Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health; Watertown (CT); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a mission-driven organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adolescents facing behavioral health challenges. As a Part-time Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, you will provide essential outpatient services, conducting thorough psychiatric evaluations and managing medication for a diverse caseload. This role offers a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team environment that emphasizes servant leadership and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Enjoy the flexibility of a part-time schedule while making a meaningful impact in the lives of young individuals. If you are passionate about helping others and possess the necessary qualifications, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

$7,000 Sign-On Bonus

Flexible Schedule

Career Accelerator Program

Supportive Team Environment

Qualifications

• Must be board certified or eligible in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Completion of an approved psychiatric residency program required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychiatric evaluations and medication management for children.
• Engage with patients and maintain quality documentation.

Skills

Child Psychiatry

Behavioral Health Treatment

Medication Management

Psychiatric Evaluations

Education

Board Certification in Psychiatry

Completion of Psychiatric Residency

Job description

Description

Do you have a passion for helping children and adolescents with behavioral health diagnoses? Are you a servant leader looking to join a mission-driven organization and a leading provider in behavioral health?

We are looking for a dedicated, board-eligible or certified Part-time Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist for our children's Outpatient services located in Malvern, PA.

Devereux Pennsylvania Children’s Services’ Community-based Outpatient Services team provides behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and young adults, ages 2 to 19, who are diagnosed with various behavioral health issues. We offer individual therapy, as well as family therapy. Individual therapy identifies a child’s specific behavioral challenges and develops the use of skills to enhance the individual’s strengths through various forms of therapy. Family therapy focuses on improving and enhancing family communication and positive support through parent education and family system therapy. During therapy, parents and caregivers are provided with parenting strategies and techniques that enable them to provide the best support for their children.

What Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Offers:

• $175.00/hr. DOE
• $7,000 Sign-On Bonus
• Employment or contracted position
• A Servant Leadership culture with a focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Multi-disciplinary team setting with a strengths-based approach and a collegiate environment
• Evidenced Based treatment and care models within a clinically based environment focused on collaboration and treatment teams
• ASCEND- Career Accelerator Program

As a Part-Time Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with our Pennsylvania Children's Services Outpatient Services you will....

• Schedule: In office appointment availability 2 or 3 days/week; 8.5hrs/day with availability as late as 6pm; work hours not to exceed 16-20 hours/week
• Caseload approximately 300-375 individuals; would be fluctuating with admissions and discharges from the program
• Complete Psychiatric Evaluations- scheduled a maximum of 2 evaluations/day, 90-minute blocks [60 mins of face-to-face assessment and 30 minutes for typing/dictation]
• Facilitate Medication Management - scheduled for 20-min increments back-to-back.
• Engaging at least 85% of all scheduled appointments; quality documentation that supports medical complexity codes billed; timely documentation required;

Devereux Pennsylvania Children’s Services (DPACS) serves children, adolescents, and young adults with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, behavioral, emotional, and psychiatric challenges and disorders. Located in West Chester and Malvern Pennsylvania, services provided include psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF), acute inpatient psychiatric hospital (AIP), assessment services, community-based mental health services, community-based employment training and social skills training, and approved private school educational services to male and female children and adolescents (6-21 years of age) with diagnoses of intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and concomitant psychiatric and behavioral challenges often associated with experiencing some level of trauma in their lives.

Listen to Devereux's SVP/Chief Clinical & Medical Officer, Dr. Yolanda Graham, share more about this opportunity!

Qualifications

• Board Certified or Board Eligible Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist with current valid license in Pennsylvania (or eligibility to obtain). Completion of an approved psychiatric residency program required.
• Child psychiatry training if treating population 16 years and younger. Must demonstrate relevant treatment competency through clinical experience, continuing education units, and referral letters to support these specific skills.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.