Pediatric Psychiatrist, Emergency Department/Outpatient - Full Time - Hartford, CT

Responsibilities

• Provide treatment services including, but not limited to, assessment, medication management and disposition of patients with psychiatric concerns, including making arrangements for hospitalization if needed.
• Engage the patient and family to develop treatment plans that address identified goals.
• Ensure patients are referred to appropriate programs and services as clinically appropriate and communicate needs and recommendations to nursing staff, Social Work and Care Coordination to ensure referrals are completed.
• Document assessment findings and treatment recommendations in the clinical record.
• Ability to provide supervision of and collaboration with advanced psychiatric nurse practitioners.
• Follow and ensure agency policy/procedures, including all emergency procedures are adhered to.
• Participate in and meet all ethical and agency standards regarding treatment and documentation practices, QA/QI procedures, utilization management, emergency procedures, and program and patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of a Psychiatry residency required.
• Successful completion of a Child & Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship required.
• Experience in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in a pediatric hospital setting preferred.
• CPI trained (or alternative de-escalation training) preferred.
• Must possess current, unrestricted license to practice in the State of Connecticut, and must be maintained thereafter.
• DEA with Controlled Substance required and must be maintained thereafter.
• Board Certification / Board Eligible in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry required.
• BLS
• Maintain CME units based on the requirements of the specifying board, as well as maintain all licensure requirements.