JOB SUMMARY
The Wright Center for Community Health and its affiliated entity The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, a non-profit, community-based graduate medical education consortium and safety net provider has an exciting opportunity for a Psychiatrist. The Wright Center has been on the forefront of integrating behavioral health into primary care. Recognized both regionally and nationally, The organization has been selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as a top 30 site for national innovation, received the HIMSS Davis award for health IT, and has been named by PA Department of Health and Human Services as an Opioid Use Centers of Excellence and a PA Coordinated Medication Assistant Treatment program. The organization’s mission is to improve the health and welfare of our community through inclusive and responsive health services and the sustainable renewal of an inspired, competent workforce that is privileged to serve.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced motivated leader who is interested in training future psychiatrists as well as provide patient care. J1 Waiver applicants accepted.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package which includes malpractice insurance, medical/dental coverage, 403(b), Paid Time Off with five (5) additional days for sponsored continuing medical education.
Required Skills
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS
PSYCHIATRY DUTIES:
- Be a resource for the primary care physicians
- Supervise nurse practitioner
- Attend administrative and clinic meetings and provide in-service education as appropriate
- Assist in the job shadow portion of the interview process or orientation of new staff when requested
- Provision of full range of psychiatric services to assigned patients. Services provided include direct care of patients in the clinical setting including: assessment, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of patients and determining the degree of disabilities in patients.
- Psychiatrist will prescribe medication to patients as deemed necessary and will conduct medication management.
- All services to be documented in the patient’s electronic medical record.
- Analyze and evaluate patient data and test findings to diagnose nature and extent of mental disorder.
- Prescribe, direct, and administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
- Collaborate with physicians, social workers, psychiatric nurses, or other professionals to discuss treatment plans and progress.
- Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social and medical history obtained from patients, relatives, and other professionals.
- Examine or conduct laboratory or diagnostic tests on patient to provide information on general physical condition and mental disorder.
- Participates in treatment team activities to include the development and periodic review of patient treatment plans and will take necessary steps when a patient refuses treatment.
- Subject to on-call responsibilities as assigned.
- All other duties as assigned.
FACULTY DUTIES:
- Precept residents in outpatient clinic and inpatient setting
- Lead 8-10 resident didactic conferences per academic year; if leading noon conference this counts as two conferences. Conference requirement may change based schedule.
- Direct involvement in completion of resident evaluations and ensure evaluations are completed in a timely manner; inclusive of direct observation requirements.
- Participate in scholarly activities as it relates to care delivery and performance and programmatic improvement
- Participate in annual program evaluation
- Participate in curriculum development as requested
- Assist in monitoring resident stress, with the goal of identifying mental or emotional conditions that inhibit performance and/or learning and advise the Associate Program Director and/or Program Director.
- Actively participate in recruitment process, review candidates, interviews and selection of residents. When asked, attend recruitment fairs to recruit locally, regionally and nationally
- Participate in orientation and graduation ceremony
- Practice as a psychiatrist and teacher within TWCCH mutually agreed with 32 hours of patient care per week
- Actively participate in preparation and maintenance of ACGME and AOA IM Program accreditation
- Model and promote physician professionalism
- Timely completion of patient care documentation in the outpatient and required resident evaluations and direct observation assessments as assigned
- Actively mentor a number of trainees and oversee learner driven portfolio
- Participate in Academic societies in order to enhance your educational skills.
- Must complete annual ACGME faculty survey.
- Achieve and maintain Board certification, CMES, ACLS/BLS certification
- Demonstrate compliance and highest integrity with industry recognized billing practices
- Promote/demonstrate scholarly work; which includes uploading scholarly work in My Evaluations software.
Required Experience
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- MD/DO Degree
- Graduate Medical Education in an ACGME Accredited Psychiatric Residency Program
- Current certification by the Board of Psychiatry or possess qualifications acceptable to the Review Committee
- DEA Certification
- Valid physician license for State of Pennsylvania
- CPR Certification