Asian Health Services, founded in 1974, provides health, social, and advocacy services for all regardless of income, insurance status, immigration status, language, or culture. Our approach to wellbeing focuses on "whole patient health," which is why we provide more than primary care services, including mental health, case management, nutrition, and dental care to more than 50,000 patients in English and 15 languages: Korean, Lao, Burmese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Mien, Karen, Mongolian, Karenni, Tagalog, Khmer, and Vietnamese. We offer medical, dental, and mental health services for all ages.
Location: ADMIN-HQ
The SMH Psychiatrist On-Call diagnoses and treats patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. This position assesses patients' psychiatric symptoms and medical conditions, gathers information on psychosocial history and onset of symptoms, develops a treatment plan, prescribes medications, and follows up. This position reports to the SMH Medical Director.
Essential Job Functions- Medical/Psychiatric evaluation and medication treatment of persistently and severely mentally ill adult clients, and children/youth with mental health disorders, by funders' standard of care protocol
- Review and approve clinical treatment plans
- Working closely with behavioral health clinicians, case managers, and wellness program staff to ensure client care coordination
- Consultation to staff regarding diagnosis, treatment, and other medical issues
- Provide coordinated and integrated care with Primary Care providers
- Documenting all services performed using the agency's electronic health records system
- Complies with all Quality Assurance requirements
- Participating in case conferences, training sessions, peer reviews, utilization reviews, chart audits, quality assurance reviews
General Agency Duties- Fosters an environment that promotes trust and cooperation among clients and staff.
- Enforces clinic policies and procedures, including maintenance of client confidentiality under HIPAA privacy rules, to ensure that the principles of AHS are implemented.
- Plays an active role in planning organization-wide activities such as AHS general membership meetings, fundraisers, special clinic days, and other events.
- Participates in general membership meetings, fundraisers, and other public events, as required.
- Participates in outreach activities, agency advocacy, and serves on ad hoc committees, as requested.
- Attends AHS staff retreats and Board of Directors meetings, as required.
- Participates in agency-wide quality improvement program processes and performance improvement teams to ensure excellence in the quality of services provided across the agency.
Minimum Qualifications- MD degree completed residency and/or fellowship
Preferred Qualifications- Board-certified Adult, Adolescent, or Child Psychiatrist preferred.
- Experience with Electronic Health Records
- Bilingual/bicultural in an Asian Language
- Experience with an underserved population
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Certifications/Licenses/Registrations- Valid DEA Certificate
- Current license to practice medicine in California with no disciplinary actions
PHYSICAL & WORK DEMANDS:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The job requires the mobility to work in a clinic setting, strength to lift, carry and position supplies and small equipment; touch to conduct physical health assessments; vision to read handwritten and printed materials, and examine and observe patients; hearing and speech to converse in person and by telephone. The employee is occasionally required to lift 10 to 15 pounds. The job is performed in a moderate-to-loud work environment.
$180 - $200 an hour On-call employees does not qualify for company benefits.
BENEFITS:
Medical, Dental, Vision premiums 100% paid by AHS
12 Vacation Days
12 Sick Days
12 Holidays and 3 Floating Holidays
3% 403B Employer Contributions and up to 2% Employee Match Contribution
Transportation Benefit Paid by AHS
FSA/Dependent Care Assistance
Long Term Disability