Staff Psychiatrist

University of California, Irvine•Irvine, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Psychiatrist provides direct, outpatient, ambulatory patient care including psychiatric consultations and facilitating hospitalizations. This position is responsible for assuring continuous and ongoing quality, accessibility and safety of mental health services to the patients, and is responsible for promptly reporting to the Chief of Psychiatry all issues, which may impact patient care and safety. This position is also responsible for providing professional consultation to other Student Health Center clinicians, to Student Affairs, to academic, professional and department advisors, and to staff of other campus departments on mental health issues and emergencies.

Requirements

Knowledge of current psychiatric diagnosis and treatment principles relating to general practice, and specifically to the college/university population.
Knowledge of standard of psychiatric care in the greater community.
Skills in diagnostic evaluation.
Sensitivity to issues relating to all forms of diversity including but not limited to culture, sexual orientation, gender, and socioeconomic status.
Knowledge of issues of special importance to youth groups and college age adults, including drug and alcohol use, eating disorders, chemical dependency and abuse, ADHD, LD, etc.
Awareness of developmental issues as they relate to young adults transitioning into new living environments.
Knowledge of accreditation requirements relating to psychiatric diagnosis, treatment, record-keeping, and electronic medical records.
MD, or recognized equivalent.
Must hold a current license to practice medicine in the State of California.
Must hold Board Certification in Psychiatry.
Maintains an active and current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) certification.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of HIPAA, FERPA, CMIA and patient privacy issues pertaining to the delivery of health care especially in mental health.
Ability to work in systems-of-care model
Strong knowledge of early adolescent and transitional age youth / emerging adult population psychiatric treatment
Prior experience working professionally with emotional, psychological or psychiatric issues among young adults, especially college students, strongly preferred.
Knowledge of Electronic Medical Record system.
3-5 years of direct patient care experience after completing accredited residency training in medicine.

Responsibilities

Provides direct, outpatient, ambulatory patient care including psychiatric consultations and facilitating hospitalizations.
Assuring continuous and ongoing quality, accessibility and safety of mental health services to the patients
Responsible for promptly reporting to the Chief of Psychiatry all issues, which may impact patient care and safety.
Providing professional consultation to other Student Health Center clinicians, to Student Affairs, to academic, professional and department advisors, and to staff of other campus departments on mental health issues and emergencies.