The Role
Psychiatrists at Within Health provide direct psychiatric care to a group of clients. Additionally, Psychiatrists work closely with a multidisciplinary team, providing psychiatric expertise for complex cases, and perform assignments and related work as required.
What You'll Do
- Engage in psychiatric care
- Provide psychiatric care to clients
- Ensure the medical safety of all clients are kept
- Review clients vital signs, blood work, and symptoms
- Direct liaison with primary care physicians
- Assist with the medical clearance process
- Develop protocols and standardized procedures
- Conduct psychiatric evaluations
- Provide treatment authorizations via the telephone
- Prescribe medications when necessary
- Act as a physician member of a multidisciplinary patient care team
- Confer with staff and patients and their families regarding diagnosis and treatment
- Recommend hospitalization or other indicated services
- Make referrals to Specialists as appropriate
- Provide needed medical input into the development of the program
- Be available and provide in-service training to program staff
- Manage activities related to the delivery of clinical care and services such as cost management, utilization review, quality assurance, and medical protocol development
- Participate in various administrative and clinical staff meetings in order to provide consultation to program staff on an ongoing basis
- Maintain confidentiality of all information related to clients and employees
- Demonstrate positive interpersonal relations in dealing with fellow employees, supervisors
- Develop policies and procedures
- Communicate with outside agencies and outside providers to educate them on the dangers of eating disorders, and effective treatment of eating disorders
- Ensure that all psychiatric and services that are provided by the program meet accepted standards of medical practice
- Other duties as required
Qualifications
- Up-to-date clinical practice of psychiatry, including the recovery model, strengths based treatment, and dual diagnosis treatment, with client/family involvement.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of evaluation of effective and evidenced-based mental health treatment programs and services
- Knowledge of Federal, State, and County laws and regulations applicable to mental health programs, and the Revised 09.22.25 relationship of Federal and State programs to local government services and programming
- Ability to ensure appropriate clinical supervision and direction for licensed and/or certified personnel
- Ability to plan, organize, supervise and administer the clinical programs and services provided
- Ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with community members and organizations
- Ability to speak and write clearly and concisely
- Must possess and maintain a valid and unrestricted license to practice medicine in all states that Within Health provide care in
- Must have completed a residency training program in psychiatry which is approved by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and which resulted in Board eligibility
- Must not be excluded, suspended, debarred or otherwise ineligible to participate in the Medicare, Medicaid or other government payer programs
- Superior interpersonal skills
- Superb judgment, problem-solving and cognitive skills
Additional Details
- PRN Psychiatrists are paid an hourly rate without expectation of guaranteed hours
- This position is considered an employee of Within Health and has taxes withheld
- Guidelines for Time Reimbursement:
- One hour/week of staff meeting per ten clients
- One hour and a half for evaluations and 30 minutes for follow-ups to include documentation
- Thirty minutes of documentation time for a 60 minute evaluation
- Fifteen minutes of documentation for a 15 minute check up
- Slack should not be included- indirect time should not exceed direct time
- If additional time is needed, prior approval from your supervisor is needed
- Coordination of care should not exceed greater than 50% of direct time
- Reimbursement should be in no smaller than 15 minute increments
- Employees are responsible for tracking their time in Rippling
Physical & Environmental Requirements
- Must have reliable internet connection.
- Must be comfortable operating a computer and smart-phone and navigate applications within macOS and iOS.
- Must be comfortable communicating with colleagues via chat, telephone, and video calls.
- Must be able to sit for the majority of the shift.
- This is a work-from-home position. Work should be performed in a private, quiet space with minimal background noise.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation package including salary commensurate with experience
- Remote work flexibility with a results-driven culture
- Comprehensive health benefits that reflect our commitment to wellbeing
- The chance to directly transform lives and makes treatment accessible
- Collaborative and innovative work environment with a team passionate about our mission
- Professional development opportunities and support for continued growth