Job Posting for Child Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychiatry Residency Core Faculty at The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education
Description
POSITION SUMMARY
The Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist and Psychiatry Residency Core Faculty treat children and young people up to the age of 18 with a range of mental health conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, depression and eating disorders. This role is an academic appointment to not only to teach Psychiatry residents, Family Medicine Residents, as well as interprofessional students ie PAs, NPs, LCSWs, LPCs, Certified Recovery Specialists, Case Managers, Community Health Workers and medical students inclusive of ATSU SOMA.
Requirements
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES & FUNCTIONS
While living and demonstrating our Core Values, the Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist and Psychiatry Residency Core Faculty will:
Meet with patients and evaluate their conditions, disorders, or disabilities.
Diagnose mental and affective conditions.
Develop treatment plans, using therapies and counseling, and determining when psychiatric medication is necessary and appropriate.
Assist patients as they cope with difficult situations.
Educate family members or guardians on supporting patients.
Consult for social services and court systems as deemed necessary.
Provide psychiatric services to all patients, consisting of an initial psychiatric evaluation, a medication check and a follow-up psychiatric evaluation..
Complete a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation including but not limited to making DSM V diagnosis, assessing medical, social and environmental factors that support the diagnosis, providing clear justification for prescribing medications.
Complete referrals and recommendations to a residential, in-patient, or detox when patients are in need of a higher level of care.
Assist or recommend the use of PA 302-303 Mental Health procedures act system and filing child line reports as a mandated reporter.
Review and sign the Recovery Plan of all patients, including making recommendations and assisting other providers in the formulation of the patient Recovery Plan.
Sign and produce client reports requested by SSI, SSA, MA or any private insurance company. Reports could be produced by other clinical personnel as long as the physician is satisfied that the report is properly prepared.
Communicates and maintains positive relationships with all managed care companies, community agencies, primary care practitioners, schools, and any other individuals involved in the patients care/treatment as needed.
Attend staff meetings, clinic huddles, and other meetings as necessary or required.
Maintain update and sign medication notes and the medication log sheets, consent to medication documents ensuring to provide psychopharmacological education to all patients.
Therapist to ensure accuracy and congruence of information gathered in the evaluation.
Models collaborative practice by fostering a culture of trust, respect and fairness to all stakeholders and all clinical staff
Be a resource for the primary care physicians and the integration of behavioral health into primary care
Serve as a collaborative physician for psychiatric nurse practitioners and others.
Attend administrative and clinic meetings and provide in-service education as appropriate, such as Behavioral Health Level 10 and the Clinical Advisory Board Meetings, and others as assigned
Assist in the job shadow portion of the interview process or orientation of new staff when requested
Provide a full range of psychiatric services to assigned patients. Services provided include direct care of patients in the clinical setting including: assessment, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of patients and determining the degree of disabilities in patients
Prescribe medication to patients as appropriate and will conduct medication management
Document all services in the patient’s electronic medical record in a timely fashion
Analyze and evaluate patient data and test findings to diagnose nature and extent of mental disorder
Prescribe, direct, and administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders
Collaborate with internal and external physicians, social workers, psychiatric nurses, or other professionals to discuss treatment plans and progress
Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social and medical history obtained from patients, relatives, and other professionals
Examine or conduct laboratory or diagnostic tests on patient to provide information on general physical condition and mental disorder
Provide forty (40) hours of service per week, including thirty-two (32) hours of direct patient care per week (75 visits per week). Must be present (40) forty hours per week, which includes administrative time
Participate in behavioral health on-call rotation, which may include after hours, holidays and weekends
Assist with the develop of evidence-based clinical standard operating procedures
Uphold federal and state mental health regulations.
Adequately completes required peer reviews or other audits within required time frames.
Timely completion of patient records in accordance with the organization’s Open Document Policy
Demonstrate compliance and highest integrity with industry recognized billing practices
Achieve and maintain Board certification, CMES, ACLS/BLS certification
Precept residents in outpatient and as necessary the inpatient setting
Lead 8-10 resident didactic conferences per academic year; if leading noon conferences this counts as two conferences. Conference requirement may change based schedule
Be a role model of professionalism
Demonstrate commitment to delivery of safe, quality, cost-effective, patient-centered care.
Demonstrate a strong interest in the education of residents
Devote sufficient time to the educational program to fulfill supervisory and teaching responsibilities
Administer and maintain an educational environment conducive to educating all learners such as residents, medical students, interns etc.
Regularly participate in organized clinical discussions, rounds, journal clubs, and conferences
Pursue faculty development designed to enhance skills at least annually
as an educator
in quality improvement and patient safety
fostering provider’s and residents’ well-being
patient care based on the provider’s own practice-based learning and improvement efforts.
Participate in annual program evaluation
Participate in curriculum development as requested
Participate in scholarly activity and assist program with the demonstration of accomplishments in at least three (3) of the following domains:
Research in basic science, education, translational science, patient care, or population health
Systematic reviews, meeta-analysis, review articles, chapters in medical textbooks, or case reports
Creation of curricula, evaluations tools, didactic educational activities, or electronic educational materials
Contribution to professional committees, educational organizations, or editorial boards
Innovations in education
Assist with monitoring resident stress, with the goal of identifying mental or emotional conditions that inhibit performance and/or learning and advise the Program Director
Complete annual ACGME faculty survey
Must directly observe, evaluate and frequently prove timely feedback on resident performance during each rotation or similar educational assignment.
Timely completion of resident evaluations documented us MyEvaluations
Actively participate in Clinical Competency Committee meetings
Actively participate in resident interviews as requested
Participate in resident orientation and graduation
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
MD/DO Degree
Graduate Medical Education in an ACGME Accredited Psychiatry Residency Program with 2 years of additional specialized training in psychiatric work with children, adolescents, and their families in an accredited residency in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Current certification by the Board of Psychiatry or possess qualifications acceptable to the Review Committee
DEA Certification
BLS and ACLS Certification
No history of professional misconduct, as documented by National Data Bank, Child Abuse and Criminal History clearances. (Any infraction must be reviewed in detail with the VP HR and CMO)
Be willing to combine administrative/teaching and patient care responsibilities
Possess strong administrative and team building skills
Excellent communication skills to manage a wide range of relationships with colleagues, and patients and their families
Emotional resilience, a calm temperament and the ability to work well under pressure
Teamwork and the capacity to lead multidisciplinary teams
Problem-solving and diagnostic skills
Outstanding organizational ability and effective decision-making skills
First-class time and resource management for the benefit of patients
Previous participation as an active faculty member in an ACGME-accredited psychiatry residency program or graduate medical education administrative experience is highly desired
Recent scholarly activity such as peer reviewed funding, publication of original research or review articles in peer-reviewed journals, chapters in textbooks, publication or presentation of case reports or clinical series at scientific society meetings, or participation in national committees or educations organizations highly desired
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