Psychiatric Care Specialist
7 days ago
The Psychiatric Care Specialist is responsible for providing comprehensive psychiatric care to students, including initial evaluations, ongoing clinical appointments, crisis interventions, and leadership in psychiatric services. This role involves clinical responsibilities, administrative tasks, and leadership duties to ensure the effective delivery of mental health services to students.
Key Responsibilities- Clinical Responsibilities (65%)
- Conduct initial diagnostic evaluations to identify student clinical problems/diagnoses in line with professional psychiatric care standards.
- Prescribe medications as appropriate and provide follow-up medication monitoring.
- Develop and execute individualized treatment plans promptly.
- Maintain a strong understanding of developmental and mental health challenges affecting late adolescents and young adults.
- Provide short-term or time-sensitive treatment compatible with the academic calendar.
- Refer students to other service providers, both on and off campus, as needed.
- Provide crisis intervention during office hours and serve as an on-call after-hours clinician, including weekends and holiday/recess periods.
- Provide individual and group therapy as needed.
- Facilitate psychiatric hospitalizations, serve as a liaison with hospitals, and assist with aftercare planning.
- Adjust appointment schedules to meet changing clinical demands throughout the academic calendar.
- Provide documentation and consultation for student accommodations in partnership with the Class Deans' Office and Office of Disability Services.
- Consult with family members of students as needed.
- Refer students to other service providers, on and off campus as needed.
- Provide and attend in-service trainings.
- Participate in periodic outreach programming.
- Establish and oversee quality assurance protocols related to psychiatric prescribing processes in partnership with Leadership of the Schacht Center.
- Leadership, Supervision, and Administration (20%)
- Participate in strategic planning, policy development, and implementation of psychiatric services as a member of the Schacht Center Leadership team.
- Participate in weekly Schacht Center Leadership team meetings to assist with strategic planning, policy development, departmental integration initiatives, and implementation of psychiatric services.
- Support oversight of the daily operations of psychiatric services, ensuring efficient and effective delivery.
- Provide clinical supervision to psychiatric staff, including psychiatrists and nurse practitioners.
- Manage at least one full-time staff member, including day-to-day oversight and assignment of duties.
- Under Leadership supervision, hire, train, manage, and address performance issues of staff.
- Recommend changes in policy and procedures as needed.
- Lead the Psychiatric Care Team, facilitating weekly meetings, identifying training opportunities, and providing consultation.
- Attend staff meetings and treatment plan meetings as needed.
- In concert with Leadership of the Schacht Center, serve as the Lead representative in their absence.
- Administrative Tasks (15%)
- Maintain clear and timely clinical records in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, including intake evaluations, progress notes, treatment plans, treatment summaries, and crisis evaluations.
- Provide documentation as needed for students to receive necessary services such as academic accommodations, emotional support animals, or gender-affirming medical care.
- Participate in clinical and administrative staff meetings, group case consultations, supervision with Leadership of the Schacht Center, monthly Counseling/Health Service meetings, and seminars on topics pertinent to college mental health.
- Review students' records and files to determine the progress, effectiveness, and appropriateness of treatment services.
- Provide documentation to support student accommodation requests and/or referrals for specialty care when warranted.
- Other Functions
- All employees are expected to participate in the College's efforts to create a respectful, inclusive, and welcoming work environment.
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