Responsibilities:
- Diagnosis:
- Interview patients about symptoms and complaints and determine whether a psychiatric disorder has a physiological or emotional basis.
- Compile and evaluate medical history and mental health findings.
- Screen patients for physical illness and analyze explanations for psychiatric illness, such as developmental issues, family dysfunction, genetics, neurological trauma or social or cultural problems.
- Assessment of risk factors for mental illness and broader wellness evaluations.
- Treatment:
- Conduct individual, group or family counseling sessions, and write prescriptions for psychotropic medications under the supervision of psychiatrists and when state regulations allow.
- Intervene with therapy or medication during mental crisis.
- Manage caseload and documentation.
- Facilitate communication between psychiatric services, programs and care givers.
- Initiate, monitor and recommend medications and treatment changes.
- Collaboration:
- Track patient progress and report their results to doctors, including psychiatrists and psychologists.
- Work with other medical professionals to evaluate or change treatment plans.
- Educate patients’ families about mental illness, treatment and prevention.
Qualifications:
Education/Degree: Medical Degree (MD) with appropriate training in Psychiatry.
Other skills and requirements:
- Commitment to the mission and programs of SCO Family of Services.
- Ability to work with children and families that have histories of chemical dependency, mental illness, neglect, physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse, different cultural backgrounds, and varying socioeconomics statuses.
- Ability to work varying schedules that may cause you to work in excess of your regularly scheduled hours or weekends if necessary.
- Ability to respond to the unique developmental needs of children in different stages of maturation including early childhood, school age, or young adulthood.
- Excellent communications skills, both oral and written, a strong sense of empathy towards our populations served.
- Strong time management and teamwork skills, diligence, and resilience.
- Multifaceted, Structured, Patient-facing, Managerial and Independent.
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