PSYCHIATRIST - ADULT

Key Duties

• Conduct psychiatric evaluations
• Manage medications
• Develop treatment plans
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams
• Provide care to patients
• Direct, coordinate, or supervise patient care activities of nursing or support services
• Order and interpret the results of tests
• Prescribe medication or treatment regimens and therapies
• Collaborate with health care professionals to plan and provide treatment
• Develop medical treatment plans
• Conduct discharge planning
• Participate in inpatient treatment teams
• Consult with patients and families on conditions and treatments

Essential Job Functions

Examine, diagnose, treat, provide care to patients
Direct, coordinate or supervise patient care activities of nursing or support services
Order and interpret the results of tests
Prescribe medication or treatment regimens and therapies
Collaborate with health care professionals to plan and provide treatment
Develop medical treatment plans
Conduct discharge planning
Participate in inpatient treatment teams
Consult with patients and families on conditions and treatments
Advise and educate patients and families on conditions and treatments
Other duties as assigned.

Competency and Experience

• [Knowledge, Skills and Abilities]
• Required Qualifications/Experience
• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree
• Four (4) to seven (7) years of internship and residency training, pertaining to specialty field
• Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice
• Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience
• Preferred Qualifications/Experience
• Two (2) to Four (4) years’ experience in psychiatry
• Experience in Healthcare setting

License, Certification & Clearances

• Current medical license in the state of Pennsylvania
• Successful completion of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States (COMLEX-USA)
• Certification by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
• DEA License
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS)