Psychiatrist

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PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Psychiatrists are an essential part of the Article 16 Clinic behavioral health team.
• They provide comprehensive psychiatric treatment services built on principles of effective, measurable, and accountable care.
• As medical doctors, psychiatrists are responsible for ensuring that all services are integrated to promote mental and physical health and recovery.
• Additionally, since psychopharmacology has become an integral component of modern mental health treatment, psychiatrists serve as primary prescribers.
• The Psychiatrist 1 may also provide clinical supervision and guidance to other medical personnel or clinicians and may supervise psychiatric care and treatment services for an assigned facility or program.
• The Psychiatrist 1 will advise residential multi-disciplinary treatment teams on implementing psychiatric plans of care.
• As Psychiatrist 1, you will serve as a practicing specialist under the direction of a higher-level Psychiatrist or Physician.

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Possession of a license and current registration to practice medicine in New York State, and completion of a training program in psychiatry approved by the ABPN.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT:

License and Certification:
Loss of license or limited permit to practice medicine in New York State or failure to maintain certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (if required) will result in action to remove you from the position.

Credentials will be reviewed at the time of interview.

In some agencies, the names of all prospective employees will be checked against the Staff Exclusion List (SEL), maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs.

• be investigated through a Criminal Background Check (CBC). You must report all convictions. Conviction of a felony or misdemeanor or any falsified or omitted information may bar appointment or result in removal after appointment. Each case will be determined on its own merits, consistent with the applicable provisions of state and federal law, And may
• be screened against the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR). Prospective employees whose names appear on the SCR may be barred from appointment.

In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.

• If appointed, you may be required to become an enrolled Medicare provider; obtain and provide to your employer a National Provider Identifier (NPI) number issued by the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES); and otherwise actively participate to the degree necessary to allow for your services to be billed through Medicare and Medicaid. If you are appointed and lose the ability to bill through Medicare and Medicaid, you may be terminated from your employment.
• NYS license to practice medicine:
  Information on requirements for licensure should be directed to the New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions at:
  The New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, Division of Professional Licensing Services, Medicine Unit, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY ;  ext. 260; or email: opunit2ed.gov.
• Certification in General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, or Forensic Psychiatry:
  Information on requirements for certification in general psychiatry, child and…