**1099 Contractor** Psychiatric Medical Provider (Medical Doctor) - Lawrenceville Outpatient Center

State of Georgia - Lawrenceville, GA

Full-time - Mid Level

Lawrenceville, GA

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

View Point Health proudly provides outpatient treatment to children, adolescents and adults. At the outpatient centers, we promote overall health and quality of life for individuals, youth and families through evidenced-based therapies and medication management to reduce the impact of mental illness behavior challenges and substance use. The Psychiatric Medical Provider will provide comprehensive medical services by examining patients, diagnosing conditions, and providing treatments. This role may also direct nurses, aides, and others in the care and treatment of patients, and may participate in research efforts.

Responsibilities

• Reports to Center Director.
• Provides psychiatric services to clients experiencing mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
• Conduct diagnostic evaluations, assessments, and ongoing medication management (E & M).
• Promote a team approach, work collaboratively with other medical providers, nurses, clinical and clerical teams.
• Demonstrate initiative, enthusiasm, and a positive and flexible attitude; must respond well to changing and rapidly shifting program needs.
• Effectively communicate with persons of all educational and cultural backgrounds.
• Provide excellent client care - is empathetic and supportive to our population while also maintaining good boundaries.
• Engages easily with clients and families, impacts a professional and non-judgmental attitude.
• Possess thorough knowledge of diagnostic psychiatric assessment and utilizes best practices in treating clients with mental illness and/or substance use disorder.
• Has strong written and verbal communication skills and is proficient in the use of computers and electronic medical records.
• Has strong time-management skills, completes documentation within 24 hours per agency deadline, maximizes scheduling to allow for 80% billing of time worked; is open to seeing walk-ins for other medical providers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Medical degree recognized by the Georgia Composite Medical Board (GCMB) AND licensure to practice medicine (psychiatry) at a state institution or in the state of Georgia as provided by state law AND One year of experience at the lower-level Physician 1 (HCP160) or position equivalent.

Nice-to-haves

• MD: Graduation from a medical school recognized by the composite state board of medical examiners
• Licensure to practice medicine in the state of Georgia as provided by state law.
• Experience providing Substance Abuse treatment & Familiarity with ASAM
• Experience with community-based services
• Experience working with the Severe and Persistently Mentally ill population, ACT teams, or individual identified as being frequent users of ERs, Psychiatric Hospitals, Crisis Stabilization Units, and the criminal justice system.
• Case management experience
• Experience working in a high stress, fast-paced environment with a very emotionally and physically changing population.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to multi-task and manage time.