Psychiatrist - Child Central Region

Family & Children's Services Career Center•Norman, OK

18h

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 through telepsychiatry when clinically appropriate and consistent with agency practices and applicable requirements. Completes required telepsychiatry training and maintains appropriate clinical and documentation standards when delivering services remotely. Supports access to in-person services when telepsychiatry is not clinically appropriate or a client or family elects not to use it.

Requirements

Medical degree with a psychiatry specialty.
Must meet applicable credentialing, privileging, and regulatory requirements.
Must be licensed by the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, as stated in the posting.
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 other 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.

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 preferred.

Responsibilities

Understand and support CCBHC standards, philosophy, structure, service delivery expectations, and 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 effectiveness, therapeutic response, adherence, and potential side effects.
Educate clients and their parents, guardians, or caregivers about medications, treatment recommendations, side effects, risks, benefits, 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 team members.
Collaborate with families 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 interventions when indicated, and help determine the appropriate level of care.
Liaise 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 of treatment.
Document psychiatric assessments, medication management, client progress, treatment recommendations, and other clinical services accurately and promptly in accordance with agency standards and applicable requirements.
Collaborate with nursing staff and clinical leadership to develop, review, and implement psychiatric, psychopharmacological, and medication-related policies and procedures.
Participate in provider meetings, interdisciplinary treatment team meetings, case consultations, and other clinical meetings as assigned.
Contribute to services that are welcoming, integrated, continuous, comprehensive, person-centered, and family-centered.
Maintain professional knowledge of child and adolescent psychiatry, psychopharmacology, behavioral health treatment, and applicable regulatory and clinical standards.
Provide consultation to leadership and perform other duties 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 training related to telepsychiatry technology, clinical practices, confidentiality, and applicable agency, state, and federal requirements.
Maintain clinical and documentation standards for telepsychiatry and support access to in-person services when needed or requested.