Psychiatric Provider

Title: Psychiatric Provider

Program: Support and Connection Center

Salary: $200,000 - $210,000

Schedule: Full time

Program Overview:

The Support and Connection Center (SCC) is a short-term center for individuals, termed guests, referred by NYPD, BHEARD, OnPointNY, and other outside referral sources to be able to meet with social services, behavioral health, and peer support staff. A psychiatric provider at SCC provides psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and interdisciplinary collaboration for outside referrals for guests staying at the center. A psychiatric provider at SCC is either an MD or DO who reports to the Medical Director and Deputy Medical Director of Psychiatric Services. They also collaborate with the Program Director and Assistant Program Director, as well as the Medical Director of Addiction Medicine and Drug User Health, to provide clinical leadership in interdisciplinary care. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
The essential duties of a Psychiatric Provider, Support and Connection Center include but are not limited to the following activities

Clinical

• Provides direct clinical support and psychiatric care at SCC through psychiatric evaluation and medication management
• Be available for interdisciplinary meetings on the days that they are scheduled clinically at SCC, particularly at the beginning and end of the shift
• Participate in one’s own engagement of the guests on site to be able to build a daily caseload
• Collaborates specifically with nurses onsite, providing oversight for help with admissions, as well as triaging medical questions
• Collaborates with other onsite psychiatric providers for ongoing management of guests

Quality Assurance

• Participates in SCC’s ongoing quality assurance and audit processes through SCC’s quality assurance coordinator
• Participates in agency-wide Quality Assurance processes, including Incident Review processes, community engagement, Crisis Management and Verbal De-escalation, etc.
• Collaborates and meets regularly with senior management and clinical staff to review relevant changes and policies within SCC

Liaison

• Provides liaison to regulatory agencies, academic institutions, and to other medical/service agencies when appropriate

Qualifications:

• Medical Doctor Degree
• New York State medical license and registration
• DEA license with buprenorphine training
• BLS Certification
• Experience working with community services, homeless adults preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Strong team orientation