Job: Psychiatrist

Southwest Network, a local non-profit behavioral health organization serving both adults and kids within the community. We believe, and others will agree, that we are the best of the best within Behavioral Health...and now is your chance to continue to prove this statement true. By joining Southwest Network, you will be helping us grow into an even better organization and thus allowing us to accomplish our ultimate goal - to improve the lives of those we are proud and honored to serve.

Primary Function of the Psychiatrist:
Monitors the provision of clinical services through Southwest Network. This includes conducting utilization review and supervision to clinical staff as well as direct services, such as psychiatric assessments and medication management.

As with all members of our team, this position is expected, above all else, to support services to children and families that meet the following 12 Arizona Principles:
•Collaboration with the child and family
•Emphasis on achieving functional outcomes
•Collaboration with others, including participation in unified assessment, planning and service approaches when children or families are involved with multiple systems
•Access for children to a comprehensive array of sufficient behavioral health services to meet their needs
•Best practices
•Most appropriate setting
•Timeliness
•Services tailored to the child and family
•Stability in placements
•Respect for the child and family’s unique cultural heritage
•Independence, and
•Connection to natural supports.

All members of our team are expected to practice in a manner that is consistently mindful of our Arizona Vision and Principles.

Duties And Responsibilities of the Psychiatrist:
•Participate in needs assessment, quality assurance/improvement, utilization review, case management and peer review programs as required by the Network and/or payor policies and procedures.
•Develop and implement professional education programs for the Network.
•Meet with Network and affiliate clinicians and consult as requested, with Network personnel concerning the clinical operation of the Network.
•Assist in recruiting physicians and health professional affiliates tot he Network.
•Provide on-call consultation after hours to clinical staff.
•Represent the Network, as requested, in community and professional forums and government agencies.
•Provide psychiatric coverage within the Network emergency psychiatric schedule.
•Provide psychiatric assessments for second opinions per Network agency requests.
•Provide ongoing psychiatric management of cases until transfer to an appropriate agency psychiatrist is completed.
•Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge and Ability of the Psychiatrist:

Acceptance of individual differences in people.

Knowledge of current social and economic problems and how these affect individuals and families.

Ability to use knowledge and skills to recognize and elicit social, psychological and physical data from clients.

Ability to identify one's own capabilities and limitations and recognize how they impact one's clinical work.

Demonstrated exceptional ability in all areas of knowledge, skills and practice.

Ability to relate to supervisees in a manner which fosters their professional growth and development.

Ability to understand agency and site budget and apply strategies to manage services within its scope.

Education and Experience:
M.D. or D.O. degree; completion of an accredited residency in psychiatry (i.e., “board eligible”); board certified in psychiatry + child/adolescent psychiatry; current Arizona license to practice medicine.