Remote Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist (NY license!) - Part Time or Full Time

Work as part of the virtual behavioral health team, providing patient services usingevidence basedmedicine

Diagnose and assess mental/behavioral health disordersfor pediatric,adolescentand young adult patients; formulate differential diagnoses

Demonstrateappropriate clinicaljudgement in assessment and treatment, following established clinical care guidelines

Collaborate and communicate with therapist teamand medical leadershipto discuss patient treatment plans

Order and interpretdiagnostic testswhen appropriate

Conduct patient history and initial evaluations of incoming patients

Prescribe medications as part of the patient’streatmentregimeasallowedbylicense

Provide both medication management and counseling for patients

Educate patient and parenton medication side effects, risk/benefits and proper usage of new medication and reasonable outcome expectations of medications

Establish andmodifypatient treatment plan based on clinical assessmentand re-assessment with screening tools

Appropriately document each patient visit in the electronic medical record, including subjective and objective data, assessments, treatment plan, and other documentation as necessary

Communicate patient’splanofcarewithbehavioral health team andpatient’s primary care physician

Workwith members of the healthcare team in educating the patients of their medical care

Continuallyupdateclinical knowledge and skills through consultation, formal and informaleducationand review of literature for the benefit of themselves as well as for the healthcare team

Provideappropriate referralswhen necessary

Provide supervision to psychiatric nurse practitioners