What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Psychiatrist position at Peak Behavioral Health?
Staff Psychiatrist | Peak Behavioral Health | Santa Teresa, New Mexico
About the Job:
The Psychiatrist is responsible for the medical and psychiatric aspects of admitting and treating patients. Responsible for the initial and continued assessment of patients and for their treatment ensuring the existence of an up-to-date treatment plan appropriate to the patient’s psychiatric and medical condition and psychosocial background and making sure that treatment proceeds in an effective manner in accordance with the treatment plan.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country. We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served.
About the Job:
The Psychiatrist is responsible for the medical and psychiatric aspects of admitting and treating patients. Responsible for the initial and continued assessment of patients and for their treatment ensuring the existence of an up-to-date treatment plan appropriate to the patient’s psychiatric and medical condition and psychosocial background and making sure that treatment proceeds in an effective manner in accordance with the treatment plan.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Provides clinical services to patients at the facility within medical protocols defined by federal and state regulations, as well as by corporate, facility policy or procedures.
- Reviews medical information on patients to ensure medical stability and to offer medical recommendations.
- Evaluates patients for mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
- Treats or direct treatment of patients, utilizing a variety of psychotherapeutic methods and medications.
- Reviews and completes medical information for individual care plans, documents services, and information in a timely manner.
- Direct services and information in a timely manner, maintaining appropriate confidential documentation, compliance and billing in accordance with the policy and procedures.
- Performs a variety of professional assignments such as involvement in the admission of patients to the facility, covering for professional staff during vacation or, in the absence of the regularly assigned psychiatrist, appearing in court in connection with the involuntary commitment of a patient.
- Provides information, documentation, and personal insights about our patients’ progress to clinicians and other treatment professionals.
- On call rotation.
- Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) supplemented by the completion of psychiatric residency training required.
- One or more years’ post graduate degree practice preferred.
- Current license to practice medicine, by the state in which the facility(s) operate.
- Board certification or certificate of admissibility for board certification in a behavioral health specialty.
- Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.
- Additional specific DEA credentials may be required, per state and facility regulations or policy.
- CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country. We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served.