Psychiatrist Outpatient Clinics Part Time

Psychiatrist Outpatient Clinics Part Time

Under the general supervision of the Chief Medical Director and the Vice President of Direct Clinical Services, the Psychiatrist – Outpatient (Part-Time) employee will function as the Clinical Psychiatrist for DWIHN's Direct Outpatient Clinics. The Psychiatrist will provide medical direction, guidance, planning, and supervision for all outpatient behavioral health programs and provide quality care to DWIHN members.

Principal duties and responsibilities include performing all duties and responsibilities required of a psychiatrist and providing quality and cost-effective care for the designated patient population in accordance with accepted medical standards and protocols. The Psychiatrist will perform psychiatric evaluations, re-evaluations, medication authorization, follow-up visits, and coordination with treatment teams. The Psychiatrist will also perform primary care treatment and evaluation, care and evaluations for clients with substance use disorders and individuals with dual diagnosis, ensure timely documentation of notes, diagnose patients' mental health issues and treat them through medication and various forms of therapy, participate in Alternative Treatment Order evaluations and fulfill all Mental Health Code requirements, administer evidence-based medications and treatment for behavioral health disorders, perform relevant diagnostic and laboratory tests as clinically indicated, collaborate and supervise other Advance Practice Providers (APP) as needed and directed, oversee and provide clinical supervision, discuss cases, and co-sign notes for APP, serve as team lead for psychologists, nurses, and social workers to provide integrated and coordinated care, develop and oversee treatment plans by determining the nature and extent of cognitive, emotional, developmental, social, and behavioral disorders and establish treatment goals and methodologies, discuss patient's progress toward goals with appropriate clinical staff, maintain interdisciplinary treatment by reviewing treatment plans and progress, and consulting and collaborating with primary care physicians, mental health therapists, nurses, and other health care providers, assure quality and safe service for patients and staff by enforcing policies, procedures, standards, rules, accreditation requirements and legal regulations, maintain timely electronic medical records, participate in continuing medical educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and participating in professional organizations, provide crisis intervention when needed, provide care compliant with licensing regulations and accreditation standards, provide availability for calls regarding patients' – after-hours and on holidays, weekends, and in lieu of employee absences, provide medication assisted treatment for substance use disorders, ensure that DWIHN standards of service are maintained, educate, enforce, and ensure team compliance with DWIHN policies and procedures, review eligibility assessments for members receiving outpatient services at DWIHN Clinics, provide oversight and support for the following on request of the PIHP: utilization management/review;

denial of services, appeals; retrospective reviews; reporting and review of deaths; reporting and review of sentinel events; behavior treatment plans, and clinical aspects of Medicaid Fair Hearings, coordinate with Medicaid Health Plans (MHP) for integration of services, provide training specific to the application of medical necessity criteria for all referrals to the Network's program for comprehensive mental health services, develop and implement new behavioral health programs to meet the needs of DWIHN members and community, provide psychiatric expertise and consultation for complex cases, monitor interdisciplinary teams by reviewing treatment plans and progress, assist in decision making pertaining to the care of patients that is consistent with current medical practice and clinic policies and procedures, oversee and is responsible for the quality, efficiency, and management of all services within the clinic, develop care pathways and algorithms that improve client's care, serve in a teaching capacity providing behavioral health education and training as well as professional development to clinic staff, maintain oversight of electronic records for timely documentation and other standards, review medical records for quality checks to assure accuracy in meeting clinical, legal, and quality requirements, assure quality and safety of service by enforcing policies, procedures, standards, and legal regulations, provide consultations for disability designation of members, provide clinical coverage and consultation on any urgent clinical issue that may arise between the time that members contact the Access center and the time they are seen by providers, identify and report in a timely manner any health and safety risks, accidents, incidents, injuries, and property…