Job Description
Minimum Qualifications:
- Licensure to practice medicine in the State of Louisiana
- Board certification or eligibility in Psychiatry
- Medicare/Medicaid billing eligibility
- Must have an active CDS and DEA certificate to prescribe controlled medications.
- Expertise in use of psychotropic drugs for wellness recovery
- Ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking and written form so that others can clearly understand
- Outstanding organizational skills and attention to details
- Requires cultural proficiency that supports work with individuals from all racial, cultural, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds and any sexual orientation
- Ability be a team player with a welcoming attitude
- Demonstrates commitment to the welfare of individuals and families with mental/behavioral health issues
- Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and addictive disorders
- Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat Mental Illness, Addictive Disorders, and co-morbidity. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions and preventative health care measures
- Knowledge of human behavior and performance in the social environment; individual differences in ability, personality, interests; and learning and motivation
- Complex problem solving: identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
- Critical thinking skills: using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
- Service orientation skills: actively looking for ways to help people
JOB CONCEPTS:
Function of work:
Provide medical/clinical services to clients at the South Central Louisiana Human Services Authority/Lafourche Behavioral Health Center.
EXAMPLES OF WORK:
Essential Job Functions:
- Conducts psychiatric evaluations, patient/family education, and crisis evaluations
- Provides psychiatric consultation and direct care for clients who present with mental health and addictive disorders
- Handles psychiatric emergencies, including issuing Physician Emergency Certificates
- Reviews diagnosis, evaluation and treatment plans in collaboration with clients and/or interdisciplinary staff as appropriate
- Prescribes pharmacologic agents and manage medications, monitor client's biological and psychological response, providing education about prescribed medications and obtaining informed consent
- Supervises and provides necessary medical services for psychiatric clients. Responsible for referring Primary Care and/or non-psychiatric medical care issues to appropriate sources
- Responsible for patient management with a multidisciplinary team consisting of other clinical and nursing staff
- Supervises the treatment plans of assigned clients
- Completes medical records and other documentation in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with policy and procedure. Maintains patient records in the SCLHSA Electronic Health Record System, eClinicalWorks, in accordance with established procedure.
- Provides crisis intervention when needed
- Provides direct services in accordance with SCLHSA productivity requirements.
- Works with other clinical staff to ensure necessary and appropriate resource linkage
- Works in a cooperative and problem-solving manner with other SCLHSA departments and community agencies
- Identifies and reports any concerns regarding improvement of the service delivery system
- Actively contributes to the functioning of the treatment team, informing members of issues impacting care in a succinct and timely manner.
- Consistently meets Utilization Management and billable services expectations
- Maintains knowledge of agency technology programs and/or systems needed to do the job and use them effectively
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