Child Psychiatrist

About the role

Signature Health provides integrated healthcare for patients with mental illness and/or addiction, focusing on helping individuals reach their highest potential. The role involves providing compassionate, supportive, patient-centered psychiatric medical care to patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing consultation and management for assigned patients as requested or as necessary in accordance with accepted standards of psychiatric practice.
• Provide psychiatric services on the days and at the times established and scheduled by Signature Health.
• Utilize the electronic medical records system to timely and accurately fulfill all administrative responsibilities attendant to his/her performance of direct patient care.
• Prepare and attend to all reports, claims, and correspondence (including email) necessary or appropriate to the performance of the professional services.
• Maintain competence in his/her area of specialty by attending professional conventions or seminars as well as participating in educational activities offered by professional societies on a reasonable basis.
• Refer patients to other services within the agency, other providers, including specialists and other health care providers, when and if needed.
• Provide coverage when other physician employees/contractors are unavailable due to vacations, holidays, illness, other personal or professional absences, or as required by Signature Health.
• Provide support and be available to take calls as assigned by the Agency.
• Timely report of incidents, including major unusual incidents, and other information required to appropriate governmental authorities and as required for Agency reporting.
• Participate in Agency required quality assurance, peer review, compliance, and credentialing/privileging activities.
• Serve as a collaborating physician to Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners as needed, and/or may provide supervision to Physician Assistants, residents, interns or other trainees.
• Comply with all agency policies and procedures. Maintain all aspects of HIPAA, promoting patient confidentiality and right to privacy.
• Perform telehealth services as determined by Signature Health.
• Adhere and complete compliance training provided by Signature Health.
• Responsible for and completes all productivity/documentation requirements.
• Participate in all assigned staff meetings and staff development programs.
• Demonstrate appropriate attendance and punctuality in adherence with Signature Health policies.

Requirements

• Ohio Licensed Physician, in good standing upon effective date of employment required.
• MD or DO required. Full prescriptive powers in Ohio with a DEA license required.
• American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry preferred.
• If interested in seeing adolescent or adult patients for MAT treatment, X number required.