Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Acadia • Wesley Chapel, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

North Tampa Behavioral Health Hospital is seeking to add a Full-Time, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to join their team. This role involves delivering direct care, including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment of medical and mental health problems within the professional scope of practice. The psychiatrist will be responsible for providing clinical services to patients at the facility, adhering to medical protocols defined by federal and state regulations, as well as corporate and facility policies. Key duties include reviewing patient medical information to ensure medical stability and provide recommendations, ensuring the physical health and care of patients in collaboration with other healthcare professionals, and reviewing/completing medical information for individual care plans. The role also requires directing services and information in a timely manner, maintaining appropriate confidential documentation, compliance, and billing according to policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required.
• Current license to practice medicine, by the state in which the facility(s) operates.
• Board certification or certificate of admissibility for board certification in a behavioral health specialty.
• Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.
• Additional specific DEA credentials may be required, per state and facility regulations or policy.
• This position requires a Level 2 Background Screening through the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse.

Nice To Haves

• One or more years’ experience as a staff physician with the population served by the facility preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct care including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment of medical and mental health problems as defined by professional scope of practice.
• Provide clinical services to patients at the facility within medical protocols defined by federal and state regulations, as well as by corporate, facility policy or procedures.
• Review medical information on patients to ensure medical stability and to offer medical recommendations.
• Ensure the physical health and care of patients, working constructively and collaboratively with other healthcare professionals is held to the highest standards.
• Review and complete medical information for individual care plans.
• Direct services and information in a timely manner, maintaining appropriate confidential documentation, compliance and billing in accordance with the policy and procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree