What are the responsibilities and job description for the Psychiatrist position at Bournewood Health Systems?
Job Summary :
The Staff Psychiatrist will work with a multidisciplinary professional and clinical staff and be active in fostering a therapeutic milieu as well as providing clinical guidance to patients and the multidisciplinary treatment team.
Essential Functions :
Supervises : Supervises hospital staff as requested by Chief Medical Officer
The Staff Psychiatrist will work with a multidisciplinary professional and clinical staff and be active in fostering a therapeutic milieu as well as providing clinical guidance to patients and the multidisciplinary treatment team.
Essential Functions :
- Practices the specialty of psychiatry within the scope of privileges in treating inpatient populations.
- Maintains active medical staff status.
- Works collaboratively with other physicians and clinical staff.
- Interacts cooperatively with managed care companies.
- Completes all documentation in the medical record according to Hospital guidelines.
- Attends regularly scheduled Medical Staff meetings.
- Participates in medical staff committees as appointed.
- Supports the hospital's mission and vision statements, and promotes the welfare of the hospital.
- Performs any other duties that may be assigned by the Chief Medical Officer and CEO.
- Participates in teaching medical students and residents as assigned by the Chief Medical Officer.
- Provides clinical and professional supervision of Advanced Practices Nurses working in the hospital as assigned.
- Has extensive knowledge of the principles and practice of psychiatry, and the diagnosis and treatment of the mentally ill and chemically dependent patients.
- Is able to work within the framework of hospital policies, procedures and the Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations.
- Graduate of an accredited school of medicine with an MD or DO degree, currently licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Board Eligible or Certified physician with specialty in psychiatry
- Exhibits proper certificates of malpractice insurance, Federal and State DEA and Mass Board of Registration in Medicine licensing, and successfully completes all appointment credentialing
- Must be able to walk short distances and climb stairways.
Supervises : Supervises hospital staff as requested by Chief Medical Officer
