PRN Psychiatrist

The Role

The Psychiatrist provides  direct psychiatric care to a group of clients. Additionally, the psychiatrist works closely with a multidisciplinary team, providing psychiatric expertise for complex cases, and performs assignments and related work as required.  

What you'll do

• Engage in psychiatric care.
• Provide psychiatric care to clients.
• Ensure the medical safety of all clients are kept.
• Review clients vital signs, blood work, and symptoms.
• Direct liaison with primary care physicians.
• Assist with the medical clearance process. 
• Develop protocols and standardized procedures.
• Conduct psychiatric evaluations.
• Provide treatment authorizations via the telephone.
• Prescribe medications when necessary.
• Act as a physician member of a multidisciplinary patient care team .
• Confer with staff and patients and their families regarding diagnosis and treatment.
• Recommend hospitalization or other indicated services.
• Make referrals to Specialists as appropriate.
• Provide needed medical input into the development of the program. 
• Be available and provide in-service training to program staff.
• Manage activities related to the delivery of clinical care and services such as cost management, utilization review, quality assurance, and medical protocol development.
• Participate in various administrative and clinical staff meetings in order to provide consultation to program staff on an ongoing basis.
• Maintain confidentiality of all information related to clients and employees.
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal relations in dealing with fellow employees, supervisors.
• Develop policies and procedures.
• Communicate with outside agencies and outside providers to educate them on the dangers of eating disorders, and effective treatment of eating disorders.
• Ensure that all psychiatric and services that are provided by the program meet accepted standards of medical practice.
• Other duties as required.

Who You Are

• Up-to-date clinical practice of psychiatry, including the recovery model, strengths based treatment, and dual diagnosis treatment, with client/family involvement.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of evaluation of effective and evidenced-based mental health treatment programs and services.
• Knowledge of Federal, State, and County laws and regulations applicable to mental health programs, and the relationship of Federal and State programs to local government services and programming.
• Ability to ensure appropriate clinical supervision and direction for licensed and/or certified personnel.
• Ability to plan, organize, supervise and administer the clinical programs and services provided.
• Ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with community members and organizations.
• Ability to speak and write clearly and concisely.
• Must possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted license to practice medicine in all states that Within Health provide care in.
• Must have completed a residency training program in psychiatry which is approved by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and which resulted in Board eligibility.
• Must not be excluded, suspended, debarred or otherwise ineligible to participate in the Medicare, Medicaid or other government payer programs.
• Superior interpersonal skills
• Superb judgment, problem-solving and cognitive skills.

Additional Details:

• Per Diem Psychiatrists are paid an hourly rate without expectation of guaranteed hours.
• This position is considered an employee of Within Health and has taxes withheld.
• This position is paid an hourly rate and is reimbursed for session time, slack updates (reading and writing),
• responding to and writing emails, taking and making patient related phone calls, attending staff meetings, team
• huddles, documentation and Within staff training.
• Cases (hours) are offered to Per Diem Psychiatrist and can be accepted or denied by the Psychiatrist by case.
• This position Is considered an employee of Within Health and has taxes withheld.
• Per Diem Psychiatrists will need to track their hours through Rippling’s Time & Attendance Application.
• Per Diem Psychiatrists will be provided a company issued device.
• Administrative time is included in the hourly rate and is not reimbursable independently of the designated time.
• Christina or other designated staff members assembling teams will contact the supervisor.
• of the employee to inquire about the IC or Hourly staff member potentially taking a new case.
• The supervisor will speak with the employee to ask if they are willing to take the new case.
• Guidelines for Time Reimbursement:
• One hour/week of staff meeting per ten clients.
• One hour and a half for evaluations and 30 minutes for follow-ups to include documentation
• Thirty minutes of documentation time for a 60 minute evaluation
• Fifteen minutes of documentation for a 15 minute check up
• Slack should not be included- indirect time should not exceed direct time
• If additional time is needed please seek prior approval from your supervisor.
• Coordination of care should not exceed greater than 50% of direct time
• Reimbursement should be in no smaller than 15 minute increments.
• These employees are responsible to track their time in Rippling.

Guidelines for Time Reimbursement:

• One hour/week of staff meeting per ten clients.
• One hour and a half for evaluations and 30 minutes for follow-ups to include documentation
• Thirty minutes of documentation time for a 60 minute evaluation
• Fifteen minutes of documentation for a 15 minute check up
• Slack should not be included- indirect time should not exceed direct time
• If additional time is needed please seek prior approval from your supervisor.
• Coordination of care should not exceed greater than 50% of direct time
• Reimbursement should be in no smaller than 15 minute increments.
• These employees are responsible to track their time in Rippling.