Addiction Medicine Psychiatrist - Temecula, United States - Newport Healthcare

Description

Newport Healthcare is a nationwide behavioral healthcare organization dedicated to transforming young lives through evidence-based care. To that end, we have assembled the best teen and young adult mental health treatment staff in the country, and we want you to join us. While our experts guide our clients to sustainable healing, our job is to support our valued staff members, and we do that through offering industry-competitive salaries, career growth and skills expansion, student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement, and a company commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, among other advantages. Be part of a team that's dedicated to providing compassionate care based in authentic connection, mutual respect, and unconditional love-and experience the rewards of making a difference in the lives of young people and their families each and every day.

Empowering Lives. Restoring Families.

New Detox Program combined Residential Program. The Staff Psychiatrist provides psychiatric care of residents with mental or emotional problems and oversight, advisement of of clients in Detox Program. Offers counseling and psychotherapy to residents in distress.

Essential Responsibilities:

Functions as an effective member of the mental health team.
• Oversees Psychiatric care of all residents assigned.
• Reviews medical concerns/history for potential resident for medical clearance at the request of Admissions.
• Ensures that a Psychiatric Evaluations are performed on each resident/patient within 24 hours of admission.
• Attend to residents requiring psychiatric assistance while in treatment.
• Facilitate Staff Trainings on pertinent Psychiatric issues and standards.
• Attend weekly Treatment Team Meetings.
• Liaison with staff Medical Director, Clinical Director and other necessary treatment team members.
• Assist Newport Academy Outreach Team forge relationships with hospitals.
• Works in collaboration with staff APRN.
• Documents patient encounters through weekly progress notes and EMR.
• Manages a case load of up to 32 residents in collaboration with APRN.
• Coordinates psychology services with direct care and clinical staff as indicated.
• Works collaboratively with Psychiatry team regarding shared cases and treatment teams weekly and as needed.
• Assists with providing cross-coverage to Psychiatry team cases when needed.
• Assists with patient admissions including initial evaluations and initial assessment documentation.
• Provides collateral/liaison contact to patient families.
• Provides collateral/liaison contact to outpatient providers for clients.
• Assists with utilization reviews for clients.
• Maintains excellent communication with other members of the clinical team, outpatient providers and family members.
• Completes discharge recommendation assessments as part of collaborative discharge summaries.
• Works in a collaborative environment including maintaining requirements of Physician Collaborative Agreements.

• Doctorate in Medicine (MD).
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Adult Psychiatry.
• Board Certified in Addiction Medicine
• Licensed in the State.
• Experience with adolescent psychiatry preferred.
• Experience in a residential setting preferred.

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