Chief Psychiatrist - (496929 )

University of Houston; Houston (TX); Sur place; USD 220 000 - 253 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The University of Houston Student Health Center seeks a lead psychiatrist to oversee the daily operations of the campus psychiatry clinic and to coordinate care for students. The role involves managing both patients and the psychiatry support team within the department.

The position requires a terminal degree in psychiatry or equivalent, at least three years of related experience, and collaboration with Counseling and Psychological Services and other university stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Terminal degree in psychiatry or equivalent training.
• Minimum 3 years of directly related clinical experience.

Responsabilités

• Direct behavioral health operations within the student health center.
• Provide psychiatric evaluations for students on referral by physicians, university staff and faculty.
• Prescribe psychiatric medications as indicated and order labs as needed.
• Enhance communications and participate in committees addressing mental health issues on campus such as with Counseling and Psychological Services.
• Supervise the Health Center psychiatrists; provide oversight of performance of junior psychiatrists and daily operations within the psychiatry clinic and routinely provide feedback to executive director.
• Provide consultation for professional staff at the health center and counseling services as needed.
• Maintains interdisciplinary treatment by reviewing treatment plans and progress; consulting and collaborating with primary care physicians, mental health therapists, nurses, and other health care providers.
• Improves staff competence by providing training and discussions regarding the interrelationship between psychosocial and physiological problems, psychotropic medications, crisis intervention, and related issues.
• Assist in the hospitalization of students as necessary: maintain confidentiality in the exchange of patients' medical information.
• Respond to emergency situations on campus and make self-available for crisis intervention.
• Conduct educational seminars on topics relevant to mental health practices.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Formation

MD/DO in Psychiatry

Description du poste

Department: Student HealthCenter Salary: $220,000 - $253,000

Description

Oversees the daily operations within the psychiatry clinic ofthe student health center and manages both patients as well aspsychiatry support team. Responsible for the enhancement ofcommunications regarding mental health care and management withinthe department and collaborate closely with other entities treatingstudents with mental health issues at the University of Houston(UH).

1. Direct behavioral health operations within the student healthcenter.
2. Provide psychiatric evaluations for students on referral byphysicians, university staff and faculty.
3. Prescribe psychiatric medication as indicated and order labs asneeded.
4. Enhance communications and participate in committees addressingmental health issues on campus such as with Counseling andPsychological Services.
5. Supervise the Health Center psychiatrists; provide oversight ofperformance of junior psychiatrists and daily operations within thepsychiatry clinic and routinely provide feedback to executivedirector.
6. Provide consultation for professional staff at the health centerand counseling services as needed.
7. Maintains interdisciplinary treatment by reviewing treatmentplans and progress; consulting and collaborating with primary carephysicians, mental health therapists, nurses, and other health careproviders.
8. Improves staff competence by providing training and discussionsregarding the interrelationship between psychosocial andphysiological problems, psychotropic medications, crisisintervention, and related issues.
9. Assist in the hospitalization of students as necessary: maintainconfidentiality in the exchange of patients' medicalinformation.
10. Respond to emergency situations on campus and makeself-available for crisis intervention.
11. Conduct educational seminars on topics relevant to mentalhealth practices.
12. Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

MQ: Requires singular knowledge of a specialized advancedprofessional discipline or the highest level of general businessknowledge, normally acquired through attainment of a directlyjob-related terminal degree or equivalent formal training in arecognized field of specialization that is directly related to thetype of work being performed. Requires a minimum of three (3) yearsof directly job-related experience.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are securitysensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are EqualOpportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.