Description

Are you seeking a career with a growing company, a place where you can make an impact in the community? Then Positive Impact Health Centers is the company for you.

Positive Impact Health Centers (PIHC) is a community leader in providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services located in Metro Atlanta. The PIHC model of care assures that clients have access to medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health and social services, providing the best opportunity for patients to achieve high-quality health outcomes. Services are provided on-site and through telehealth.

What makes us different? We offer our employees the following:

· 1 Health Wellness day per quarter

· Parental Leave

· Free parking at our locations/bus line accessibility

· Competitive Salary & Benefits

· Automatic 3% Safe Harbor & 2% Profit Sharing (Retirement Program)

· 100% allotted for benefit elections for employees, 50% allotted for benefit elections for employee's spouse/dependent

· Credit Union

*Proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required*

JOB SUMMARY: Individuals in this position will be responsible for completing diagnostic assessments and providing ongoing psychiatric treatment. Treatment includes, but is not limited to, initial and ongoing medication management, providing client education, coordinating with the client’s treatment team to create a comprehensive treatment plan, and crisis intervention when needed. This position may also include supervision of psychiatric mid-levels. The individual willreport directly to the supervising psychiatrist.

Requirements

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducting and completing comprehensive psychiatric evaluations

• Diagnosing mental health and substance use disorders based upon all available information

• Developing a psychiatric treatment plan, measuring the progress towards achieving the goals, and adjusting if/when needed

• Prescribing medication and providing ongoing medication management

• Providing appropriate follow-up care to assess individual’s response to medication and treatment and to assess for potential side effects

• Provide culturally appropriate care and support for clients

.• Providing crisis intervention as needed and assisting with connecting clients to acute and higher-level care

• Completing all necessary clinical documentation in an accurate and timely manner

• Serve as medical/psychiatric education resource and consultant as needed

• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstration of knowledge of issues specific to those with HIV/AIDS

• Working knowledge of diagnostic criteria for mental health and substance use disorders

• Knowledge of standard of care protocols for mental health and substance use disorder treatment

• Ability to work cooperatively as a part of an interdisciplinary team

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current and valid board certification in psychiatry

• Medical degree from an accredited medical school and completion of an approved psychiatric residency• Licensed to practice medicine in the state of Georgia

• Prescriptive authorization including the ability to prescribe schedule II-V medications

• Knowledge of the treatment protocols for patients with multiple diagnoses,specifically co-occurring disorders and dual diagnoses

Experience:

• Experience working with an interdisciplinary treatment team

• Minimum 1 year of experience working with chemically dependent/mental health clientele preferred.

License/Licensure:

Valid State of Georgia medical license

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or operate computers, objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

NOTES:

1. Positive Impact Health Centers, Inc., is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, or covered veteran status.
2. Recreational drugs, weapons and violence are not permitted on agency property or at any agency events or programs.
3. The above job description represents the general nature, primary duties and responsibilities, and qualifications for the work performed by employees within this job, but is not a comprehensive and exhaustive list. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned, and specific duties, responsibilities, and activities within the core nature of the job may change at any time with or without notice. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, as specified by the employing entity, with or without reasonable accommodation.
4. Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered for all jobs, if not currently employed by Positive Impact Health Centers.

PIHC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.