PHYSICIAN SPECIALIST - OPT D
Position Overview
The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a Physician Specialist, Option D, for the Madden Mental Health Center located in Hines, Illinois to serve as a staff psychiatrist. Clinical directs a caseload on an assigned inpatient pavilion on an assigned shift. Ensures psychiatric treatment of patients meets standards of care. Evaluates assigned cases at intake. Provides clinical directions to staff involved in direct care. Provides back-up coverage of other pavilions. Serves as a member of the medical committees, pavilion and program meetings, case evaluation, audit and utilization review committee. Signs certificates for involuntary patient admissions and testifies in court. Attends and participates in all mandatory training.
Essential Functions
- Serves as a staff psychiatrist serving patients living on an assigned inpatient pavilion on an assigned shift.
- Provides treatment to a caseload of patients on the assigned pavilion and on an assigned shift.
- Provides clinical directions to staff involved in direct care.
- Provides back-up coverage of other pavilions.
- Serve as a member of the medical committees, pavilion and program meetings, case evaluation, audit, and utilization review committees to provide psychiatric expertise in the areas of treatment, development, etc.
- Provides psychiatric services and consultation to other Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) hospitals via tele-psychiatry and periodic on-site review of cases.
- Signs certificates for involuntary patient admissions and testifies in court.
- Attends and participates in all mandatory training.
- Performs other duties as assigned or required which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.