PSYCHIATRIST

Talbott Recover Center-Main Campus

Psychiatrist-Addiction Services

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Talbott Recovery is currently looking for a Fulltime Psychiatrist for our Main Campus location.  At Talbott Recovery we focus on patient-centered care and a personal individualized approach, upholding a high standard of innovative treatment and compassionate attention to each individual patient's needs. Our integrated program addresses the needs of the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. Our system of care is personalized and we are committed to providing and promoting evidence-based treatment for individuals with co-occurring disorders through clinical services, education, and research. Our purpose is to create lifetime relationships for long-term recovery. Visit us online: https://talbottcampus.com/

Benefits for a Psychiatrist include:

• Caring, challenging, and Rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401K with Matching Funds
• Paid Days off for CME's 
• Annual CME Allowance
• Career Development opportunities within UHS and its 300 Subsidiaries

What our current Physicians like about working at Talbott?

• Team Collaboration
• Watching the patient growth and development
• Beautiful modern Campus
• Highly talented Clinical Team
• Diverse Clientele

SUMMARY

Provides physician and psychiatric consultation to program staff relating to patient treatment.

• Performs initial assessment of assigned new patients within 24 hours of admission. Completes physician assessment and management orders.  Assessment includes assignment to appropriate level of care. 
• Completes admission notes within 48 hours of the patient’s admission.
• Provides psychiatric evaluations and consultations within the appropriate timeframe.
• Gathers necessary information from patients including history, psychiatric evaluation and diagnoses, and documents information in accordance with system rules and regulations/policy and procedure.
• Attends to the patient’s medical needs by arranging appropriate consultations and/or transfers to appropriate medical facilities.  Enters the appropriate documentation in the patient’s record.
• Orders appropriate lab studies and follows-up on lab findings.
• Reviews all diagnostic and treatment/consult reports and documents in patient record according to policy.
• Documents any patient problems and continuously updates.
• Prescribes medications and provides medication education, monitoring and management.  Explains benefits and risks/side effects to patient. 
• Documents in patient medical record patient’s progress toward treatment plan goals and interventions and treatments provided.
• Participates in the TRC psychiatric on-call roster.  Responds promptly to calls as needed.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and application of steps to a recovery program.
• Demonstrates on a consistent basis the ability to assess the symptoms and effects of physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect.
• Demonstrates on a consistent basis the ability to determine the patient’s risk of danger to self and others.
• Able to obtain and interpret information about the patient’s history of dependence/psychiatric disorder, recognizing the biopsychosocial symptoms and progression of dependency/disorder, and the effects of the chemical dependency and psychiatric disorders on the patient.
• Consults regularly with primary therapists, family therapists, nurses, and other clinical staff regarding treatment planning and monitoring issues.
• Is prompt for and regularly attends and actively participates in patient staffing/treatment team meetings.
• Effectively and promptly performs internal utilization reviews as requested by Medical Director, Utilization Review Director, Clinical Services Director, or Director of Risk/PI.
• Maintains chart documentation which supports patient’s clinical need for admission, continued stay, discharge and level of care.
• Effectively and accurately conducts utilization management phone calls to certify patient admission and continued stay in a timely manner.
• Adheres to TRC approved utilization criteria for all levels of care and services.
• Provides timely and accurate reporting of services or codes and accurate completion of medical documents which support the charges for such services and codes.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Georgia Licensed M.D.
• ASAM Certification Preferred
• Familiarity in treating patients with mental illness and chemical dependency
• Board eligible or Board certified

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

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