Adult Addiction Psychiatrist

Primary Duties and Expectations

General Expectations:

• Provide high-quality clinical care and teaching within scope of license, training, credentialing, and current, quality standards of care within a community mental health setting.
• Work collaboratively with Dell Medical School, Integral Care leadership and the medical directors, physician providers and other clinical staff to develop excellence in service and clinical care, optimal outcomes, and efficient resource utilization.
• Serve as faculty, with opportunity for leadership, in the Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship program
• Train and mentor students, residents and fellows on new models of care and clinical practice.
• Develop and foster an atmosphere of scientific and academic inquiry in conjunction with trainees within the multidisciplinary team.
• Opportunity to participate in many aspects of residency training program, including didactic presentations, resident recruitment and support.
• Opportunity to collaborate with other schools at The University of Texas at Austin and across The University of Texas system on multidisciplinary, innovative care models.
• Opportunity to engage in scholarly activities including teaching, presenting work at national and international meetings, and working with care providers and health care delivery networks to implement research in practice.

Clinical Practice Expectations:

• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of addiction psychiatry: possesses the communication skills necessary to obtain information through the clinical interview and interpret response to treatment; understands the impact of various psychosocial systems on treatment; understands age specific psychopharmacology.
• Provide and appropriately documents in-person and/or telemedical psychiatric evaluations consistent with the standard of care and in accordance with any applicable guidelines and documentation requirements. Psychiatric diagnosis is supported by clinical findings.
• Provide ongoing in-person and/or telemedical clinical management services consistent with departmental/agency standard of care and in accordance with applicable guidelines.
• Demonstrate excellent collaboration skills, facilitating treatment team that includes multiple disciplines and trainees.
• Document all services in a professional manner, using approved medical records system and forms. All services are documented within 24 hours of service delivery. Document pertinent information between appointments, including phone calls, medication changes, referrals.
• Work harmoniously with Unit Manager(s), Associate Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer to define and deliver quality clinical medical care for all clients.
• Comply with attendance, work schedule, on-call policies, center policies/procedures, professional/legal requirements, and billing standards. Maintain required training, licensure, and certificates.
• Clinical settings may include specialized substance abuse treatment programs, outpatient clinics, crisis services, and residential treatment.

Qualifications

• Unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Texas, or the ability to obtain prior to appointment.
• Board certified in addiction psychiatry or addiction medicine, or board eligible with a commitment to obtain certification within two years.
• Eligible for credentialing and privileging by our clinics.
• Eligible for appointment as an assistant professor or higher in the Department of Psychiatry.
• Demonstrated leadership, clinical teaching, evaluation, and communication skills.
• Ability to influence/motivate others at all professional and administrative levels.
• Must be an innovative self-starter with a commitment to excellence.
• A track record of being able to lead, direct, and influence a team regardless of reporting lines, as well as be a team player.