Staff Psychiatrist

Overview

At Children’s Health Council, we believe in the promise and potential of every child, teen and young adult. Our mission is to transform young lives by providing culturally responsive best-in-class learning and mental health services to families from diverse backgrounds regardless of language, location, or ability to pay. We specialize in ADHD, Learning Differences, Anxiety & Depression and Autism. Our strategic priorities include: being people first and empowering our workforce, creating systems built on equity, access, and inclusion, elevating technology and strengthening our community partnerships.

Could this be you?

• Do you like to work in an environment where we live our mission?
• Do you value celebrating our differences and learning from them?
• Are you passionate about the work you do?
• Are you looking to be empowered as a professional to help us grow as an organizational community?
• Are you a skilled cross-cultural communicator, helping cultivate a place of acceptance?
• Do you value cross-cultural competence and communication with individuals, teams, and systems within our organization?

If you can answer “yes” to these questions, this job could be for you!

The Staff Psychiatrist is responsible for psychiatric assessment and treatment of children and their families, as well as responsible for interdisciplinary collaboration as needed. This position currently reports to the Medical Director. This is a part time position (between 20 to 25 hours/week).

• Provide psychiatric assessment to children and their families, both in person and via telemedicine.
• Provide psychiatric treatment to children and their families, which may include medication, individual, dyadic, group, family, and/or collateral therapy.
• Collaborate with other professionals within and outside the clinic to coordinate clinical care and other services.
• Attend staff and administrative meetings and serve on committees as needed to improve program quality and support organizational development.
• Be available to participate in the selection and supervision of trainees/staff, as well as possible participation in training seminars.
• Follow all administrative guidelines, including maintaining timely medical records, and following billing, intake, and case management procedures in a timely manner.
• Maintain caseload expectations and provide backup coverage as determined by department manager.
• Maintain valid licenses with both California and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), meeting all requirements including Continuing Medical Education Credits in a timely fashion.
• Follow professional, ethical, legal, and confidentiality guidelines outlined by the California Medical Board, The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and State and Federal laws.
• Be available for presentations and discussions for the community.
• Be available for special projects such as new programs in the community.
• Be available to provide supervision, consultation, and back-up clinical coverage to other CHC staff and trainees as needed.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

• Experience with children, adolescents, and young adults through age 25 is required.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Flexibility to respond to changing circumstances and priorities within the agency.
• Familiarity with electronic health records and email systems.

• M.D. or D.O. from accredited Medical School.
• Successful completion of General Psychiatry Residency and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency from accredited institutions.
• Board Certifiable or Board Eligible in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

• Physical Requirements:
  
  An employee in this position may be required to occasionally lift, move and/or set up stacks of documents, laptop computers, in focus projectors, flip charts and other materials. Employee will also be required to work for extended periods of time at a computer terminal.
• Special
  
  Job Requirements:
  
  Flexibility in work schedule; ability to work…