Psychiatrist

Psychiatrist Part Time

Reports to: Director of Behavioral Health

Traveling Requirements: Occasional travel to/and from IBHC, NCHC.

RoleType: Hybrid

This is an exciting and rare opportunity to take over a well-established community clinic provider role. The candidate will be fully supported by experienced nurses and medical assistants to provide team-based care that is grounded by evidence-based best practices. This practice provides comprehensive care and is deeply rooted in the local community.

Founded in 1971, Imperial Beach Community Clinic (IBCC) is a fully integrated community based FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Clinic) non-profit with two clinics located in San Diego County, Nestor and Imperial Beach) and with over 100 employees.

We bring more than 40 years of experience in practicing integrative care in an innovative culture. This approach allows us to reach and treat some of the most vulnerable urban populations in the United States.

We drive key quality and cost outcomes that create value for patients, providers, and the overall health system. By fostering strong provider-patient-staff relationships, we can practice medicine the way it should be practiced.

Job Description

Provides psychiatric services including assessment/evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in assigned areas.

Responsibilities:

• Attends provider meetings and clinic department gatherings as appropriate within time and schedule constraints.
• Supervises Psychiatric DNP/PMHNP
• Based on peer review findings, demonstrates medical/psychiatric knowledge and clinical skills; able to assess both medical and psychiatric information including patient presentation, differential diagnosis, psychopharmacology needs, referral to primary care or “medical home” providers and/or community support systems as appropriate, etc.
• Coordinates and links psychiatric treatment plan with both IBCC case management and with community support systems as appropriate; provides consultation and support to primary care providers in the management of primary care patients with mental health concerns.
• Demonstrates efforts to provide high quality customer service and patient/client satisfaction.
• Documents appropriately and legibly in the medical record and completes mandated contract/program/clinic mental health paperwork: assures medication reconciliation.
• Follows IBCC policies and procedures.
• Maintains Basic CPR certification, DEA registration and annual CME units based on the requirements of the specifying Board.
• Prioritizes work and makes an effort to adhere to schedule; demonstrates reliability and flexibility in meeting clinic site and organization needs
• Provides comprehensive evaluations, diagnosis and treatment of those with mental illness, emotional disorders and/or substance abuse.
• As needed, examines patients to determine presence of physical disease utilizing physical findings, laboratory results and medical history; makes referrals.

Qualifications:

• Board Certification in Psychiatry
• Graduate from an accredited school of medicine and completion of at minimum a 3-year residency in General Psychiatry.
• Must maintain current CPR and DEA registration
• Must possess current unrestricted license to practice in the State of California.