Psychiatrist

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Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is passionate about providing exceptional health care to all, especially underserved communities with limited health care options. Founded by a Latina grandmother/community advocate over 50 years ago in Barrio Logan, FHCSD has grown into one of the largest community health systems in the country. With over 90 sites, over 227,000 patients, and over 1.1 million healthcare visits last year, we provide a wide variety of health care and outreach services to a very diverse patient population.

We are proud of our mission, our lasting community impact, and the cultural and individual diversity of our staff.

• The Psychiatrist provides psychiatric services, including assessment/evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment in assigned areas, to a diverse patient population as an independent practitioner. The Psychiatrist also provides consultation and support to primary care providers in integrated behavioral health sites for management of primary care patients with mental health concerns. As a Psychiatrist, you have a passion for providing caring, high quality mental health services to a diverse patient population, with a special commitment to the uninsured, low income, and the medically underserved.
  
  You thrive on the challenge of working in a fast-paced, team-based environment, knowing you are making a difference in your community every day.
• Completes all required documentation accurately, in a timely manner, and thoroughly in accordance with department standards; documentation complies with patients  insurance requirements.
• Maintains satisfactory peer reviews: able to assess medical information including pathophysiology, patient presentation, differential diagnosis, etc., to facilitate health promotion and disease prevention.
• Meets clinic site and organization needs in a reliable and flexible manner; prioritizes work and adheres to schedule.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Provides comprehensive evaluations, diagnosis and treatment of patients with mental illness, emotional disorders and/or substance abuse. Examines patients to determine presence of physical disease using physical findings, laboratory results and medical history. Maintains productivity expectations based on contract, program or clinic assignment.
• Works effectively as a member of the multi-disciplinary treatment team. Communicates with providers, physicians, case managers, scheduling staff, referring providers, outside agencies and authorities in a timely and appropriate manner. Coordinates and links psychiatric treatment plan with FHCSD therapy, case management, primary care (medical home), and community support systems as appropriate. In integrated behavioral health sites, provides consultation and support to primary care providers in the management of primary care patients with mental health concerns.

• Board Certification in Psychiatry preferred.
• Current American Heart Association healthcare provider CPR (BLS), or ACLS/ATLS/Advance Resuscitation Training.
• DEA license
• Graduate from an accredited school of medicine; completion of a 3 year residency in General Psychiatry OR current status as a 3rd year resident in a General Psychiatry program.
• Must possess current unrestricted license to practice in the State of California.
• Ability and means to travel as needed in a timely manner within San Diego County. Driver requirements: active Class C California driver s license, proof of liability insurance, no more than 2 points in past 12 months, no suspensions in last 2 years for moving violations, no DUI/reckless or felony driving within 5 years, no license revocation in 7 years.

• 1 year experience working in Psychiatry preferred; experience with underserved, low-income persons, or homeless persons preferred.
• Ability to maintain good interpersonal interactions with clients and co-workers as a member of a multi-disciplinary community health team with a diverse multi-cultural population.
• Ability to work effectively…