JOB SUMMARY

The primary responsibility of this position is to serve as a child and adolescent psychiatrist working as part of a clinical team and functioning as a qualified and approving practitioner. The Medical Officer (Psychiatry) provides direct and indirect child psychiatric services to children/youth with serious emotional disturbances. The incumbent also assists the Assessment Center in conducting complete assessments and/or psychiatric evaluations including developing reports of recommendations for child, youth, adult, and families that answer the specific questions or concerns raised in the context of court order or agency requests.
Provides medically necessary treatment and rehabilitative services to children/youth and their families or surrogate caregivers with emphasis on medication/somatic and diagnostic/assessment services. May provide other core services including counseling/psychotherapy and community support or specialty services, as appropriate, including crisis services and treatment of individuals with co-occurring disorders and their families.
The incumbent will host weekly Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) Review Committee. Provides recommendations around placement of youth into PRTF and/or other services as needed.
Completes psychiatric assessments utilizing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V-TR) or its current equivalent as its diagnostic foundation.
Performs assessments for children/youth who are committed to outpatient care by court order. May be required to write petitions for involuntary court commitments.

EDUCATION

Must possess a degree of Doctor of Medicine in Psychiatric Medicine with specialization in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Must have completed an Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved psychiatry resident and child psychiatry fellowship or training program and be Board eligible or certified for certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

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