What are the responsibilities and job description for the PSYCHIATRIST position at Meridell Achievement Center?
Responsibilities
Meridell Achievement Center is looking for a Psychiatrist to provide medical care to our child and adolescent patients in a clinical setting. Experience working in the mental health field strongly preferred.
The Psychiatrist provides psychiatric treatment for clients in collaboration with the clinical treatment team. The psychiatrist identifies client treatment needs, provides medication assessments and adjustments, and utilization review as needed. The Psychiatrist is responsible for assessments, treatment planning, psychopharmacological treatment and collaboration with providers to ensure that quality medical/psychiatric care is provided to all patients.
Meridell Achievement Center is a nationally recognized 134-bed private residential treatment facility that specializes in the treatment of children and adolescents who have emotional, behavioral and neurobehavioral problems. Meridell has been providing exceptional care for our patients for over 60 years. We provide a wide range of services and programs that offer evidence-based treatment proven to have positive outcomes for our patients. Our inpatient and outpatient services offer supportive and compassionate care through specialty programs that are tailored to meet the needs of our patients. Our mission is to provide safe, effective, and compassionate mental health and substance use treatment.
Meridell Achievement Center is a residential treatment facility located in Liberty Hill, Texas, providing specialized care for children and adolescents since 1961. Having served youth with a wide-range of behavioral and emotional difficulties for over 60 years in the greater Austin area, we offer gender affirming traditional behavioral and neurobehavioral programs for youths aged 11 to 17.
Qualifications
Essential Functions:
- Performs diagnostic evaluations on clients
- Demonstrates competency in providing services to assigned patients.
- Participates in treatment planning, implementation, and monitoring.
- Ability to make sound decisions in emergency situations or with unpredictable or violent clients
- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships within the agency, community and referral sources.
Qualifications
- License/Certifications: Licensed as a Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) with a specialty in Psychiatry and current state licensure in Texas. Board Certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
- Experience: Five (5) years clinical psychiatric experience, preferably with children and adolescents. Psychiatric program/unit management experience preferred. Knowledge of medical standards of care established by JCAHO and regulatory agencies.
- Essential Physical Requirements: physical strength necessary to implement patient behavioral crisis intervention. Sitting, standing, walking, reaching, bending, stooping as required to assist in providing patient care. Able to sustain physical activity eight (8) hours a day. Hearing, vision, sensory, and emotional stability sufficient to perform essential job functions. Able to lift, carry, and lower up to 25 pounds using appropriate body mechanics.