Psychiatrist for Sycamore Springs

About the role

Sycamore Springs is a 48-bed behavioral hospital located in Lafayette, IN. We offer inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment to adults, adolescents, and their families. We are seeking a Psychiatrist to provide compassionate care on our adult unit.

Responsibilities

• Affirms clinical appropriateness for admission and collaborates with Assessment and Referral regarding potential admissions.
• Performs psychiatric assessments for individuals under his/her care.
• Provides individual therapy, family therapy, and/or medication management as needed for patients under his/her care.
• Appropriately requests consultation when indicated.
• Provides psychiatric consultation when requested.
• Maintains patient confidentiality and complies with all HIPAA standards.
• Completes all documentation requirements legibly and within timeframes established by Medical Staff Bylaws and Rules and Regulations.
• Leads the multidisciplinary treatment team and participates collaboratively in scheduled staffing regarding the treatment of his/her patients.
• Demonstrates appropriate medication administration and ensures that documentation regarding medications complies with facility and regulatory standards.
• Completes necessary documentation to ensure accurate reimbursement for services provided and works collaboratively with the UR Department.
• Complies with all Medical Staff Bylaws and Medical Staff Rules and Regulations.
• Complies with all facility policies and procedures.
• Maintains professional behaviors at all times.
• Shares on-call schedule providing on-call services for patients and for responding to emergencies, admissions, and evaluations as necessary.
• Participates in performance improvement activity for the hospital.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited medical or osteopathic school doctoral program and completion of residency in psychiatry required; board certification preferred.
• Prior inpatient and/or outpatient experience in a behavioral healthcare setting practicing psychiatry and/or addiction medicine.
• Current unencumbered medical doctor (MD) or osteopathic doctor (DO) Unrestricted, state medical license, DEA and State Controlled Substances registration.
• Understands and able to apply applicable standards and regulations (e.g. The Joint Commission, CMS, etc.) in his/her daily work.

Qualifications

Commensurate with experience.

Skills

N/A

Benefits

N/A

Pay

Competitive compensation

Schedule

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UKG Wallet

We’ve partnered with UKG Wallet, a voluntary Earned Wage Access benefit, to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.