Director of Psychiatry

Description

Are you seeking a career with a growing company, a place where you can make an impact in the community? Then Positive Impact Health Centers is the company for you.

Positive Impact Health Centers (PIHC) is a community leader in providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services located in Metro Atlanta. The PIHC model of care assures that clients have access to medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health and social services, providing the best opportunity for patients to achieve high-quality health outcomes.

What makes us different? We offer our employees the following:

• Health Wellness Day per quarter
• Parental Leave
• Free parking at our locations/bus line accessibility
• Competitive Salary & Benefits
• Automatic 3% Safe Harbor & 2% Profit Sharing (Retirement Program)
• 100% allotted for benefit elections for employees, 50% allotted for benefit elections for employee's spouse/dependent
• Credit Union

PIHC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

Job Summary:

The Director of Psychiatry provides clinical and administrative leadership for psychiatric services across the organization. This role is responsible for overseeing psychiatric providers, ensuring high-quality patient care, and supporting the integration of behavioral health services within the organization's care model. The Director of Psychiatry collaborates with executive leadership, medical providers, and operational teams to improve patient outcomes, ensure regulatory compliance, and support organizational strategic initiatives.

The Director of Psychiatry is responsible for the provision of psychiatric treatment services, including assessment, medication management and consultation with the client’s treatment team. 

This position description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive. It is intended to identify the major responsibilities and requirements of this position. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related responsibilities and tasks other than those stated in this position description.

Requirements

JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Essential Duties, Tasks, and Responsibilities: 

• Provide culturally appropriate, creative psychiatric treatment and support for clients. 
• Perform psychiatric assessments of potential clients to determine appropriate treatment. 
• Prescribe and monitor psychotropic medication for clients, obtain informed consent and provide education regarding lab work, common side effects, expected benefits and potential risks and treatment alternatives as pertains to prescribed medications. 
• Collaborate with clinical staff, primary care providers and/or other professionals to discuss treatment planning and progress. 
• Maintain detailed, accurate records of direct client services, including psychiatric assessments and medication management in accordance with prudent, generally accepted record-keeping procedures, as defined by Positive Impact and as required by law, grants and contracts. 
• Ensures that medical and patient care provided at all PIHC clinics is maintained at the highest levels of excellence and in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and best practices. 
• Provide urgent psychiatric evaluations, initial evaluations, and deliver ongoing psychiatric services for patients as appropriate to each patient. This includes comprehensive history, current medications, allergies, pertinent medical and psychiatric history, psychosocial and developmental history, and an appropriate mental status examination
• Maintain strict confidentiality guidelines regarding all clients, conversations, referrals of work and information, based on PIHC’s policies and procedures. 
• Formulation of a diagnostic assessment, treatment plan, disposition and follow up care. This includes rendering diagnosis, ordering and interpreting diagnostic test(s) as appropriate, recommending therapeutic treatment modalities (including medications), providing appropriate patient instruction and/or referrals, monitoring symptoms, progress of treatment, and treatment response as appropriate. Prior medical and/or mental health records from outside providers will be requested as appropriate.
• Responsible for diagnostic clarity and medication management of patients in need of psychiatric medication and/or addiction medication. 
• Participates in case conferences and works closely with clinical and non-medical Behavioral Health staff.
• Works to meet benchmarks and achieve productivity sufficient to maintain qualifications for federal and state funding and grant requirements. 
• Meets with the Behavioral Director regularly for mutual communication on clinic activities, project status, requirements and compliance. 
• Attends community and organization functions/events scheduled throughout the year.  
• Completes other duties as requested or assigned.

Clinical Leadership

• Provide clinical oversight for psychiatric services and behavioral health programs
• Develop, implement, and periodically update standardized clinical protocols for the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders
• Establish and maintain psychiatric medication management protocols
• Ensure all psychiatric clinical procedures meet the requirements of state licensing boards, federal laws, and accreditation bodies
• Ensure delivery of high-quality, evidence-based psychiatric care
• Provide consultation on complex psychiatric cases
• Support integration of behavioral health into primary care and other service lines
• Participate in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives
• “Provides evidence-based health care coordination and increased communication between patients and healthcare providers as defined by The Patient–Centered Medical Home (PCMH).”
• Ensures strict confidentiality of all work and information, based on PIHC’s policies and procedures. 
• Must be able to adhere to all client-related policies and procedures, including confidentiality and HIPAA. 
• Skill in identifying problems and recommending solutions in a clear, concise, and proactive manner, including recognition and resolution of costly errors 
• Ability to develop and maintain cooperative relationships with staff members, patients, and other clinicians and work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team 
• Maintains superior expertise and completes continuing education requirements in a timely. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE :

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) from an accredited institution
• Board Certified in Psychiatry
• Licensed to practice medicine in the state of Georgia
• Current, unrestricted license to practice in the State of GA 
• DEA registration/Prescriptive authorization 
• Minimum 5 years of experience working with chemically dependent/mental health clientele preferred.
• Minimum of two (2) years of leadership or supervisory experience preferred
• Experience in community health, integrated care, or outpatient settings preferred
• Maintain current licensure, as well as current CPR and DEA certification. 

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Supervise psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and behavioral health staff
• Conduct performance evaluations and provide ongoing coaching and feedback
• Review and/or lead internal and external audits to measure adherence to established protocols
• Develop corrective action plans (CAPS) and provide appropriate training to psychiatric staff to address identified deficiencies
• Support staff development, training, and continuing education
• Participate in recruitment, interviewing, and onboarding of psychiatric staff
• Address performance concerns and implement corrective action when necessary
• Foster a collaborative, respectful, and team-oriented work environment
• Ensure supervisees understand the whys of protocols and procedures to create a culture of competence and safety

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES & OTHER APTITUDES (KSAOs):

• Strong clinical and leadership skills
• acquired knowledge about and work experience with assessing and treating multi-diagnosed individuals (i.e., HIV, Psychiatric Illness, Addiction, and Medical Illness) 
• acquired training, comfort with, and work experience with the use of addiction medications. 
• experience and comfort with conducting staff trainings as it relates to psychiatric medications, differential diagnosis, and addiction medication. 
• Knowledge of accreditation requirements relating to psychiatric diagnosis, treatment, recordkeeping, and electronic medical records. 
• Knowledge of common safety hazards and precautions sufficient to maintain a safe work environment 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams
• Knowledge of behavioral health regulations and standards
• Experience with electronic health records (EHR)
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Program administration, management, delivery, and evaluation 
• Needs and risk assessment 
• An understanding of crisis management and the ability to deal with life-threatening situations, including the prevention of suicide 
• Individual, group, and crisis counseling methods 
• Organizational skills and experience with volunteer-based non-profit agencies 
• Demonstrated knowledge of issues specific to HIV 
• Interpersonal skills and ability to work with a wide variety of people, including staff, volunteers, Board members and community representatives. 
• Demonstrate good decision-making in dealing with safety issues and with aggressive and/or intoxicated clients, if required 
• Mediation and negotiations 
• Conflict resolution 
• Effective verbal, written, and listening communication 
• Computer technology 
• The ability to prepare proposals, reports and policies 
• Effective public relations and public speaking 
• Research and program development 
• Perform all functions in observation of the rules, regulations, objectives and policies of the agency. 
• Convey a cooperative attitude that promotes effective work relationships within the agency and with collaborative organizations. 

NOTES:

1. Positive Impact Health Centers, Inc., is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, or covered veteran status. 
2. Recreational drugs, weapons, and violence are not permitted on agency property or at any agency events or programs.
3. The above job description represents the general nature, primary duties, and responsibilities, and qualifications for the work performed by employees within this job but is not a comprehensive and exhaustive list. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned, and specific duties, responsibilities, and activities within the core nature of the job may change at any time with or without notice. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, as specified by the employing entity, with or without reasonable accommodation.

The above job description represents the general nature, primary duties and responsibilities, and qualifications for the work performed by employees within this job, but is not a comprehensive and exhaustive list. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned, and specific duties, responsibilities, and activities within the core nature of the job may change at any time with or without notice. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, as specified by the employing entity, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or operate computers, objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.