Responsibilities
Meridell Achievement Center is looking for a Psychiatrist to provide medical care to our patients in a clinical setting under the supervision of a physician. Experience working in the mental health field strongly preferred.
The Psychiatrist provides psychiatric treatment for clients in collaboration with the clinical treatment team. The psychiatrist identifies client treatment needs, provides medication assessments and adjustments, and utilization review as needed. The Psychiatrist is responsible for assessments, treatment planning, psychopharmacological treatment and collaboration with providers to ensure that quality medical/psychiatric care is provided to all patients.
Meridell Achievement Center is a nationally recognized 134-bed private residential treatment facility that specializes in the treatment of children and adolescents who have emotional, behavioral and neurobehavioral problems. Meridell has been providing exceptional care for our patients for over 59 years. We provide a wide range of services and programs that offer evidence-based treatment proven to have positive outcomes for our patients. Our inpatient and outpatient services offer supportive and compassionate care through specialty programs that are tailored to meet the needs of our patients. Our mission is to provide safe, effective, and compassionate mental health and substance use treatment.
Essential Functions:

• Performs diagnostic evaluations on clients
• Demonstrates competency in providing services to assigned patients.
• Participates in treatment planning , implementation , and monitoring.
• Ability to make sound decisions in emergency situations or with unpredictable or violent clients
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships within the agency, community and referral sources.

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, our annual revenues were $11.4 billion in 2019. In 2020, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2019, ranked #293 on the Fortune 500; and in 2017, listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America's Top 500 Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 90,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 328 behavioral health facilities, 42 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 37 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.
Qualifications
Qualifications

• License/Certifications : Licensed as a Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) with a specialty in Psychiatry and current state licensure in Texas. Board Certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Experience : Five (5) years clinical psychiatric experience, preferably with children and adolescents. Psychiatric program/unit management experience preferred. Knowledge of medical standards of care established by JCAHO and regulatory agencies.
• Essential Physical Requirements : physical strength necessary to implement patient behavioral crisis intervention. Sitting, standing, walking, reaching, bending, stooping as required to assist in providing patient care. Able to sustain physical activity eight (8) hours a day. Hearing, vision, sensory, and emotional stability sufficient to perform essential job functions. Able to lift, carry, and lower up to 25 pounds using appropriate body mechanics.

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