What are the responsibilities and job description for the Psychiatrist position at ODYSSEY BEHAVIORAL GROUP?
Job Details
Description
Why You Will Love Working With Us!
At Pasadena Villa Outpatient, we are a dynamic, dedicated, and growing team of professionals deeply passionate about providing evidence-based and personalized clinical care for behavioral health conditions.
Our team’s foundation is client centered care and clinical excellence through our 5-star service commitment – Respect, Accountability, Integrity, Flexibility, Service, and Collaboration. We are committed to our team and our team is committed to our clients!
We are excited to expand our network with the opening of a location in Pittsburgh, PA!
Pittsburgh is known both as "The Steel City" for its dominant role in the history of the U.S. steel industry, and as the" City of Bridges" for its 446 bridges. Our facility offers direct accessibility to I-376 ensuring convenient transportation.
Pasadena Villa Outpatient is a leading provider of mental health treatment services across the region. With 18 Outpatient locations across seven states, we are on a mission to improve mental wellness in the communities we serve. We are a part of Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare Network which offers a continuum of care within our Psychiatric Network, Eating Disorder Network, including inpatient, intensive residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient services nationwide.
Join our team! Be part of our amazing vision of changing lives empowering each client’s inherent strengths making a difference in countless lives, while being part of a larger nationwide network that is growing each day!
Position Summary
The Psychiatrist is primarily responsible for conducting psychiatric evaluations, medication consultation and collaboration with community prescribers. Position ensures clients are medically stable and clinically appropriate upon admission to treatment services. Provides pharmacological treatment, if indicated, and requests and reviews any needed lab work. Position collaborates with team members to oversee and promote the health and safety of clients throughout the treatment process.
Essential Responsibilities
- Provides compassionate and professional psychiatric care and guidance to clients, ensuring optimal levels of client health and safety.
- Cultivates and maintains a client-centered approach to care, recognizing and adapting to cultural diversity in the provision of care, incorporating client’s cultural and spiritual preferences, values, and beliefs into the provision of care.
- Cultivates and maintains a client-centered approach to confidentiality, privacy, comfort, emotional support, mutual trust, and respect.
- Collaborates with Clinical Director in the provision of medical care to clients.
- Completes all required client assessments/evaluations within appropriate timelines as required by payor and regulatory bodies.
- Completes medical record and other documentation in a timely and accurate manner to meet regulatory and payer requirements.
- Provides medication management services for clients in care, as needed.
- Provides case consultation in person and by telephone in unusual or urgent situations, as needed.
- Provides consultation, education and related information to clients and the families, increasing treatment success through program engagement.
Additional Responsibilities
- Provides consultation to clinical partners as needed to ensure continuity of care.
- Participates in marketing and outreach events on occasion, as requested.
- Performs other activities, as requested
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Must be a Board Eligible or Board-Certified Psychiatrist licensed to practice within the state of Pennsylvania. Requires a minimum of 2 years’ of professional experience in a behavioral healthcare treatment setting.
Other Requirements
- Active and clear DEA License.
- TB skin test, or equivalent, and background check clearance in accordance with regulatory requirements.
Pasadena Villa Outpatient provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Pasadena Villa reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “At-Will.”
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