Physician Specialist

Job description

Position Overview
The Division of Division of Mental Health is seeking to hire a Physician Specialist, Opt. D for Elizabeth Packard Mental Health Center in Springfield, Illinois to perform highly responsible and exacting professional work as a staff psychiatrist on an assigned hall. Performs and writes psychiatric evaluation and progress notes. Provides support and expertise to staff in working with patients. Provides education in areas of patient health, interrelationship of bio-social issues to patient care, especially in-regards to the use of psycho tropic medications, side effects toxicities, etc. Serves as an active and contributing member on assigned facility committees, staff meetings, teaching conferences and clinical committees. Provides psychiatric services and consultation to other Division of Mental Health hospitals via tele-psychiatry and periodic on-site review of cases. Provides clinical information and guidance to other clinicians.

Essential Functions
As a non-administrative Illinois licensed Physician, performs highly responsible and exacting professional work as a staff psychiatrist on an assigned hall.
Performs and writes psychiatric evaluation and progress notes.
Provides support and expertise to staff in working with patients.
Provides psychiatric services and consultation to other Division of Mental Health hospitals via tele-psychiatry.
Provides clinical information and guidance to other clinicians.
Serves as an active and contributing member on assigned facility committees, staff meetings, teaching conferences and clinical committees.
Performs other duties as assigned or required which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.