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RESPONSIBILITIES

The Psychiatrist provides direct psychiatric services to consumers assigned to them, including comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning, and treatment. This includes:

• Completion of psychiatric assessment, consultation and/or participation in service planning for individual consumers; ongoing monitoring of consumer progress and mental status as indicated in the treatment plan; monitoring of prescribed medication as determined by clinical need; education of consumers regarding at-risk behaviors that predispose to medical illness; assessment of abnormal involuntary movements; health screening for symptoms indicative of physical disease.
• Consultation to treatment team related to consumer presentation, relationship between psychosocial and physical health issues, and appropriate use of psychotropic medications, their benefits, side effects, and toxicity
• Participation in the multidisciplinary team meeting via team meetings, formal or informal consultation, joint meeting with consumer and staff, to ensure that consumers receive coordinated comprehensive care.
  • Timely completion of charting.
  • Medical/psychiatric backup to other prescribers employed by JMHC.
  • Medical/psychiatric backup to the Emergency Services Unit.
  • Participation in the training of students and staff.
  • Work with community caregivers (i.e., primary care providers, service providers outside Journey, housing supports, etc.) to ensure coordination of care.
  • Participation in administrative duties as assigned by the Chief Medical Officer (i.e., being a member of committee).
  • Other duties as assigned by the Chief Medical Officer.

QUALIFICATIONS

Licensure/Certifications/Education

• Holds a current license to practice medicine in Wisconsin.
  • Is eligible to sit for board exams in psychiatry according to the criteria of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Skills/Experience

• Ability to perform a behavioral health assessment, including assessment for psychiatric illness, substance abuse, and suicide risk.
• Ability to work with the other clinicians and the consumer to develop a recovery plan
• Demonstrate ability to work independently.
• Demonstrate ability to function collaboratively as part of a team, seeking and accepting consultation when appropriate.
• Commitment to working towards improving cultural competence, as demonstrated by valuing difference/diversity, recognizing limitations in personal competencies and expertise, and having concrete ideas about how to improve cultural awareness, knowledge and skills.
• Commitment to working towards consumer involvement and empowerment within a recovery focused, trauma informed model of care.
• Commitment to working with consumers with both mental health and AODA issues.
• Excellent communication skills (both orally, and in writing).
• Experience in using an electronic health record.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license, a favorable driving record, adequate insurance (per state law) and access to a vehicle. 

Preferred

• Demonstrated expertise in providing cross-cultural MH services.
• Experience in providing telepsychiatry services.
• Clinical experience in crisis intervention/emergency mental health service.
• Bilingual (must be able to pass Alta Language Proficiency Test)
  • Spanish
  • Hmong
  • Khmer
  • American Sign Language (ASL)