Specialty Mental Health Psychiatrist
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Job Location:
Oakland, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 200 - 218
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Asian Health Services founded in 1974 provides medical dental and behavioral health services to more than 50000 patients. Our approach to well-being focuses on whole patient health for all. We go beyond our clinic walls and invest in our communitys overall health. We know that income housing and environmental struggles lie at the heart of poor health. Thats why we also address food insecurity youth leadership and culturally competent care while working towards supporting safer streets and vibrant communities.
Location: ADMIN-HQ
Job Summary: The SMH Psychiatrist On-Call diagnoses and treats patients with mental emotional and behavioral disorders. This position assesses patients psychiatric symptoms and medical conditions gathers information on psychosocial history and onset of symptoms develops a treatment plan prescribes medications and follows up. This position reports to the SMH Medical Director.
Note: We are looking for candidates who can work 1 day per week.
Essential Job Functions
- Medical/Psychiatric evaluation and medication treatment of persistently and severely mentally ill adult clients and children/youth with mental health disorders by funders standard of care protocol
- Review and approve clinical treatment plans
- Working closely with behavioral health clinicians case managers and wellness program staff to ensure client care coordination
- Consultation to staff regarding diagnosis treatment and other medical issues
- Provide coordinated and integrated care with Primary Care providers
- Documenting all services performed using the agencys electronic health records system
- Complies with all Quality Assurance requirements
- Participating in case conferences training sessions peer reviews utilization reviews chart audits quality assurance reviews
General Agency Duties
- Fosters an environment that promotes trust and cooperation among clients and staff.
- Enforces clinic policies and procedures including maintenance of client confidentiality under HIPAA privacy rules to ensure that the principles of AHS are implemented.
- Plays an active role in planning organization-wide activities such as AHS general membership meetings fundraisers special clinic days and other events.
- Participates in general membership meetings fundraisers and other public events as required.
- Participates in outreach activities agency advocacy and serves on ad hoc committees as requested.
- Attends AHS staff retreats and Board of Directors meetings as required.
- Participates in agency-wide quality improvement program processes and performance improvement teams to ensure excellence in the quality of services provided across the agency.
Minimum Qualifications
- MD degree completed residency and/or fellowship
Preferred Qualifications
- Board-certified Adult Adolescent or Child Psychiatrist preferred.
- Experience with Electronic Health Records
- Bilingual/bicultural in an Asian Language
- Experience with an underserved population
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Certifications/Licenses/Registrations
- Valid DEA Certificate
- Current license to practice medicine in California with no disciplinary actions
Physical & Work Demands
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The job requires the mobility to work in a clinic setting strength to lift carry and position supplies and small equipment; touch to conduct physical health assessments; vision to read handwritten and printed materials and examine and observe patients; hearing and speech to converse in person and by telephone. The employee is occasionally required to lift 10 to 15 pounds. The job is performed in a moderate-to-loud work environment.
$200 - $218.92 an hour
On-call employees does not qualify for company benefits.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
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