Part Time Psychiatrist Medical Doctor IV-Psychiatrist Grade MD4
Part Time Psychiatrist Medical Doctor IV-Psychiatrist Grade MD4
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About the Position
This expected salary range for this parttime position at hire is $86184 $107762
WHO WE ARE
Montgomery County is located adjacenttoWashington D.C. and with over one million residents is the most populous County in the State of Maryland. The County is also the most diverse County in the State and ranks among the top ten most diverse Counties in the nation. Montgomery Countycontainsmany major U.S. government offices scientific research and learning centers and business campuses.
The Department of Health and Human Servicesis responsible fordelivery of the Countys public health and human services that meets the needs of our communitys most vulnerable childrenadultsand seniors. The Department provides services through more than 120 programs at more than 20 locations. With over 2000 employees the Department of Health and Human Services is the largest County Department.
As aDepartment we believe health and wellness of the county can only be achieved by ensuring that every resident has fair opportunities to reach their fullest potential. This means access to quality housing transportation education employment health care human services safe neighborhoods and healthy food. HHS provides critical services for residents who face a variety of obstacles in achieving their full potential. HHS plays an essential role in building a healthy and strong community.
#ZRWhat Youll Be Doing
TheMedical Doctor IVPsychiatrist isa full performance levelclinicalstaff providing psychiatric treatment services to patients as part of a multidisciplinary teamat the Crisis Center. Employeesin this class perform as both the treating psychiatrist and primary therapist.
Provides therapeutic care that includes conducting psychiatric evaluations anddeterminingmental status and psychiatric diagnosis; prescribing and administering medications; and engaging innumerousforms of psychosocial therapies involving intensive interaction with patients.
Provides a broad spectrum of direct medical and psychiatric clinical care services to individuals and families as a member of a multidisciplinary team as the treating Psychiatrist and primary therapist or just the treating Psychiatrist.
Provides a variety of therapeutic modalities including but not limited to prescribing and administering medications engaging innumerousforms of psychotherapy makingappropriate referrals requesting laboratory and psychologicaltestsandutilizingthe results in the context of the patients therapeutic cause signing commitment papers and preparing other medicolegal documents when clinicallyindicated.
Interviews and evaluates individuals todeterminemental status and psychiatric diagnosis makes recommendationsregardingthe need for further medical (somatic) evaluation or psychiatric treatment.
Maintainsaccurateand complete patient records data test results and statistics and posts results/notations to patient charts.
Participates as a medical member in interdisciplinary case conferences for individual patients assuring that established standards of psychiatric care are achieved and maintained that medical/psychiatric intervention and psychotherapy interventions are coordinated and in concert with one another and in providing psychiatric education and consultation to other mental health professionals families and patients on an as needed/required basis.
Minimum Qualifications
Experience: Has completed enough Post Graduate Years to satisfy recognition requirements of ABMS.
Education:Graduation from an accredited medical school with a degree of Doctor of Psychiatry.
Equivalency:May substitute experience for post graduate education requirements ormay have sufficient combination of experience and education.
LICENSE:
Possession of or the ability to readily obtain the following: a valid license to practice medicine issued by the Maryland State Board of Medical Examiners; and licensure from the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Division of Drug Control (CDS License) to prescribe .
All ofthe prescribed licenses must be obtained as soon as possible but not later than six 6 months
from the date of employment.
Note:There will be no substitutions for this section.
Preferred Criteria Interview Preferences
We will useinterview preferencecriteria:
Experience and training using evidencebased practices to clients with a serious or persistent mental illness and substance usedisorders.
Experience working within multidisciplinary teams and ability to workcollaboratively.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position.
Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly as it relates to employment opportunities the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at. Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.
MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference refer to the Careers webpage onHiring Preference.
All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education relevant experience knowledge skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicants responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a Lateral Transfer candidate and may be considered for an interview.
This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies.
If selected for consideration for this position you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge skills and abilities indicated on your resume.
Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation the Countys Public Employees (which does not include employees of the Sheriffs office) are subject to the Countys ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employmentand the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at19A12 of the County Code. Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from theEthics Commissionwebsite.
Employment Type
Full-Time
