Child Psychiatrist - Child Adolescent Behavioral Health Services

General Description

Our Psychiatrist for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Servicesserves youth and their families who live in Lake County by providing direct clinical care of child and adolescent clients. This includes evaluation, prescribing of medications as appropriate, development of treatment plans, and ordering of lab tests at one or more clinical facilities in the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center. Through this program, we strive to help youth and their families:

• Manage mental health issues

• Develop positive coping techniques

• Build communication skills

• Obtain the resources they need

• Restore balance

• Maintain a healthy lifestyle

Additionally, this role provides psychiatric consultations as requested by LCHD/CHC staff and from other agencies.

Schedule: 30 hours a week

• Flexible hours: Need to fit into the clinic hours of 8:30am-5pm Monday through Thursday, and 8:30am-4pm on Fridays.

• Hybrid schedule: Currently 50% onsite but could change over time based on client desire and reimbursement requirements.

Essential Functions

• Facilitates with clients and collaborates with the treatment team to develop, review and update treatment goals and referrals both internally and externally.

• Focuses on client empowerment in providing treatment, seeking to assist clients to build on strengths in addressing treatment needs.

• Evaluate clients age 21 and under regarding their need for psychotropic medication and prescribe medication when appropriate.

• Performs psychiatric evaluations, as requested by other staff members, for purposes of diagnosis and for treatment planning.

• Consults with staff regarding clients not necessarily seen directly by the psychiatrist which includes, but is not limited to, cases in which psychiatric supervision is necessary for insurance purposes.

• Responds to inquiries, gives appropriate information and referrals, and documents, if necessary.

Knowledge Skills Abilities and Education Required

• Graduation from an LCME-accredited or ECFMG-accredited medical school.

• Completion prior to the start date of a minimum of five years of Graduate Medical Education, including at least three years in a general psychiatry residency training program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and at least 2 years in an ACGME-approved child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship.

• Must be licensed by the State of Illinois as a Physician, or

• Have a letter from the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation stating that the application for licensure endorsement has been approved, with receipt of Illinois license following within six months of the initial application date for endorsement.

• And be board-eligible or certified in child and adolescent psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the National Board of Physicians and Surgeons, or other board certification entity.

• Physicians hired after 2002, who are board-eligible, will become certified within 3 years of hire/appointment.

Supplemental Information

As the largest human service provider in Lake County, we believe that services must be available without barriers. No residents are turned away due to the inability to pay. We believe in providing services in an environment of mutual respect, free of discrimination or bias. Whether assuring accessible and effective care, impacting policy, or assessing and monitoring risks, the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center has been an essential part of the public health system in Lake County for 60 years. We are looking for passionate, qualified team members who can help make a difference in our agency and, most importantly, in our community.

Additional information about the Lake County Health Department, our culture, and why you should join our team can be found at https://lakecountyil.attract.neogov.com/health-department.

Currently, you must reside inIllinois or Wisconsin to work for the Lake County Health Department. Any offer of employment is conditioned on the successful completion of a background screening, drug and alcohol testing and may include a pre-employment medical exam.

The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.