Job Title:	ADULT IN-PATIENT PSYCHIATRIST - SPANISH SPEAKING PREFERRED (OPEN)
Closing Date/Time:	Continuous
Salary:	$70.15 - $87.69 Hourly $5,612.00 - $7,015.20 Biweekly $12,159.33 - $15,199.60 Monthly $145,912.00 - $182,395.20 Annually
Job Type:	Full-Time
Location:	San Mateo, California

Job Title:

ADULT IN-PATIENT PSYCHIATRIST - SPANISH SPEAKING PREFERRED (OPEN)

Closing Date/Time:

Continuous

Salary:

$70.15 - $87.69 Hourly
$5,612.00 - $7,015.20 Biweekly
$12,159.33 - $15,199.60 Monthly
$145,912.00 - $182,395.20 Annually

Job Type:

Full-Time

Location:

San Mateo, California


Description Benefits Supplemental Questions
San Mateo Medical Center is recruiting full-time and part-time adult psychiatrists. We offer an opportunity to provide great psychiatric care to those who really need it, in a relaxed yet intellectually stimulating teaching hospital located only minutes from San Francisco and Stanford University. San Mateo Medical Center is San Mateo County’s public hospital and clinics health care system. The flagship main hospital campus is a full-service acute hospital with 34 inpatient psych beds and a 24-hour separate psychiatric emergency unit, along with a medical emergency department, 70 med-surg and ICU beds, and 120 rehab beds. A thriving medical-psychiatry program supports the main campus clinics. There, our staff of psychiatrists and psychologists provides consultation and ongoing care to the primary care and medical-surgical clinics, and at the HIV, senior care, and pain clinics. San Mateo County is a national leader in community mental health services with a commitment to excellence in outpatient care. Our award-winning Psychiatric Residency Training Program is based at the Medical Center, and staff psychiatrists are invited to join the faculty and participate in training residents as well as the psychology interns. Typical work assignments: In Psychiatry Emergency Services (PES), the psychiatrist can expect to see an average of 6 patients during the day shift and 5 at night, typically writing admission orders and notes on one-third of these. On nights and weekends, the PES psychiatrist also covers the inpatient unit and handles emergency consultations on the med-surg and rehab services. On the locked inpatient unit, staff psychiatrists lead interdisciplinary teams providing care for up to 7 patients per day (note that all admission evaluations and write-ups are handled by the PES and consultation services). One day per month, each inpatient psychiatrist also provides coverage for the consultation/liaison service, seeing an average of 2 new cases. Outpatient duty in our medical-psychiatry service is optional, and is paid at an hourly rate. There is no required night call, but plenty of opportunity for night and weekend moonlighting.
Examples Of Duties:
Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following: Conduct psychiatric assessments and make diagnoses. Prescribe appropriate treatment plans and prescribe therapy, psychotherapy, or rehabilitation programs. Coordinate the work of consulting medical specialists. Act as physician member of a multi-disciplinary team for clinical work or program development. Train and supervise interns and residents. Provide clinical supervision to licensed and professional staff. Prepare reports and maintain records of activities. Conduct and direct individual and group psychotherapy. Consult and work with other medical and/or mental health professionals in the community when necessary. Confer with patients' relatives regarding illness and treatment. Maintain records of diagnosis, treatment and prognosis according to Joint Commission of Accredited Hospitals Organization standards and other regulatory agencies. Develop comprehensive case histories. Perform related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience: Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to qualify is: Board Certification or completion of an accredited psychiatric residency program. Licensure/Certification: License to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of California. Knowledge of: Current developments, trends and research in the field of medicine and psychiatry. Basic understanding of clinical supervisory principles and practices. Regarding informed consent, dosage ranges, drug incompatibilities, and side effects. Proper documentation of clinical services. General Medicine and its relationship to psychiatry. Current techniques and dynamics of individual, couple, family and group psychotherapy. Chemical dependency and abuse and its relationship to psychiatry. Psychiatric principles and practices. Community mental health practice and program options. Treatment approaches and differential diagnosis of the mentally ill. HIPPA regulations. Medical ethics as they relate to patient care. Skill/Ability to: Diagnose and treat patients. Develop and monitor appropriate treatment plans. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, their families, staff and others. Learn and apply laws, statutes, codes and regulations governing California health service providers, HIPAA, JCAHO and other regulatory requirements. Maintain medical records and prepare reports. Serve on interdisciplinary teams. Clinically supervise licensed and professional staff.
Application/Examination:
(OPEN) Anyone may apply. This is a continuous recruitment which may close at any time. The final filing date will be posted 5 days in advance in the Human Resources Department of San Mateo County. A supplemental application form must be submitted in addition to our regular employment application form. The examination will consist of an interview (weight: 100%), which may include the evaluation of a brief written exercise given immediately preceding the interview. Depending on the number of applicants, an application appraisal of education and experience may be used in place of other examinations or a screening committee may select those applicants whose education and/or experience appear to best meet the needs of the position. Qualified applicants will be notified of the date, time and place of the interviews. All interviews will take place at San Mateo County, California, and applicants must participate at their own expense. Apply immediately. This recruitment is open on a continuous basis and selections may be made at any time within the process. If you desire further information or wish to make an appointment, please feel free to contact Steve Reinhard, San Mateo Medical Center Nurse Recruiter at (650) 573-2367. Analyst: Steve Reinhard (061909) (Adult Psychiatrist - F140)

Description Benefits Supplemental Questions

San Mateo Medical Center is recruiting full-time and part-time adult psychiatrists. We offer an opportunity to provide great psychiatric care to those who really need it, in a relaxed yet intellectually stimulating teaching hospital located only minutes from San Francisco and Stanford University.

San Mateo Medical Center is San Mateo County’s public hospital and clinics health care system. The flagship main hospital campus is a full-service acute hospital with 34 inpatient psych beds and a 24-hour separate psychiatric emergency unit, along with a medical emergency department, 70 med-surg and ICU beds, and 120 rehab beds. A thriving medical-psychiatry program supports the main campus clinics. There, our staff of psychiatrists and psychologists provides consultation and ongoing care to the primary care and medical-surgical clinics, and at the HIV, senior care, and pain clinics.

San Mateo County is a national leader in community mental health services with a commitment to excellence in outpatient care. Our award-winning Psychiatric Residency Training Program is based at the Medical Center, and staff psychiatrists are invited to join the faculty and participate in training residents as well as the psychology interns.

Typical work assignments:

In Psychiatry Emergency Services (PES), the psychiatrist can expect to see an average of 6 patients during the day shift and 5 at night, typically writing admission orders and notes on one-third of these. On nights and weekends, the PES psychiatrist also covers the inpatient unit and handles emergency consultations on the med-surg and rehab services.
On the locked inpatient unit, staff psychiatrists lead interdisciplinary teams providing care for up to 7 patients per day (note that all admission evaluations and write-ups are handled by the PES and consultation services). One day per month, each inpatient psychiatrist also provides coverage for the consultation/liaison service, seeing an average of 2 new cases.
Outpatient duty in our medical-psychiatry service is optional, and is paid at an hourly rate.
There is no required night call, but plenty of opportunity for night and weekend moonlighting.

Examples Of Duties:

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Conduct psychiatric assessments and make diagnoses.
Prescribe appropriate treatment plans and prescribe therapy, psychotherapy, or rehabilitation programs.
Coordinate the work of consulting medical specialists.
Act as physician member of a multi-disciplinary team for clinical work or program development.
Train and supervise interns and residents.
Provide clinical supervision to licensed and professional staff.
Prepare reports and maintain records of activities.
Conduct and direct individual and group psychotherapy.
Consult and work with other medical and/or mental health professionals in the community when necessary.
Confer with patients' relatives regarding illness and treatment.
Maintain records of diagnosis, treatment and prognosis according to Joint Commission of Accredited Hospitals Organization standards and other regulatory agencies.
Develop comprehensive case histories.
Perform related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience: Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to qualify is:

Board Certification or completion of an accredited psychiatric residency program.
Licensure/Certification:
License to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of California.

Knowledge of:

Current developments, trends and research in the field of medicine and psychiatry.
Basic understanding of clinical supervisory principles and practices.
Regarding informed consent, dosage ranges, drug incompatibilities, and side effects.
Proper documentation of clinical services.
General Medicine and its relationship to psychiatry.
Current techniques and dynamics of individual, couple, family and group psychotherapy.
Chemical dependency and abuse and its relationship to psychiatry.
Psychiatric principles and practices.
Community mental health practice and program options.
Treatment approaches and differential diagnosis of the mentally ill.
HIPPA regulations.
Medical ethics as they relate to patient care.

Skill/Ability to:

Diagnose and treat patients.
Develop and monitor appropriate treatment plans.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, their families, staff and others.
Learn and apply laws, statutes, codes and regulations governing California health service providers, HIPAA, JCAHO and other regulatory requirements.
Maintain medical records and prepare reports.
Serve on interdisciplinary teams.
Clinically supervise licensed and professional staff.

Application/Examination:

(OPEN) Anyone may apply. This is a continuous recruitment which may close at any time. The final filing date will be posted 5 days in advance in the Human Resources Department of San Mateo County. A supplemental application form must be submitted in addition to our regular employment application form. The examination will consist of an interview (weight: 100%), which may include the evaluation of a brief written exercise given immediately preceding the interview. Depending on the number of applicants, an application appraisal of education and experience may be used in place of other examinations or a screening committee may select those applicants whose education and/or experience appear to best meet the needs of the position. Qualified applicants will be notified of the date, time and place of the interviews. All interviews will take place at San Mateo County, California, and applicants must participate at their own expense.

Apply immediately. This recruitment is open on a continuous basis and selections may be made at any time within the process.

If you desire further information or wish to make an appointment, please feel free to contact Steve Reinhard, San Mateo Medical Center Nurse Recruiter at (650) 573-2367.

Analyst: Steve Reinhard (061909) (Adult Psychiatrist - F140)