Title: Adult Psychiatrist

Location: New York Metro Area

Industry: Healthcare

Occupational Category: Physician

Hours: Full-time

Description: Hiring an Adult Psychiatrist for an ambulatory crisis center that provides comprehensive outpatient and inpatient mental health services, addiction treatment programs and crisis services. The Adult Psychiatrist will provide treatment to adults with acute psychiatric symptoms who need hospitalization. The center’s patients are referred, voluntarily admitted, and involuntarily admitted from the emergency room and surrounding community services. The Adult Psychiatrist will assess and admit patients along with coverage of inpatient psychiatric units for intermediate lengths of stays.

Responsibilities:

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• Perform patient clinical histories and develop patient care charts
  
• Coverage of affective & psychotic disorders, Crisis stabilization, dual focus, substance abuse & addiction
  
• Work in col­lab­o­ra­tion with oth­er health-care pro­vid­ers with­in the clin­ical team to pro­vide com­pre­hen­sive patient care.
  
• Par­tic­i­pate in staff meet­ings, con­fer­enc­es, and in-ser­vice training­ and con­tin­u­ing ed­u­ca­tion.
  
• Participate in planning programs and in developing specific health policies and procedures.
  
• Assess and admit patients
  
• Coverage of the inpatient psychiatric units for intermediate length of stays.
  
• Full time position Monday to Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  

Educational Requirements:

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• Certified American Board of Psychiatry
  
• Specialty; Adult Inpatient Psychiatrist
  
• New York State Medical License
  

Experience Requirements:

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• Minimum 2 years of experience