What are the responsibilities and job description for the Psychiatrist Advantage Care full time position at Advantage Care Health Centers?
Overview
The Psychiatrist is responsible for diagnosing psychiatric illness and implementing pharmacological treatment. The Psychiatrist works closely with the interdisciplinary medical and behavioral health team to ensure the provision of quality service.
Responsibilities
Primary duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to :
- Providing psychiatric services to clients during scheduled hours, including outpatient psychiatric evaluations and medication management services.
- Assessing, diagnosing, and treating individuals experiencing symptoms of a behavioral health disorder.
- Prescribing, recommending, and discontinuing drugs and treatments to treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
- Collaborating and educating guardians, relatives, and significant others on the client’s conditions and treatment when clinically appropriate.
- Examining or ordering laboratory or diagnostic tests for clients to provide information on general physical conditions and mental disorders.
- Ensuring timely and accurate completion of medical records, including assessment, progress notes, outcome measures, and billing entries.
- Conferring with professional staff and other agencies / providers regarding care and treatment for patients receiving psychiatric services, and participating in monthly interdisciplinary team meetings.
- Participating in monthly interdisciplinary medical meetings.
- Complying with social distancing, adherence to PPE, and infection protocols.
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