Psychiatrist, PRN- MAHEC Center for Psychiatry & Mental Wellness

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITY:  Under the direction of the Psychiatry Department Chair, the psychiatrist will provide psychiatric care within the MAHEC Center for Psychiatry and Mental Wellness and other assigned locations as needed. The Psychiatrist will also provide supervision for psychiatric residents in the outpatient setting.     This position is primarily responsible for providing ongoing psychiatric care and patient evaluations in making determinations of appropriate diagnosis, medical necessity of services, and need for higher level of service to a full caseload of patients with mental illness in an efficient and effective manner. This includes working with a wide array of disorders with patients from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. The psychiatrist will participate in the development of medical policies and procedures as needed and provide cross coverage for other psychiatrists within MAHEC. The position also requires sharing of on-call responsibilities in coordination with psychiatric residents for our outpatient clinic. This is a PRN position with availability during the work hours of 8-5pm, Monday through Friday.  SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:  Clinical Outpatient Evaluate patients by interviewing patient, family, and other persons; reviewing medical history and related documents; ordering laboratory tests and evaluating results. This may involved Integrated Behavioral Health and/or Collaborative Care models. Develop treatment plans by determining nature and extent of cognitive, emotional, developmental, social, and behavioral disorders; establish treatment goals and methodologies. Treat patients by utilizing evidence based psychotherapeutic methods and medications; discuss progress toward goals with patients; provide instructions; monitor effect of medications; supervise staff provision of services. Maintain interdisciplinary treatment by reviewing treatment plans and progress; consult and collaborate with primary care physicians, mental health therapists, nurses, and other health care providers. Psychiatric Management/Treatment Direction. Direct patient care; develop treatment plans considering contributions of other professional disciplines; integrate service goals, objectives and outcomes; consult with outside physicians, ancillary professionals, agencies, family/guardians and other interested individuals.  Collaborative Care  Assessments/Referrals/Consultation. Consult with other MAHEC physicians or nurse practitioners to ensure physical care needs are addressed and makes appropriate referrals and aftercare recommendations, as needed; provide suicide/homicide assessments. Provide regularly scheduled (usually weekly) caseload consultation to behavioral health care managers. Case review cons...