Psychiatrist Supervisor

This is a challenging and rewarding opportunity to lead a team of psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals in providing high-quality mental health services to our community.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Psychiatrist Supervisor to join our team. As a key member of our leadership team, you will be responsible for providing administrative and clinical supervision to a team of psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals. You will also be responsible for ensuring that all psychiatrists meet the standards established by the American Board of Medical Specialties.

• Provide administrative and clinical supervision to a team of psychiatrists and other healthcare professionals.
• Ensure that all psychiatrists meet the standards established by the American Board of Medical Specialties.
• Maintain a half-time equivalent clinical caseload of diverse, complex, and high-risk individuals served.
• Provide direct psychiatric services, including psychiatric evaluations, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care of individuals served.
• Administer or direct the administration of treatment using group, milieu therapy, and other psychotherapeutic methods and medications.
• Evaluate exceptionally difficult cases and recommend disposition.
• Act as chief of an important component of the total program, such as admissions, forensic, children's adolescent, in-patient, outpatient, or other comparable component.
• Confers with and advises members of the medical staff, other agencies, relatives, and other interested persons on the care, treatment, and prognosis of individuals served.
• Consults with physicians in other medical specialties when indicated for the well-being of patients.
• Reviews reports of patients' laboratory tests to determine levels and effectiveness of medication.
• Participates in developing and coordinating policies and procedures related to psychiatric services.
• Interprets policies and procedures pertinent to the conduct of psychiatric treatment programs within assigned area.
• Prepares, conducts, and signs employee performance evaluations.
• Interviews prospective employees and recommends employee selection or ranks applications in terms of qualifications.
• Approves leave.
• Schedules work assignments.
• Investigates and resolves or recommends solutions to complaints.
• Reviews and identifies training needs of staff, initiates training recommendations, plans and conducts training, and demonstrates more efficient work methods.
• Conducts team staff meetings for the discussion of the diagnosis, treatment, or discharge of individuals served.
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Participates in quality assurance, and quality improvement studies, utilization review, risk management, and peer review activities.

• Graduation from an accredited school of medicine with possession of a medical degree.
• Successful completion of an accredited psychiatric residency program.
• Five years of Psychiatrist experience, including two years of managerial experience in a medical environment, and one year of supervisory experience.
• A current and valid license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Virginia at the time of hire.
• Eligibility for Board Certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology as a psychiatrist at the time of hire.
• A current Controlled Substance Registration Certificate issued by the DEA at the time of hire.

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency and American Board of Addiction Medicine certification.
• At least 2 years supervisory experience.
• Experience with treatment of serious mental illness and substance use disorders in a community setting.
• Experience with leadership and management of MD/NPs.
• Experience and skills working with child and adolescents and older adults.

The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, a Child Protective Services Registry check, a Screening of National Practitioners Data Bank, and sanction screening to the satisfaction of the employer. A TB screening upon hire and annually thereafter. This position is emergency/essential services personnel. (Required to report for duty during inclement weather and/or other emergencies.)