Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Description

As a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, your main responsibilities will include:

• Helps patients by evaluating medical and psychosocial conditions.
• Develops and implements treatment plans, including the prescription of psychotropic medications.
• Monitors and evaluates treatment results.
• Evaluates patients by interviewing the patient, family, and others; conducting physical examinations; observing behaviors; reviewing medical history and related documents; selecting, administering, and interpreting psychological tests; and ordering laboratory tests and evaluating results.
• Develops treatment plans by determining the nature and extent of cognitive, emotional, developmental, social, and behavioral disorders and establishing treatment goals and methodologies.
• Treats patients by utilizing psychotherapeutic methods and medications; discussing progress toward goals with patients; providing instructions; monitoring the effects of medications; and supervising staff provision of services.
• Maintains interdisciplinary treatment by reviewing treatment plans and progress, consulting, and collaborating with primary care physicians, mental health therapists, nurses, and other healthcare providers.
• Assures quality and safety for patients and staff by enforcing policies, procedures, standards, Joint Commission for Accreditation of Health Care Organizations requirements, and legal regulations; participating in utilization reviews; and remaining available for emergency consultations.
• Improves staff competence by providing training and discussions regarding the interrelationship between psychosocial and physiological problems, psychotropic medications, crisis intervention, and related issues.
• Maintains historical records by documenting symptoms, medications, and treatment events, and writing summaries.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in continuing medical education opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.
• Enhances department and organizational reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.