What are the responsibilities and job description for the Part-Time Staff Psychiatrist position at Origins Behavioral HealthCare?
The Hanley Foundation, a West Palm Beach-based non-profit organization committed to addressing addiction through prevention, treatment, advocacy, and recovery support, seeks a part-time Staff Psychiatrist. Applicants must be board-certified in Florida. This position is based in our West Palm Beach Treatment Center, with the possibility of remote work. The Staff Psychiatrist will play a vital role in delivering comprehensive psychiatric care to our patients.
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Duties & Responsibilities
Hanley Foundation is a Drug-Free Workplace. Job applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment are required to undergo drug screening.
Company Website: www.hanleyfoundation.org
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide psychiatric evaluation and individual and family therapy for adult programs.
- Provide consultation to clinical staff and other department heads on managing patients with psychiatric co-morbidity.
- Provide, when necessary, ongoing education and training for clinical staff.
- When appropriate, help facilitate voluntary and non-voluntary patient psychiatric placements into outside agencies.
- When indicated, provide psychotherapy and psycho-educational sessions to patients.
- Consult the intake department on screening patients with psychiatric comorbidity for admissions and help facilitate alternate placements when needed.
- To provide, as needed, weekly staff treatment plan update meetings and consultations in the respective unit to ensure quality clinical supervision of psychiatric concerns and issues.
- May be required to present on topics related to their position at local, regional, and national conferences representing the Hanley Foundation.
- Assist with overseeing patient care, ensuring adherence to APA standards for diagnosis and treatment.
- Supervise staff and facilitate meetings to provide practical, optimal patient services.
- Implement policies and organizational philosophies and track and communicate outcomes.
- Capable of managing a budget.
- Understanding specific issues, comorbidities, and pain management techniques relevant to the patient population.
- Provide supervision to psychiatric residents and fellows as needed
- Uphold all Hanley Foundation Policies and Procedures.
- Maintain client/potential client confidentiality following Hanley Foundation’s’ Policy.
- Strong therapeutic intervention skills for working with patients and families in both crisis and non-crisis situations
- Knowledge of adolescent and adult psychiatric theory and practice, including, but not limited to, teenage development, eating disorders, medication management, current testing practices, etc.
- Ability to work well with multiple departments and communicate effectively.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Knowledgeable and familiar with current psychotropic medications and their interactions.
- Must know all local and state laws concerning involuntary commitment procedures.
- Must be thoroughly familiar with and demonstrate knowledge of the principles and programs of the various 12-step fellowships.
- Must be able to act as a role model in etiquette, speech, and behaviors consistent with recovery principles.
- Medical school graduate with a license to practice medicine in Florida.
- M.D or D.O.
- Board certified in psychiatry by the Florida Board of Medicine.
- Experience with addiction medicine after completion of accredited residency.
Hanley Foundation is a Drug-Free Workplace. Job applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment are required to undergo drug screening.
Company Website: www.hanleyfoundation.org
