Board Certified Psychiatry Physician Services
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Job DescriptionBoard Certified Psychiatry Physician Services
Location: Houston, TX 77030-4298
Shift/Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (excluding Federal Holidays)
Duration: Ongoing contract
Job Responsibilities
Direct Patient Care (≈95% of time):
• Provide inpatient and outpatient psychiatry services.
• Collaborate with mental health staff for inpatient duties, including:
o Patient admission, diagnosis, treatment plan development, and management
o Discharge and transfer coordination
o Documentation in medical records
• Outpatient responsibilities:
o Evaluate new patient referrals
o Treat severely mentally ill patients
o Perform e-consults and post-discharge follow-ups
• Clinic operations:
o Manage daily clinic flow
o See approximately 6–6.5 patient-bookable hours per day (combination of 30- and 60-minute appointments)
• Participate in peer review, quality reviews, tort claims, and benefit appeals
• Follow medication policies; no sample medications provided
• Provide discharge education and follow-up instructions
Administrative Duties (≈5% of time):
• Participate in continuous quality improvement activities
• Attend committee and quality improvement meetings as required
Experience & Evaluation Criteria
Key Personnel Experience:
• Submit CVs for multiple providers within a reasonable radius
• Provide copies of licenses, board certifications, NPI numbers, and primary source verification
• Certification that staff list is compared to exclusion lists
Experience Factors:
• Psychiatry care service experience, including managing short-notice shift vacancies
• Daily management of patient flow in psychiatry settings
• Longevity and availability of key personnel
Qualifications
Licensure:
• Full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in any U.S. state, territory, or D.C.
• Physicians with restricted, suspended, revoked, or denied licenses are not eligible
Board Certification:
• Board Certified/Board Eligible in Psychiatry
• Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Location: Houston, TX 77030-4298
Shift/Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (excluding Federal Holidays)
Duration: Ongoing contract
Job Responsibilities
Direct Patient Care (≈95% of time):
• Provide inpatient and outpatient psychiatry services.
• Collaborate with mental health staff for inpatient duties, including:
o Patient admission, diagnosis, treatment plan development, and management
o Discharge and transfer coordination
o Documentation in medical records
• Outpatient responsibilities:
o Evaluate new patient referrals
o Treat severely mentally ill patients
o Perform e-consults and post-discharge follow-ups
• Clinic operations:
o Manage daily clinic flow
o See approximately 6–6.5 patient-bookable hours per day (combination of 30- and 60-minute appointments)
• Participate in peer review, quality reviews, tort claims, and benefit appeals
• Follow medication policies; no sample medications provided
• Provide discharge education and follow-up instructions
Administrative Duties (≈5% of time):
• Participate in continuous quality improvement activities
• Attend committee and quality improvement meetings as required
Experience & Evaluation Criteria
Key Personnel Experience:
• Submit CVs for multiple providers within a reasonable radius
• Provide copies of licenses, board certifications, NPI numbers, and primary source verification
• Certification that staff list is compared to exclusion lists
Experience Factors:
• Psychiatry care service experience, including managing short-notice shift vacancies
• Daily management of patient flow in psychiatry settings
• Longevity and availability of key personnel
Qualifications
Licensure:
• Full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in any U.S. state, territory, or D.C.
• Physicians with restricted, suspended, revoked, or denied licenses are not eligible
Board Certification:
• Board Certified/Board Eligible in Psychiatry
• Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)