Northern California Behavioral Health System
Psychiatrist (Sacramento)
Sacramento, California, United States · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 694 days ago
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About the role
- POSITION TITLE: Psychiatrist REPORTS TO (TITLE): Medical Director DESCRIPTION OF POSITION and KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Under the general direction of the Medical Director, the Psychiatrist provides clinical oversight.
- Monitors and evaluates treatment results.
- Treats patients by utilizing psychotherapeutic methods and medications; discussing progress toward goals with patients; providing instructions; monitoring effect of medications; and supervising staff provision of services.
Responsibilities
- Develops and implements treatment plans, including prescription of psychotropic medications.
- Develops treatment plans by determining nature and extent of cognitive, emotional, developmental, social, and behavioral disorders and establishing treatment goals and methodologies.
- Maintains historical records by documenting symptoms, medications, and treatment events and writing summaries.
Requirements
- While performing the duties of this job, this position is frequently required to do the following: Use standard office equipment and access, input, and retrieve information from a computer.
Skills
- Documentation skills Analyzing information Decision-making Listening Verbal communication Patient services Mental health
Benefits
- Psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and internal medicine physicians comprise the provider group with nurses, therapists, and mental health techs rounding out the patient care service group.
- The medical record is electronic using a system called "Best Care." Providers do their own physician order entry and electronically transmit discharge prescriptions.
- Under the general direction of the Medical Director, the Psychiatrist provides clinical oversight.
- Helps patients by evaluating medical and psychosocial conditions.
- Maintains interdisciplinary treatment by reviewing treatment plans and progress, and consulting and collaborating with primary care physicians, mental health therapists, nurses, and other health care providers.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in continuing medical educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.
Company info
- We are looking for a compassionate, experienced psychiatrist to join our free-standing psychiatric hospital who will be responsible for assessing patients, diagnosing or ruling out mental disorders, prescribing treatments, and ordering follow-up appointments to monitor the patient's progress.
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