as appropriate.
Collaborates and consults with medical providers schools and social service agencies as well as city county and state funding and placement agencies through oral and written presentation of clinical findings and recommendations. Completes all case management duties of assigned cases including discharge planning completion of the diagnostic evaluation and referrals to appropriate support services as needed.
Performs job functions adhering to service principles with customer service focus of innovation service excellence and teamwork to provide the highest quality care and service to our patients families coworkers and others.
Oncall and coverage duties
Shares in oncall duties of the Department.
Shares in the weekday weekend and holiday attending physician coverage of the IPU PHP and psychiatry consult services during the absence of the medical staff on those units (for professional meetings PTO etc.. Works with team members to provide appropriate coverage for scheduled absences.
Supervisory and educational duties
Participates in rounds patient care conferences diagnostic and treatment staffing team meetings multidisciplinary case conferences and disciplinespecific team meetings.
Provides clinical supervision and didactic teaching of students interns residents and fellows.
Shares in staffing of cases and inservice education for clinical nonpsychiatrist staff.
Leads and participates in multidisciplinary teams.
Presents CME and community education sessions.
Participates in peer review activities and quality improvement initiatives.
Contributes to appropriate hospital department and program committees task forces and meetings.
Participates in recruitment and selection of trainees staff and faculty.
Provides training through direct supervision and teaching of didactic courses in the subspecialties of clinical child and pediatric psychology to Lurie Childrens McGaw Medical Center and Feinberg School of Medicine students interns and fellows in various disciplines.
Research and scholarly activities
Engages in scholarly activities including research scholarly reviews program evaluation development of educational material such as papers manual podcasts etc.
Collaborates with team members and department & hospital leadership in writing/reviewing program and departmental policies and procedures as needed.
Participates in continuing education events including hospital and department mandatory education courses and courses required to maintain professional certification/licensure requirements.
Develops goals for the progress of the scholarly program with the Department Chair and Vice Chairs at least annually.
Reports on progress towards individual scholarly goals to the Department Chair and Vice Chairs at least annually.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Certified or eligible for certification by ABPN in child and adolescent psychiatry. Attain certification within the time limit set by Department. Maintain certification as specified by the ABPN.
Maintains personal CME according to Illinois standards.
Maintains current unrestricted license to practice medicine in Illinois and a cointrolled substance license from the DEA and Illlinois
Maintains current active membership with privileges on the Lurie Childrens Medical and Dental Staff
Participates in Medicaid and in insurance panels with managed care
Ability to think proactively act creatively and take initiative appropriately. Excellent communication criticalthinking and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to work as a part of multiple teams.
Basic Life Support Certification within 60 days of hire.
Education
PhD (Required)Pay Range
$100000.00$1000000.00 SalaryAt Lurie Childrens we are committed to competitive and fair compensation aligned with market rates and internal equity reflecting individual contributions experience and expertise. The pay range for this job indicates minimum and maximum targets for the position. Ranges are regularly reviewed to stay aligned with market conditions.In addition to base salary Lurie Childrens offer a comprehensive rewards package that may include differentials for some hourly employees leadership incentivesfor select roles health and retirement benefits and wellbeing programs. For more details on other compensation consult your recruiter or click the followinglink to learn more about our benefits.
Benefit Statement
For full time and part time employees who work 20 or more hours per week we offer a generous benefits package that includes:
Medical dental and vision insurance
Employer paid group term life and disability
Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account
Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off (PTO) Paid Holidays and Paid Parental Leave
403(b) with a 5 employer match
Various voluntary benefits:
Supplemental Life AD&D and Disability
Critical Illness Accident and Hospital Indemnity coverage
Tuition assistance
Student loan servicing and support
Adoption benefits
Backup Childcare and Eldercare
Employee Assistance Program and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members
Discount on services at Lurie Childrens facilities
Discount purchasing program
Theres a Place for You with Us
At Lurie Childrens we embrace and celebrate diversity and equity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds skills and viewpoints recognizing that diverse identities strengthen our workplace and the care we can provide to the Chicago community and beyond. We treat everyone fairly appreciate differences and make meaningful connections that foster belonging and allyship. This is a place where you can be your best so we can give our best to the patients and families who trust us with their care.
Lurie Childrens and its affiliatesare equal employment opportunity employers. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression religion national origin ancestry age disability marital status pregnancy protected veteran status order of protection status protected genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
Employment Type
Full-Time
