Duration: 3-6 Months

Shift Timing: 1st (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM) (Monday – Friday)

Role & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for patient care that includes examination, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of medical illnesses for adult and geriatric psychiatric inpatient population.
• Serves as medical consultant to the attending psychiatrist/practitioner.
• Completes admission medical assessments (including history and physical examinations, mental status examination) and entering admission orders.
• Orders diagnostic/therapeutic tests and procedures.
• Monitors patients' progress, including laboratory values and special procedures with appropriate follow-up or referrals as needed.
• Consults with authorized representatives/legal guardians on patient medical status.
• Collaborates with attending psychiatric practitioner if needed providing DSM-5 Diagnoses that are valid, complete, and supported by timely and appropriate assessment.
• Provides coverage to the medical clinic, the admission suit to ensure the admission process is completed.
• Prescribes medications at the lowest effective dose in accordance with rational clinical practices. Assesses and address medication side-effects and report adverse drug reactions.
• Ensures timely and quality documentation (admissions, follow-up and annual, etc.) in patient records in accordance with policies, procedures, regulatory standards, and guidelines.

Required Qualifications:

• 3 more years as a Licensed Practitioner, preferred.
• Autonomous license, preferred.
• Experience as the Head of Treatment Team (HOTT), preferred.
• Experience working with in-patient (preferred), adult admission, forensic admission, or geriatric admission and chronic geriatric inpatient populations is required.
• Experience conducting comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and forensic evaluations for competency restoration is required
• Comfortable working on admissions work up and potential rapid turnover.
• Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary treatment team.
• BLS Healthcare Provider certification is required.