Staff Psychiatrist

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The Staff Psychiatrist functions as a leader of the interdisciplinary treatment team in the facility Hospital. The leadership is affected through the supervision and direction of the team’s professional assessments, diagnosis, treatment planning, treatment, discharge planning, performance improvement and clinical programming activities. The Staff Psychiatrist provides consultation to other psychiatrists on difficult-to-manage patients. This position serves as a member of and carries out the activities of assigned Hospital and Departmental committees. In order to provide continuity of high quality care, the Staff Psychiatrist also share on-call responsibilities.

This position requires rotation of an on-call and weekend assignment on a monthly basis.