Community Health Center / FQHC Psychiatry: General Job in Hermitage, Pennsylvania
This psychiatry position in Hermitage, Pennsylvania is offered as an employed role within a community health center/FQHC setting, one of several arrangements available for this job alongside contract and admin/medical director structures. Community health center practice is built around federally supported, safety-net care, and the employed structure offers the practical stability of that model for physicians drawn to community-focused medicine.
The financial structure for this role includes straight employment or an employment agreement with a production bonus, and it is also offered under a contract arrangement. The financial offering is listed as Open. There is no patient call rotation and no emergency department call associated with this position.
- Open to physicians who are Board Certified or Board Eligible
- MD and DO training accepted, including both AMG and FMG backgrounds
- Open to recently trained, experienced, and very experienced physicians
- U.S. citizenship required
This opportunity is available across communities ranging from under 10,000 residents to larger service areas up to roughly 500,000, allowing some flexibility in the type of community setting you serve.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Psychiatry: General
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Community Health Center/FQHC, Contract, Admin/Medical Director
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
REPORTS TO: Executive Director
Note: In addition to responsibilities stated herein, it is understood that the physician will adhere to the “guidelines for psychiatric practice in Community Mental Health Centers” for staff psychiatrist as developed by the American Psychiatric Association, and published in the July 1991 issue of the American Journal of psychiatry, pages 965-66 (attached).
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Initial psychiatric evaluations on adult patients and periodic re-evaluations (no less frequently than annually for patients remaining in service). Psychiatric services may be provided to children and adolescents to the extent of the physician’s comfort level and experience by agreement with Executive Director.
2. Conducting evaluations on an emergency basis as needed.
3. Prescribes medication based upon evaluation, and psychiatric follow-up of patients on medications as needed, but not less than a 3-month interval.
4. Functions as member of multidisciplinary treatment team. Must be able to communicate effectively with a variety of personnel, and participate in an atmosphere of mutual respect for the skills and experience represented on the team. Coordinates with other providers, e.g., community physicians, agencies.
5. Participates in family education when necessary.
6. Responsible for delivering culturally competent, recovery oriented psychiatric care.
7. Completes documentation, in a timely fashion, which meets standards established by JCAHO, licensing bodies and managed care/insurance companies. Provides/Documents medication education.
8. Progress notes are to be completed and signed at the time the service is performed, or by the end of the workday in which the service was performed. Medication orders must be signed on the day of the order.
9. Reviews, dates and signs lab reports and psychiatric assessments.
10. Reviews health screening questionnaires and recommends follow-up referrals/examinations.
11. Meets agency expectations regarding productivity (i.e. level of direct patient care provided) and adheres to generally accepted practices guidelines for conducting initial evaluations, re-assessments, and medication checks, in terms of time allotted.
12. Maintains professional credentials, and provides documentation to be an approved provider for various payer sources.
13. Participates in initial orientation with the CEO or clinical administrative and support staff.
14. Participates as needed in internal agency committees.
- Structure of Financial Support: Straight Employment, Employment Agreement with production bonus, Contract
- Financial Offering: Open
- Compensation Range: $212,530 - $392,169 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: Pennsylvania
- Practice City: Hermitage
- Community Size: Less than 10,000, 10,000 - 24,999, 25,000 - 49,999, 50,000 - 99,999, 100,000 - 499,999
- 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
- Preferred Experience Level: Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Clinic
- Number of Providers: 4
- Clinic: Community Counseling Center of Mercer County
