Physician, Psychiatrist

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation•Birmingham, AL

19d•Hybrid

About The Position

Cahaba Medical Care Foundation is a community health center providing medical, pharmacy, dental, and behavioral health services to diverse underserved communities in Jefferson, Bibb, Perry, Chilton, and Wilcox counties. We are a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home and Joint Commission accredited organization, committed to increasing integration and coordination of behavioral health and primary care. This is an exciting, fast paced practice with a strong mission and commitment to providing high quality care. Cahaba Medical Care expects all of our licensed providers to host learners from time to time, since we are a teaching institution. This is our pipeline for recruiting excellent providers who want to serve the populations we take care of. Every student we accept applies for the chance to be here through a competitive process and is reviewed and assessed for their likelihood of working in an underserved, underresourced area in the future. We want to ensure they fit our mission. We try to give our newer providers time to get settled before adding them to our pool of available preceptors, and we offer best practices for integrating learners into your clinic without compromising efficiency.

Requirements

Current and valid board certification in psychiatry
Medical degree from an accredited medical school and completion of an approved psychiatric residency
Licensed to practice medicine in Alabama
Current DEA registration
Familiar with crisis assessment tools and techniques
Strong working knowledge of general psychiatric principles and practices
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Responsibilities

Direct patient care at multiple locations / travel between Birmingham and Centreville
Review of treatment plans / collaboration with behavioral health staff on more complicated cases and patients with SUD
Telemedicine consults with CMCF providers or directly with patients in crisis situations
Recommending and designing treatment plans for patients
Treats a diverse patient population, across gender, age and ethnicity, as well as insured and uninsured patients.
Interviews and examines patient to determine health history and general physical condition. Performs physical examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines.
Orders or executes various tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient’s condition.
Diagnoses conditions as appropriate
Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
Educates patients on a variety of health topics as appropriate during patient encounters
Provides accurate and timely documentation of all patient encounters including phone encounters
Completes Electronic Superbills on a daily basis that includes accurate ICD-9 and CPT codes
Participates in provider staff meetings to develop problem-solving techniques, and acquire team-building skills.
Participates in peer reviews.
Represent CMCF at conferences, meetings, and continuing education programs
Performs clinical and/or other organizational related services as directed by the Medical Director. Will also participate in precepting medical students and residents as assigned by the CMO. Serves as a resource to mid-level providers in clinic.
Performs other duties as assigned or as needed.