Psychiatrist - Child Central Region

Family & Children's Services•Norman, OK

About The Position

Under limited supervision, provides psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and medication management services to children and adolescents across assigned Central Region programs and locations. Works within the Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) model and collaborates with clients, families, interdisciplinary treatment teams, medical providers, schools, hospitals, and community partners to provide comprehensive and coordinated behavioral health care. Provides psychiatric consultation, crisis assessment and intervention, medication services, and clinical guidance for children and adolescents with behavioral health and co-occurring conditions. Applies knowledge of child and adolescent development, psychiatric disorders, trauma, co-occurring conditions, and evidence-based treatment approaches while supporting continuity of care and consistent clinical practices across the region. Provides services consistent with CCBHC standards, philosophy, structure, and delivery expectations. Conducts comprehensive evaluations, diagnoses and treats psychiatric and behavioral health disorders, prescribes and manages psychotropic medications, and explains treatment and medication information to clients and caregivers. Uses developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed, and family-centered approaches, and coordinates care with families, clinical teams, medical providers, schools, hospitals, and community partners. Provides consultation for urgent or complex behavioral health needs, crisis and risk assessment, and psychiatric intervention as clinically indicated. Supports decisions about appropriate levels of care and transitions among outpatient, crisis, emergency, inpatient, and other services. Maintains timely, accurate clinical documentation and participates in clinical meetings and the development and implementation of medication-related policies and procedures. Provides psychiatric services through telepsychiatry when clinically appropriate and consistent with agency practices and applicable requirements. Completes required telepsychiatry training and maintains appropriate clinical and documentation standards. Supports access to in-person services when telepsychiatry is not appropriate or a client or family chooses not to use it.

Requirements

Medical degree with a psychiatry specialty.
Knowledge of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders, diagnosis, treatment, and psychopharmacology.
Knowledge of child and adolescent development and the effects of trauma, family dynamics, social determinants, and environmental factors on behavioral health.
Knowledge of co-occurring behavioral health, substance use, developmental, and medical conditions.
Knowledge of crisis assessment, suicide risk assessment, safety planning, and appropriate levels of psychiatric care.
Knowledge of CCBHC principles and integrated behavioral health care.
Ability to provide developmentally appropriate and family-centered psychiatric services.
Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary clinical teams, families, medical providers, schools, hospitals, and community partners.
Ability to communicate complex psychiatric and medication information clearly to children, adolescents, parents, guardians, and caregivers.
Strong clinical judgment, assessment, diagnostic, and decision-making skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to maintain accurate, timely, and complete clinical documentation.
Ability to manage multiple clinical priorities and respond effectively to psychiatric emergencies and other urgent client needs.
Ability to maintain professional boundaries, confidentiality, and ethical standards.
Must meet applicable credentialing, privileging, and regulatory requirements.
Must be licensed by the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.

Nice To Haves

Experience providing psychiatric services to children and adolescents in outpatient, community behavioral health, crisis, or related settings.
Experience working with children and adolescents with complex behavioral health and co-occurring conditions.
Board certification.

Responsibilities

Understand and support CCBHC standards, philosophy, structure, and service delivery expectations, and demonstrate fidelity to the CCBHC model.
Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations of children and adolescents, including psychiatric, developmental, and medical histories, mental status examinations, diagnostic assessments, and treatment recommendations.
Diagnose and treat psychiatric and behavioral health disorders in accordance with current diagnostic standards and accepted clinical practices.
Prescribe and manage psychotropic medications; assess therapeutic response, effectiveness, adherence, and potential side effects.
Educate clients and their parents, guardians, or caregivers about medications, treatment recommendations, risks, benefits, side effects, and appropriate medication use.
Assess co-occurring behavioral health, substance use, developmental, and medical conditions and coordinate treatment or referrals.
Use developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed, and family-centered approaches in psychiatric services.
Collaborate with clients and families to encourage participation in treatment, medication management, therapy, case management, care coordination, and other recommended services.
Work with CCBHC and interdisciplinary team members to develop, implement, and monitor individualized treatment plans.
Provide psychiatric consultation and clinical guidance to therapists, case managers, nurses, care coordinators, and other treatment team members.
Collaborate with caregivers and other supports, as appropriate, to promote understanding of the child’s behavioral health needs and involvement in treatment.
Coordinate care with pediatricians, primary care providers, specialists, hospitals, emergency departments, schools, and community providers as clinically appropriate.
Assess physical health concerns that may affect psychiatric treatment and make appropriate referrals for medical evaluation and follow-up.
Provide timely medication prescriptions and refills in coordination with nursing and clinical staff.
Provide psychiatric consultation and services for clients with urgent or complex behavioral health needs.
Conduct crisis and risk assessments and psychiatric intervention when clinically indicated, and assist in determining the appropriate level of care.
Serve as a liaison with hospitals and emergency treatment facilities when inpatient or higher levels of psychiatric care are needed.
Support transitions among outpatient, crisis, emergency, inpatient, and other levels of care to promote continuity.
Document psychiatric assessments, medication management, client progress, treatment recommendations, and other clinical services accurately and in a timely manner.
Collaborate with nursing staff and clinical leadership on the development, review, and implementation of psychiatric, psychopharmacological, and medication-related policies and procedures.
Participate in physician/provider meetings, interdisciplinary treatment team meetings, case consultations, and other assigned clinical meetings.
Support the agency’s goal of providing welcoming, integrated, continuous, comprehensive, person-centered, and family-centered services.
Maintain professional knowledge related to child and adolescent psychiatry, psychopharmacology, behavioral health treatment, and applicable standards.
Provide other duties and consultation to leadership as requested and appropriate to the position.
Provide psychiatric services through telepsychiatry when clinically appropriate and consistent with agency practices and applicable requirements.
Complete required telepsychiatry training and maintain appropriate clinical and documentation standards when providing services through telepsychiatry.
Support access to in-person services when telepsychiatry is not clinically appropriate or a client or family elects not to use it.