Attending Clinical Psychiatrist; Child & Adolescent Residential Unit @ Kahi Mohala)

Company Description

The Queen’s Health System is a non-profit healthcare organization with four hospitals, over 70 specialty health care locations, and labs throughout the Pacific region, including Hawai'i. With a rich history of serving the people of Hawai'i, Queen's is the state's largest employer, with over 10,000 caregivers, medical staff and leadership. Queen's is accredited by The Joint Commission and is the only hospital in Hawai'i to achieve Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Our state-of-the-art facilities serve as the major referral center for cancer, cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine, behavioral health medicine, and is a major teaching hospital.

The Department of Psychiatry conducts research in various aspects of psychiatry: culture and mental health of different ethnic groups, mental health epidemiology of Native Hawaiian adolescents, substance abuse, severe mental illness, neuropsychiatry, and psychopharmacology.

We’re recognized as one of Hawai’i’s most comprehensive adult outpatient treatment programs targeting mental health and substance abuse disorders. We use proven interventions in a supportive and nurturing environment to ensure the best recovery outcomes.

Our multidisciplinary team of behavioral health care specialists come together to provide inpatient services for youth and young adults ranging in age from 5 to 17 in a structured setting that promotes healing and wellness. We support our patients and prepare them for making a successful transition back into the community.

• Provides high-quality, coordinated, comprehensive, team-based, and patient-centered care for patients of The Queen’s Health System’s (QHS) hospitals and clinics and facilities, and other hospitals and clinics and facilities, as applicable, in the area of psychiatry and applicable specialty (e.g., Addiction medicine, addiction psychiatry, child & adolescent).
• May engage in academic medical/clinical education, training, supervision, evaluation, and research as agreed upon and/or directed by the Program Chief.
• Works cooperatively within collaborative practice models.
• Supports The Queen’s Medical Center’s (QMC’s) vision and values to enhance the provision of quality health care and optimize the health status of our patients, and supports QMC’s Mission to fulfill the intent of Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV to provide in perpetuity quality health care services to improve the well-being of Native Hawaiians and all of the people of Hawai`i.

• Performs admissions assessments including a review of the medical history, as applicable based on the assigned site.
• Reviews and updates patient treatment plans through team rounds, consultation with treatment staff, discussion with outside treatment providers, etc. Review includes assessment of patient progress toward treatment plan goals and need for continued treatment.
• Provides medication management for patients without a psychiatrist or when requested by other providers and as mutually agreed upon.
• Completes all necessary documentation as required by clinic policy to meet QHS/QMC/QUMG, government and regulatory agency requirements.
• Conducts groups if applicable to educate patients on psychiatric symptoms and diagnosis, medication, medical aspects of psychiatric conditions and/or substance abuse and coping skills as needed.
• Consults with the patients’ outside treatment provider(s) to coordinate medication and treatment issues, directs and negotiates treatment plan changes and provides documentation of the coordination of care in the medical record.
• Consults with family members regarding patient care issues and provide family therapy as…