Psychiatrist In PA - Keaau, HI, United States - Hawaii Island Community Health Center

Description

Behavioral Health


SUPERVISED BY:
Behavioral Health Director

Under the general direction and supervision of the Behavioral Health Director, the Psychiatrist or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for supporting Behavioral Health (BH) services provided in a primary care setting by a team comprised of primary care and behavioral health providers.

Clinical supervision is provided by the Medical Director, with operational and program oversight by Behavioral Health Director.
The duties of this position require the handling and management of confidential, proprietary and consumer health information.

Consequently, the primary responsibility of this position is to safeguard, protect and maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all proprietary and consumer health information at all times.

Various duties, responsibilities and accountabilities may be assigned to an incumbent in this position depending on clinic needs, and may include but not be limited to the following:

• Provides regularly scheduled caseload consultation to Behavioral Health providers and sometimes when requested by Primary Care Providers (PCP).

o These consultations focus primarily on patients who are new to treatment or who are not improving as expected and are typically done in person or on telephone.

• Works with assigned Behavioral Health and Medical providers to consult with, track and oversee their patient panels and clinical outcomes using the EHR system.
• Clearly communicates to Behavioral Health and PCP the limitation of the consultation and treatment recommendations.

o Orders laboratory and other special diagnostic tests and evaluates data obtained.
Prescribes controlled substances and other high-risk medications in alignment with current guidelines and HICHC policies.

• Discusses patients who need referrals for additional specialty mental health care and advises on treatment plans until patients are engaged in such care.
• Conducts group support and therapy sessions.
• Provides broad range of patient care services including taking health histories, performing assessments, implementing management plans, prescribing appropriate medications, and conducting health education and counseling.
• Participates as a member of an integrated patient-centered health care team.
• Acts as a role model and demonstrates accountable and sophisticated clinical practice in work with patients and in collaboration with other health professionals.
• Gives phone advice according to established guidelines. Serves as patient advocate in identifying health care needs and actions.
• Develops and implements health care education and health maintenance protocols in accordance with published standards, in collaboration with the other Providers and members of the health care team.
• Communicates with other members of health care team regarding special needs of patients. Refers patients when necessary for in house or external assistance.
• Actively participates in the quality assessment and improvement processes, generation ideas, conducting assessments, peer review, developing improvement plans and implementing and evaluation plans, in collaboration with the Quality & Performance Administrator, other Providers, the Medical Director and the Chief Executive Officer.
• Receives incoming calls from patients, hospitals, laboratories, doctors' offices, and other facilities. Takes messages and follows up appropriately according to clinic protocols. Accurately communicates these telephone reports to the appropriate health care team member and documents the information and follow up actions in the patient's chart, all in a timely manner.
• Providers do not do inpatient hospital coverage, do not have admitting privileges or do deliveries, but may need to correspond with the hospital physician about patients.
• Completes patient progress notes and other necessary documents in the EHR system within 48 hours, preferably by the end of each day.
• Complies with and keeps abreast of current clinic policies and procedures.
• Keeps abreast of latest advances in medicine. Participates in Health Disparities Collaborative as needed.
• Complies with all regulations set for by HICHC grants, ex., Keeps informed of Clinic Safety, Fire, Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Plans. Participates in monthly staff meetings, including but not limited to, All Staff Meeting, Leadership Team Meeting and Provider Meeting.
• Participates in Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance meetings as requested, and any other ongoing Quality Improvement activity, including Peer Review and Case Reviews.
• Establishes and maintains high standards of practice among clinic staff. Assists staff in working to fulfill the mission, vision, goals and objectives of HICHC.
• Ensures compliance with human resources policies and procedures.
• Represents the Health Center, as requested by Medical Director and/or Chief Executive Officer, on community agency committees when commensurate with the Health Center's mission.
• Performs other duties to support the goals and objectives of the Health Center as deemed by the Medical Director, Chief Executive Officer or BH Director.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Current Hawaiʻi State Medical License or APRN License with Prescriptive Authority; Degree in Psychiatry or Mental Health from an accredited school.

• Must meet credentialing requirements in Hawaiʻi.
• Board Certification in Psychiatry preferred.
• Previous experience in a community health center environment and/or low-income, culturally diverse populations desirable.

Ability to work with others in a non-judgmental and confidential manner.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs and EHR systems.
• Ability to communicate with diverse groups of people to include staff, providers and patients.
• Sensitivity to the multicultural nature of the service area population and may be required to communicate in another language.

Manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination to operate office equipment.

• Ability of hearing within normal range to observe and communicate with patients and professional staff.

Personal characteristics include:
being a team player, self-starter working well with minimal supervision,

high integrity, good personal habits, regular work attendance, courteous and friendly, able to work well with diverse groups of people, organization of multiple tasks and projects, and gain and maintain respect of others, both inside and outside HICHC and the communities it serves.

Confidential and Sensitive Information
Because the employee has access to personal and professional data regarding individual employees and their families, personal data regarding individual patients and the families, and/or sensitive company

financial data, an essential job result is the maintenance of a high level of confidentiality of the information processed by the employee.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential tasks and functions.
Work is mostly inside, and normal office worker safety precautions and practices are required. All employees are offered the opportunity to receive the Hepatitis B vaccination series.
normal medical safety precautions and practices are required
Overtime may be required.

This position is exempt under the provisions of the Fair labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not subject to the policies and procedures pertaining to overtime hours and premium pay.

In order to ensure maximum flexibility and efficiency and to encourage cross training, employees will be assigned additional duties as deemed necessary or desirable by HICHC.