Staff Physician- Psychiatrist

Job description

Job Title

This position is located at the Mental Health Annex in Saginaw, Michigan. Major duties and responsibilities include:

Performs mental health assessments/psychiatric evaluations for a diverse population including, but not limited to, individuals with anxiety, trauma, mood, substance use/addiction, psychosis, grief/loss, adjustment, and attention/cognitive symptoms as well as those with suicidality and personality disorders, all in the context of psychosocial and medical comorbidities

Provides a full range of psychodiagnostic services and therapeutic interventions including, but not limited to, diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation and management, (including prescribing and management of buprenorphine/naloxone) placing referrals/consults as appropriate, suicide risk assessments, clinical reminders, treatment plans, crisis intervention, and overall care of individuals with psychiatric disorders

Serves as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team which may include being the informal leader of the team with responsibilities for coordinating consults and triage of specialty clinic referrals

Participates effectively in team meetings/treatment planning conferences and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to enhance the care of Veterans

Orders diagnostic tests and studies; discriminates between normal and abnormal findings; and makes appropriate management decisions

May participate in supervision and teaching in support of the psychiatric residency program.

Ensures practice of psychiatry is consistent with TJC, CARF, HIPPA, VA policies and procedures, clinical practice guidelines, national statutes and regulations, medical record documentation, and mandatory continuing education requirements

Other duties as assigned

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM

Worksite address

saginaw, MI, 48607, US

Who can apply

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