Job Description
The primary assignment is to provide behavioral health services to patients throughout the facility to include Outpatient Clinics, Inpatient Units, Primary Care, Emergency Department and to the Substance Abuse Post Traumatic Stress and Community Day Programs. Must possess a high degree of knowledge which includes mastery of diagnosing as defined by the Diagnostic Statistical Manual for Psychiatric Disorders (DSM), treatment interventions, medications effects/side effects and mastery of the theories, principals, concepts and methodologies acquired through education and practice.FUNCTIONS OR SCOPE OF ASSIGNED DUTIES:
- Provides psychiatric assessment services and diagnosis mental disorders, particularly for complex or unusually difficult patients, via face-to-face/traditional mental health or via tele-mental health services to various locations including CBOCs.
- Provides education to patients, family members and significant others.
- Provides consultation ...