The contractual psychiatrist is responsible for supporting behavioral health care provided in a primary care setting by a team comprised of primary care and behavioral health providers.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide regularly scheduled (weekly) caseload consultations to behavioral health social workers and primary care providers. These consultations can be conducted onsite or by telephone and will focus on patients who are new to treatment or who are not improving as expected. Provide occasional telephonic consultation to the integrated team (both behavioral and primary care staff) as needed, focusing on the patients in the social workers caseloads. Work with assigned social workers to track and oversee their patient panels and clinical outcomes, using an electronic or other type of system capable of tracking clinical processes and patient outcomes. Suggest treatment plan changes, including medication recommendations for patients that are not improving as expected. Discuss patients who need referral for additional specialty mental health care and advise on treatment plans until patients are engaged in such care. Provide direct evaluation of patients, focusing on clients with diagnostic or therapeutic challenges who are identified in discussion with the patient’s social worker or primary care provider. To be provided onsite at primary care offices. Maintain professional cell phone and email accounts for contact during usual business hours. Respond to telephone calls from integrated team providers within one business day. Respond to urgent telephone calls within one hour, if available. Check professional email account daily. Respond to email questions/consultations within two business days, sooner if urgent.
Optional Activities:
Training: This may involve development and delivery of in-service training for primary care-based providers and staff regarding current understanding of best (evidence based) practices for the recognition and treatment of behavioral health conditions in primary care setting. QA/QI: Participate in quality assurance practices to ensure compliance standards are met, and patient outcomes are frequently re-evaluated.
Requirements:
- Licensed psychiatrist in New York State.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting.
- Willingness to make treatment recommendations to primary care team for patients that psychiatrist does not see directly.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Positive, flexible, and solution-focused attitude.
- Ability to quickly integrate medical and psychiatric data and formulate effective and evidence-based clinical recommendations.
Desired:
- Board-eligible (or approved) in psychiatry.
- Experience with primary care psychiatry or consultation-liaison/contractual psychiatry.
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