Psychiatrist - POOL

Job Summary

The Psychiatrist POOL will provide in-patient specialty psychiatric care to patients admitted to the Arizona State Hospital. Responsibilities include performing diagnostic examinations, preparing court ordered evaluations and affidavits, prescribing medications, leading a multidisciplinary treatment team, and coordinating a continuum of care.

Job Duties

• Performs diagnostic examinations, court order evaluations and affidavits, prescribes medications, and monitors care and progress of patients toward treatment and recovery goals.
• Conducts psychiatric evaluations, diagnoses, and treatment of seriously mentally ill patients committed to ASH.
• Provides leadership for a multidisciplinary treatment team and oversees the work of the team in developing and implementing a plan of care.
• Works with other professionals in the recovery model including nurses, social workers, psychologists, rehabilitation staff, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician's assistants.
• Attends hospital committees and medical staff meetings.
• Completes required documentation, prepares reports for legal and administrative purposes.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs)

• Standards of psychiatric care including detailed understanding of the process and standards for the diagnosis, treatment and management of mental disorders and current knowledge of evidence based treatment of psychiatric illnesses.
• Performance Management (PM), and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and Lean methodologies.
• Psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Organization and time management skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to maintain a positive and effective working relationship with all levels of hospital staff and other professionals.

Selective Preference(s)

The ideal candidate will have experience working with the seriously mentally ill.