Psychiatry - Child/Adolescent Physician

New Psychiatry Openings in Beautiful Kentucky!

Job Description

Come join our team of highly motivated and caring professionals dedicated to delivering care that changes people s lives. Here we focus on career development and go above and beyond to support you in meeting our mission. We welcome the opportunity to talk with you about a career in the heart of Kentucky.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Provides psychiatric clinical services to adults, including evaluation, follow-up, medication, emergency/crisis intervention, telephone consultation, etc.
• Provides clinical consultation and collaboration with SCS mental health, CD, and/or DD staff.
• Oversees the quality of psychiatric care administered to adults through direct observation of clinicians, case review, interdepartmental communication, consultation with health care professionals outside the organization, etc.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings and provides input regarding resource management, staffing, current and proposed policy and procedure.
• Provides consultation services for families, network agencies, and community practitioners.
• Assists Vice President of Medical Services in developing system-wide policies and procedures.
• Develops and implements clinical programs and policies to improve the facility s quality of services.
• Facilitates efforts to obtain and maintain JCAHO accreditation by ensuring accurate documentation is recorded and maintained.
• Provides staff training on relevant medical topics.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

• D., including completion of internship and psychiatric residency.
• Special training in adult psychiatry.
• Kentucky medical license.
• Eligible to be board certified in adult psychiatry.
• Federal narcotics license.
• Excellent interpersonal and written and oral communication skills.

Required Experience

• Six months in structured experiential learning (e.g., practicum or learning lab) in the field of psychiatry.

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular