Contracted Psychiatric Prescriber – Community Support Program

About the role

Sauk County Human Services is seeking a Contracted Psychiatric Prescriber for the Community Support Program. The Community Support Program (CSP) is a treatment program for persons with serious and persistent mental illness. A range of treatment, rehabilitation and support services are provided through a team approach. The Sauk County CSP team includes a psychiatrist, clinical coordinator, psychiatric nurses, case managers, psychotherapists, and mental health technicians. The purpose of the CSP Psychiatric Prescriber is to provide psychiatric treatment, assessment, medication, and oversight to consumers in the Sauk County CSP. The CSP Prescriber will provide consultation and clinical oversight to members of the CSP team. CSP teams commit to the following principles to help participants live their best life: Coordinated care: Staff on a CSP team work together to meet the participant’s needs and goals. Community services: More than half of the care and treatment happens where participants live and other locations in their community. Individualized plans: Treatment plans vary based on the participant’s needs and goals. Hope: Staff on a CSP team create a feeling that recovery is possible for all participants. Recovery: Staff on a CSP team help participants focus on the recovery they want. Person centered: Participants work with a CSP team to guide the services they receive.

Responsibilities

• Act as a licensed practicing psychiatric prescriber, providing psychiatric services including psychiatric evaluations.
• Use critical thinking and medical expertise to assess and evaluate consumers for further psychiatric intervention, or a higher level of care, whether it be for physical, mental health, substance use, or other needs.
• Perform standards of practice for medication psychiatric providers, which includes the delivery of ethical medication prescribing abiding by all federal laws, rules