Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Responsibilities

• Perform required psychiatric services for patients of the Outpatient Psychiatric Practices, Turnaround Ranch, as well as patients of the Stephens and Sr. Serenity Behavioral Health Units.
• Provide psychiatric evaluations and medication checks.
• Provide emergency psychiatric coverage for the Center on a rotation basis.
• Provide psychiatric consultations under various conditions.
• Oversee all medical aspects of the Psychiatric Practices and review/update/publish policies and procedures on medical issues.
• Provide patient education regarding the effects of medication and its relationship to mental illness.
• Ensure that all patients receiving neuroleptic medications are screened every six months by the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale.
• Ensure that all patients receiving Lithium have an annual blood level ordered, as needed.
• Enter into a Collaborative Practice Agreement with any Advance Practice Nurse working in their clinic and adhere to the standards promulgated therein.
• Attend Physician meetings as scheduled.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must have completed a residency in Psychiatry.

Physical Requirements

• Normal office environment.
• Prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, stooping, and occasional lifting.
• Requires normal range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed.
• Requires ability to remain calm during stressful events, to occasionally work irregular hours, and work with exasperated individuals.
• Occasional lifting up to 25 lbs.