Psychiatrist or Psychiatric ARNP - Temporary

Job Title: Psychiatrist or Psychiatric ARNP - Temporary                                                
FLSA: Non-Exempt

Compensation: $85-$130 per hour

Supervisor: Director of Medical Support Services

Here at Community House Mental Health Agency, we strive to provide a supportive family atmosphere in Seattle and King County for people with severe and persistent mental illness. Each person who walks through our door has a unique story, and we believe that everyone deserves to feel welcomed and valued.

CHMHA has a fantastic opening for a Temporary, Part-time Psychiatrist/Psychiatric ARNP.

This role will provide psychiatric services in our agency through the prescribing and monitoring of medications, evaluation of psychiatric status, and consultation to non-medical team member. This is primarily a clinical position and incumbents will spend the majority of their time seeing patients, with the same productivity standards and same scheduling guidelines as physicians.

At Community House, we value a strong work-life balance and aim to provide the best support for our workers. As a CHMHA employee, you will have access to a range of unique benefits, such as company-paid medical/dental/vision/disability insurance, a 403B retirement plan with employer match, continuing education credit, a personal unlimited ORCA card, and an employee assistance program with financial, mental, and legal assistance.

 
RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Independently evaluate patients for the purpose of determining a differential, psychiatric diagnosis and biopsychosocial case formulation. 
•    Assess patients for psychiatric/psychotropic medication necessity.
•    Prescribe the psychiatric or psychotropic medications, which are within his/her licensing purview.
•    Coordinate with program manager in assigned programs to facilitate integration of medical issues with overall treatment planning
•    Screen patients for concurrent non-psychiatric medical conditions and refer for appropriate care.
•    Order all appropriate laboratory tests to determine a differential diagnosis and assure safe prescription of medications.
•    Assess for medication side effects and treat when appropriate, following guidelines set by accepted professional standards and any other applicable standards of care.
•    Consult with the treatment teams or other agency and non-agency providers on issues related to an individual patient's treatment and overall treatment planning. Liaison with primary care physicians and their staff.
•    Attend and participate in medical staff meetings, as required.
•    Obtain supervision, consultation or guidance by an agency psychiatrist or the medical director in cases as needed.
•    Maintain clinical records in accordance with agency policy.
•    Perform other functions, e.g. teaching, supervision of nursing staff and students, inter- and interagency committee responsibilities, as assigned. These responsibilities may include provision of group staff consultations without the presence of a staff psychiatrist. 
•    Understand recovery concepts in behavioral health.
•    Apply recovery concepts, as appropriate to clinical work at Sound.

QUALIFICATIONS
•    Active WA State MD or ARNP license 
•    Current First Aid/CPR certification or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire
•    Experience working with people with severe and persistent mental illness
•    Must hold a valid driver’s license for 1 year with clean driving record in order to use agency vehicles.
•    Have legible handwriting
•    Ability to do simple mathematics
•    Basic computer skills
•    Ability to read and comprehend agency/member charts

ACKNOWLEGEMENT STATEMENT:

By submitting this application, I acknowledge that I have read this job description and understand what is expected of me in this position.