Position details:

Average of 8 patients per day

All visits are scheduled, 20% are canceled per day.

45-60 minute evals: Average of 1 per day - possibly 1-2 per week

15-30 minute follow-ups: Average of 5-6 per day

EMR: Epic All adult

Cases: Mild to moderate mental illness Depression, anxiety, eating disorder, maybe some bi-polar

The IBH psychiatrist is a member of the 20+ person IBH team, which consists of psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists and certified drug and alcohol counselors. The team is embedded in a County-run primary care clinic (which is an FQHC).

Psychiatrist duties will include psychiatric evaluations of patients, providing consultation to other members of the IBH team, as well as to primary care providers.

You will also have an opportunity to participate in collaborative team meetings and case conferences on a regular basis.

The community of patients are mostly dual diagnosis patients, many of them homeless. Your job will be to initiate treatment when appropriate and to refer back to primary care for ongoing medication management of stable patients.