BC/BE Internal Medicine or Family Medicine Physician/Practitioner
Qualifications:
· 3+ more years as a Physician/Practitioner, autonomous preferred · Strong experience working with patients having Serious Mental Illness (SMI) · Psychiatric Crisis Management and Forensic experience, a plus · Experience working with adult admissions or geriatric admissions and acute and chronic health management of adult and geriatric populations. · Comfortable working on admissions work up and potential rapid turnover · Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary treatment team · BLS Healthcare Provider certification is required
Position Details: · Facility Hospitalizations: Acute, Adult, Inpatient wards (male & female) · Facility Demographics: Forensic, NGRI, Civil, Jail Transfer, and Geriatric populations · Facility Stay: Short and Long-term length of stay o Caseload varies by ward and assignment (40-45) · Psychiatry coverage is provided · Full complement of interdisciplinary team members
Responsibilities include but are not limited to: · Responsible for patient care that includes examination, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of medical illnesses for adult and geriatric psychiatric inpatient population. · Serves as medical consultant to the attending psychiatrist/practitioner. · Completes admission medical assessments (including history and physical examinations, mental status examination) and entering admission orders. · Orders diagnostic/therapeutic tests and procedures. · Monitors patients' progress, including laboratory values and special procedures with appropriate follow-up or referrals as needed. · Consults with authorized representatives/legal guardians on patient medical status. · Collaborates with attending psychiatric practitioner if needed providing DSM-5 Diagnoses that are valid, complete, and supported by timely and appropriate assessment. · Provides coverage to the medical clinic, the admission suit to ensure the admission process is completed. · Prescribes medications at the lowest effective dose in accordance with rational clinical practices. Assesses and address medication side-effects and report adverse drug reactions. · Ensures timely and quality documentation (admissions, follow-up and annual, etc.) in patient records in accordance with policies, procedures, regulatory standards, and guidelines. | ||||||