Community Health Center / FQHC Psychiatry: Child & Adolescent Job in Hartford, Connecticut
This Child & Adolescent Psychiatry position in Hartford, Connecticut is offered as an employed role within a Community Health Center/FQHC setting, one of the arrangements under which this opportunity is listed alongside employment through a hospital, clinic, or MSO structure. Practicing in a federally supported safety-net environment, you would be working within a community-focused model of care, structured as straight employment.
The listing notes loan assistance as part of this opportunity, which may be relevant if you are weighing the practical benefits of an FQHC setting alongside community-oriented practice. The financial offering for this role is listed as Open.
- Employed position (Straight Employment)
- No emergency department call
- Loan assistance available
This structure may suit physicians drawn to community health work who also value the stability of an employed arrangement, with the option to consider this role under either of the practice structures listed for this opportunity.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Psychiatry: Child & Adolescent
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
- Structure of Position: Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other, Community Health Center/FQHC
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: (not specified)
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
- Assessing and talking to patients about their problems and discussing the best way to plan and deliver their care.
- After diagnosis and assessment, initiate a treatment plan. If appropriate make recommendations, referrals, engage in therapy and/or prescribe medications.
- Provide initial psychotropic medication and medication evaluations on clients referred by Behavioral Health clinicians.
- Provide medication management therapy for clients of Behavioral Health.
- Collect and maintain the patient records to analyze the progress of the treatment.
- Explain the form of treatment and the expected behavior with the patient, to the family members, guardians or relatives of the patient.
- Treat patients with various mental disorders, which can be a minor problem like anxiety to very serious disorder like schizophrenia.
- Analyze the psychiatric history of the patient and attend sessions with the patient to solve the psychological problem.
- Complete managed care treatment plans and initial review for clients seen for psychotropic medication management within 72 hours of provided service.
- Consult/collaborate with Behavioral Health providers within, and outside of the agency to provide comprehensive behavioral health services within 24 hours.
- Complies with applicable legal requirements, standards, policies and procedures including but not limited to those within the Compliance Process, Code of Conduct, HIPAA and Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA).
- Participates in required orientation and training programs, as required.
- Reports concerns and suspected incidences of non-compliance in accordance with COHC Compliance Re porting Process.
- Cooperates with monitoring and audit functions and investigations.
- Participates, as requested, in process improvement responsibilities.
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
- Medical Degree
- Minimum 2 year experience in outpatient setting
- Licensed to practice in Connecticut and/ or license eligible in Connecticut
- Board Certification from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the American Board of Physician Specialties
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- Structure of Financial Support: Straight Employment
- Financial Offering: Open
- Compensation Range: $267,114 - $399,561 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: No
- Student Loan Assistance: Yes
- Practice State: Connecticut
- Practice City: Hartford
- Community Size: Less than 10,000, 10,000 - 24,999, 25,000 - 49,999, 50,000 - 99,999, 100,000 - 499,999, 500,000+
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card, O-1 Visa, Other
- Preferred Experience Level: Currently In Training, Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Clinic
- Number of Providers:
- Clinic: Charter Oak Health Center