Venice Family Clinic - Santa Monica, CA, United States - UCLA Health

Description

Work Hours:
Monday – Friday 8:00am-5:00pm

Job Type:
2 – Staff: Career

Duration: Indefinite

Posted Date:
September 20, 2023

Venice Family Clinic – Staff Psychiatrist

Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality primary health care to people in need with compassion, dignity and respect. In November 2021, Venice Family Clinic merged with South Bay Family Health Care, uniting more than a century of experience helping patients regardless of their income, insurance or immigration status. The organization now has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay. We have 17 locations plus two mobile clinics and an expansive street medicine program for people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at Under the leadership of the CMO, the staff psychiatrist is an integral part of the clinic staff, providing expertise in behavioral and mental health. Integration of behavioral health in the primary care setting is a model Venice Family Clinic has adopted for many years; offering counseling, individual and group therapy, as well as psychiatric care to manage mild to moderate mental illnesses. The staff psychiatrist serves as the bridge in creating collaborative and comprehensive care for patient struggling with significant mental health challenges and symptoms. The staff psychiatrist works cooperatively with all Clinic departments including staff clinicians, SUMMIT staff (our harm reduction substance use program) and Behavioral Health staff. The staff psychiatrist provides clinical oversight and consultation to psychiatry residents from UCLA and VAH as well as a staff nurse practitioner who provides psychiatric care. The position requires flexibility in work location and in days and hours for clinical care, as some evening are included in the weekly schedule. Spanish language competency is preferred. Salary Range: $250,000-$330,000

Qualifications

Possession of active California Medical License * Board Certified physician in psychiatry. * Knowledge of medical problems of minority, medically underserved populations, and persons experiencing homelessness. * Ability to speak Spanish such that an interpreter is not routinely needed during medical exams. * Skill in providing general adult and psychiatric medical care in a high-volume clinic setting. * Able to manage a wide range of psychiatric illnesses especially depression and anxiety. * Ability to provide clinical supervision to psychiatry residents and staff NP. * Ability to work as a team with multi-disciplinary staff, different medical specializations, mental health providers, other staff and volunteer physicians, and mid-level practitioners. * Willingness to learn and fully utilize our Electronic Health Record * Meet productivity goals as determined by the Chief Medical Officer