Psychiatrist

This project is in the proposal stage were awaiting to be awarded the contract.

International Health and Medical Services is looking for an experienced Psychiatrist to provide comprehensive mental health assessments diagnoses and treatment plans for patients ensuring they receive appropriate care. This role involves collaborating with the healthcare team to promote mental wellbeing manage psychiatric conditions and facilitate crisis intervention when necessary. 

Key Responsibilities

• Provides a full range of psychodiagnostic services including assessment and the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques. 
• Performs psychiatric evaluations for patients via onsite and telepsychiatry services for scheduled appointments emergency or urgent care visits. 
• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions and has clinical privileges to practice including diagnostic assessments medication evaluation and management suicide risk assessments crisis interventions. 
• The Psychiatrist may serve as a mental health team leader with responsibilities for coordinating consults and triage.  
• Participates effectively in team meetings and treatment planning. 
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members which enhances coordination of comprehensive patient care. 
• Orders diagnostic tests and consultations and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions.  
• Ensures that the practice of psychiatric medicine is consistent with Joint Commission and clinical practice psychiatric guidelines VISN standards national statutes and regulations. 
• Participates in supervision and teaching in support of the psychiatric residency program. 
• Performs on call duties. 
• Involved in performance improvement and quality assurance initiatives. 
• Provides leadership guidance and consultation to staff. 
• Serves as a consultant to other medical center staff and Advanced Practitioners to assist in implementation of treatment plan as appropriate regarding their patients.  
• Consults with the Clinical Director for complex psychiatric patients and as required by client policy. 
• Provides infirmary care including admission discharge and daily rounds for patients that require higher levels of psychiatric care or monitoring. 
• Performs comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and initiates treatment plans for patients as required by client policy or as required for patient psychiatric complaint. 
• Follows client policies in the management of significant mental illness including prevention of violence homicide selfharm and suicide.  
• Applies knowledge of drugs and therapeutics when prescribing medication. 
• Applies patientspecific knowledge to monitor and control stress levels and provide emotional support and counseling to patients. 
• Coordinates psychiatric care needs of patients including referrals to offsite consultants. 
• Solicits and reviews pertinent psychiatric records as indicated. 
• Adheres to universal precautions. 
• Utilizes and documents interpretation and/or translation and/or assisted communication services as needed to ensure ability to communicate with patients or others who are Limited English Proficient (LEP) or have a communication disability or impediment. 
• Maintains flexibility and adaptability to sudden changes in schedules and work requirements. 
• Provide oncall coverage as needed after regular work hours and may need to return to the facility outside of normal work hours for urgent mental health needs. 
• Provides relevant patient education to patients verbally and/or with handouts. 
• Documents patient care visits in the required health record using required format in compliance with client policy and guidance. 
• Maintains patient confidentiality and confidentiality of medical records. 
• Completes all training as required/assigned. 
• Serve in acting capacity as part of the client behavioral health leadership team. 
• Mentors Psychiatric APP onboarding and training. 
• Attends onsite regional and national meetings as required. 
• Participates in the Psychiatric APP peer review process. 
• Assists in program development policy review and revisions and data collection. 

This list is nonexhaustive and the role holder may be required to undertake additional duties that are not specifically listed above. 

Qualifications :

Basic Requirements/Certifications:  

• Current full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State Territory or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia. 
• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS). 
• Correctional/detention clinical experience preferred. 
• All Employees shall have at least one year of general experience that demonstrates the following: 
• The ability to greet and deal tactfully with the public.  
  • Capability of understanding and applying written and verbal orders rules and regulations. All personnel shall be literate and be able to interpret printed rules and regulations detailed written orders training instructions and materials and must be able to compose reports.  
  • Good judgment courage alertness an even temperament and render satisfactory performance through knowledge of his/her position responsibilities.  
  • Ability to maintain poise and selfcontrol during situations that involve mental stress such as fires explosions civil disturbances and building evacuations. 

Education Required: 

• Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted or 
• Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted. 
• For foreign medical graduates not covered above facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met requirements for certification and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate if claimed by the applicant. If the applicant does not claim an ECFMG certificate facility officials must still confirm that the medical school meets (or met) ECFMG eligibility requirements for the year the candidate graduated. 
• Board Certification or eligible by the American Board of Psychiatry. 

Physical Requirements: 

• This position is considered hazardous duty. 
• Required to walk unaided at a normal pace for up to 5 minutes and maintain balance. 
• Required to jog/fast walk up to mile. 
• Requires physical exertion such as lifting objects greater than 30 pounds. 
• Required to perform CPR/emergency care standing or kneeling. 
• Must have the ability to assist sick injured or aging patients or staff exiting the building (may require lifting dragging wheeling or carrying someone who weighs significantly more than self). 
• Must be able to see hear and smell with aids if necessary. 
• Must be able to lift push or carry 30 pounds. 
• Must perform the duties of my job in a stressful and often austere environment without physical limitations. 
• Sitting and/or standing for extended periods of time. 
• Average manual dexterity for computer operation. 
• Phone or computer use for extended periods of time. 

Other Special Qualifications: 

• Minimum of 21 years of age. 
• Must maintain current/physical residency in the continental U.S. 
• Pass a medical examination conducted by a licensed physician within 30 days prior to initial assignment. 
• Be a U.S. citizen or a person lawfully admitted into the U.S. for permanent residence. 
• Have resided in the U.S. for the last five years (unless abroad on official U.S. government duty). 
• Successfully engage in and complete a thorough Background Investigation. 
• Poses or have ability to obtain required security clearances. 
• Proficiency in Spanish is preferred. 

Additional Information :

Pay range is based on several factors and may vary in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicants background experience skills internal equity and alignment with geographical market data. 

Benefits Fulltime positions are eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package including medical dental vision and basic life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401k plan paid time off and an annual bonus. International Health and Medical Serivces complies with all federal state and local minimum wage laws.

International Health and Medical Serivces is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability genetic information marital status amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with the applicable federal state and local laws. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime