Psychiatrist

Summit BHC•City of Rochester, NY

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Psychiatrist is responsible for the medical and psychiatric aspects of admitting and treating patients. Responsible for the initial and continued assessment of patients and for their treatment ensuring the existence of an up-to-date treatment plan appropriate to the patient’s psychiatric and medical condition and psychosocial background and making sure that treatment proceeds in an effective manner in accordance with the treatment plan.

Requirements

Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) supplemented by the completion of psychiatric residency training required.
Current license to practice medicine, by the state in which the facility(s) operate.
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.
CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

Nice To Haves

One or more years’ post graduate degree practice preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides 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.
Reviews medical information on patients to ensure medical stability and to offer medical recommendations.
Evaluates patients for mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
Treats or direct treatment of patients, utilizing a variety of psychotherapeutic methods and medications.
Reviews and completes medical information for individual care plans, documents services, and information in a timely manner.
Direct services and information in a timely manner, maintaining appropriate confidential documentation, compliance and billing in accordance with the policy and procedures.
Performs a variety of professional assignments such as involvement in the admission of patients to the facility, covering for professional staff during vacation or, in the absence of the regularly assigned psychiatrist, appearing in court in connection with the involuntary commitment of a patient.
Provides information, documentation, and personal insights about our patients’ progress to clinicians and other treatment professionals.
On call rotation.