Attending Psychiatrist – Occupational Psychiatry

Attending Psychiatrist – Occupational Psychiatry

Requirements

• Graduate of recognized Medical School
• Board Certification in Psychiatry
• New York State license to practice Medicine

Responsibilities

• Diagnoses and treats patients with mental, emotional and behavioral disorders
• Examines patients to determine general physical condition
• Orders or performs various tests, analyses, and x-rays
• Discusses results with patients and families
• Prescribes and administers drugs and treatments
• Organizes data concerning patient’s family, medical history, and onset of symptoms
• Determines nature and extent of mental disorder and formulates treatment program
• Treats or directs treatment of patients utilizing variety of psychotherapeutic methods and medications
• Assists in the implementation of education and training experience for psychiatric residents and other students
• Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops and professional affiliations
• Participates in hospital/medical staff committee meetings as required
• Attends and serves on professional/civic service organizations as hospital representative
• Participates in training, evaluation of assigned clinical manager staff according to hospital policies and procedures
• Performs other special projects and duties as assigned
• Fitness for Duty Evaluations, including Psychiatric, Medical, Neurological assessments
• Evaluations for Impairment for all staff, including Physicians, NP’s, Residents
• Crisis Intervention for traumatic events in the workplace
• Psychiatric Accommodations in the workplace
• Brief treatment and referral
• Referrals to Inpatient and Outpatient treatment for Psychiatric and/or Substance Use Disorder
• Collaboration with regulatory agencies, CPH (Committee for Physicians Health), PAP ( Professional Assistance Program)
• Compliance and monitoring for employees on Return to Work agreements
• Referrals to COPE NYP; House Staff Mental Health Program; Cornell/ Columbia Faculty Practice
• DOT/EMS monitoring
• Return to work evaluations
• Pre-placement evaluations, including urine drug screen interpretations
• Committee participation
• Collaboration with HRBP, GME, Senior Leadership
• Consultation with Legal

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of experience