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NEOGOV · 2 months ago

Primary Care Psychiatrist

Lincoln County, OR

Full-time, Part-time

Onsite

Senior Level

NEOGOV is seeking a Primary Care Psychiatrist to join Lincoln County Health and Human Services, located on the Central Oregon Coast. The role involves providing professional and behavioral health services to clients with mental or emotional disturbances, and co-occurring substance abuse problems, ensuring adherence to professional practice standards and licensure requirements.

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Responsibilities

Interview client and/or families using acceptable techniques that are appropriate for individual's level of functioning to obtain necessary information regarding medical, social, and/or emotional background

Thoroughly review client's chart for background information and correctly identify psychosocial stressors and level of functioning

Accurately analyze and evaluate findings from all available assessment data

Effectively collaborate with patients, families, physicians, clinicians, other treatment team members and outside providers, as appropriate, to develop a care plan

Prescribe medication and monitor compliance, writes standing orders, reviews lab results, and takes appropriate action, counsels and administers interventions treatments

Develop and direct a holistic plan of care

Respond to patients/families in a collaborative manner that conveys a desire and willingness to assist in the achievement of the patient’s treatment goals

Provide client care in a non-judgmental and non-discriminatory manner

Always maintain a professional relationship with patient/families

Create and maintain a high-performance environment characterized by positive role model, leadership, and a strong team orientation

Accurately documents assessment and clinical findings to produce a complete medical record (including physical, mental, and/or social problems) on clients in a clear, complete, and concise manner within established time frames and standards of care

Signs off on client treatment plans for Medicaid/Medicare

Record client’s care in the Electronic Medical Record and other information on appropriate forms in a legible, clear, and timely manner according to established clinic policy and standards of care

Maintain and ensures confidentiality of client’s conditions and records, as well as other confidential information

Identify, evaluate, and help to resolve deficits in the client care process

Contribute to the Community Mental Health Center’s quality assurance, quality improvement and peer review activities, as assigned

Assure all applicable federal and state laws, including any requirements relating to the Center’s deemed status under the OARs, are followed

Complete required in-service training annually

Attend and actively participate in departmental staff meetings, or committee meetings, as requested, to discuss needs, goals, objectives, clinical outcomes, quality assurance and quality improvement metrics

Provide in-service training for staff as schedule and budget allows

Qualification

Board Certified in PsychiatryUnencumbered Oregon LicensePsychiatric Residency CompletionDoctor of Medicine (MD)Doctor of Osteopathy (DO)EmpathyCollaboration SkillsCommunication SkillsLeadership Skills

Required

Graduation from an accredited school of medicine offering a program of study leading to a degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO)

Completion accredited psychiatric residency and/or fellowship programs

Board Certified or Board Eligible in psychiatry

Must possess an unencumbered license to practice psychiatry in the State of Oregon at the time of appointment