Staff Psychiatrist

Job Summary

The primary role of the Staff Psychiatrist is to provide direct psychiatric assessment, consultation, and medication management to patients referred for trauma-related disorders and related symptoms (e.g., sleep disturbance). Additionally, patients may need support for pre‑existing psychiatric disorders such as recurrent major depression, bipolar disorder or substance use disorder. Roughly one third of TRC‑RTC patients accept or request referral to psychiatric care, with needs ranging from support for insomnia to complex pharmacology for those with comorbid diagnoses.

Working with TRC‑RTC therapist colleagues, the staff psychiatrist will support screening for SUD and offer MAT for those whose use interferes with recovery from trauma. The staff psychiatrist is responsible for consultation to therapist colleagues on complex diagnostic or management issues and will support short‑term disability consultations as clinically indicated. As many patients are followed in Community Mental Health clinics, the staff psychiatrist will also communicate on psychiatric medications to the primary care providers and coordinate medical care such as lab follow‑up etc.,

as needed. Patients who are psychiatrically stable on easily managed medications can be transferred back to primary care, with the understanding that the staff psychiatrist remains available for consultation or reassessment while the patient is completing treatment at TRC‑RTC. Examples include someone taking trazodone or mirtazapine for sleep, or who has responded to a therapeutic dose of SSRI for severe anxiety.

• Supervise naloxone distribution in the clinic (annual review of administration with clinic staff).
• Provide annual de‑escalation training.
• Take on QI projects helpful to clinic function (in consultation with the Division Director and other clinic staff).

UCSF – Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG) Trauma Recovery Center – Rape Treatment Center (TRC‑RTC) is an award‑winning program that is the first of its kind in California. It is designed to help victim/survivors of interpersonal violence overcome barriers to accessing mental health treatment, health care, and legal resources in the acute aftermath of trauma. Populations served include recent victim/survivors of violent crime, asylum‑seeking and refugee survivors of torture and gender‑based persecution in their countries of origin, those who incur traumatic brain injury, and survivors from all over the world that have experience trauma resulting in distress and impairment.

• MD or equivalent, board certified/eligible in Psychiatry
• Graduate of an ACGME‑accredited psychiatry training program
• License to practice medicine in California and DEA certification
• Minimum two years’ experience with the chronically mentally ill, preferably with patients with a dual diagnosis (substance abuse/mental illness)
• Must be able to obtain Medical Staff privileges through the ZSFG Medical Staff Office
• Experience in the treatment of psychiatric patients in an outpatient setting
• Demonstrated skills in the areas of diagnosis, treatment planning (including pharmacotherapy), legal issues
• Demonstrated administrative skills
• Ability to work cooperatively and communicate effectively with others
• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to work productively with effective time management
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions accurately and be detail‑oriented
• Ability to efficiently prepare written summaries of activities, set priorities and complete reports within required time frames
• Ability to work with all patients and program staff
• Ability to work with patients through an equity and trauma‑informed lens
• Ability to work as a team member and leader in a fast‑paced, academic, specialty mental health clinic
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated excellent attendance and reliability

• Prior related ZSFG experience
• Prior UCSF or UC experience
• Preference for, but not required, a bilingual applicant who is able to provide treatment in Spanish
• Demonstrated comfort and competence in working with underserved…