Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
JOB SUMMARY:
Provides psychiatric services, including direct patient care, inpatient and outpatient consultations, staff education and public relations. Establishes psychiatric policies and protocols. Assures adherence to state statutes and rules, CARF standards, and federal regulations including HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2. Positively represents the organization and promotes Rimrock’s Mission to the community.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Provides admission screening/approval for patients admitted under Rimrock’s Specialty Mental Health License.
- Provides oversight of treatment plans for mental health patients.
- Conducts evaluation on all patients referred with symptoms of mental illness or co-occurring illness.
- Actively participates in the Patient Care Monitoring conferences providing feedback on current patients being evaluated or followed up and gives direction to treatment team members on individual cases.
- Provides medication management to all referred patients.
- Documents in accordance with Rimrock procedures, state and CARF standards.
- Maintains an outpatient caseload on discharged Rimrock patients, or patients referred and approved for outpatient services, when scheduled.
- Provides utilization review support on patients as scheduled.
- Maintains relationships with community-based physicians, advancing Rimrock’s mission.
- Acts as a resource for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Physician Assistants, Counselors and other staff as needed.
Quality Improvement Responsibilities:
- Assures that information is collected, organized, reported and used to improve the quality of systems and services.
- Obtains feedback from patients regarding their perceptions of the service provided to them and utilizes this information to improve service delivery.
- Assures that resources are allocated in accordance with the priorities and plans established by the Strategic Plan.
- Recognizes and appropriately reports to supervisor areas within scope of responsibility that fall outside the quality parameters.
- Performs self-quality monitoring in order to develop and execute plans to meet established goals.
Customer Service Responsibilities:
- Supports organization’s customer service initiative; strives for service excellence by seeking challenges and turning them into opportunities.
- Models professionalism by addressing others with appropriate actions, appearance and communication.
- Works in a spirit of teamwork and trust and maintains professional boundaries in working with others; accepts responsibility for own behavior.
- Provides timely and thorough follow-up with internal and external customers.
- Serves on committees or process improvement teams to assist in improving quality/customer satisfaction, as assigned.
- Models and promotes effective communication.
LICENSE: Licensed as a Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy in Montana.
CERTIFICATION: PhD Board certified in Psychiatry; Internal Medicine; Family Practice. Certified in Addiction Medicine by The American Board of Addiction Medicine, Certified by The American Society of Addiction Medicine
SKILLS: Oral and written communication, ability to establish and maintain rapport with patients, ability to teach and coach staff.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Work is indoors in an office environment with moderate noise. Intermittent physical effort involving lifting of up to 25 pounds, walking and stooping is required. A typical workday involves sitting, frequent use of a keyboard, reaching with hands and arms, and talking and hearing, approximately 70% of the time. Approximately 30% or less of the time is spent standing. Normal vision abilities required, including close vision and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT/JOB LOCATIONS: Involves everyday risk or discomfort requiring normal safety precautions in an office setting, meeting room and patient care areas. Work may involve mental and emotional stress. Will work primarily at Main Facility.
Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
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