Psychiatrist, Lindner Center of Hope

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Job Overview

The Lindner Center of Hope is recruiting a full time Psychiatrist. This individual will diagnose and treat patients with psychiatric disorders through continuum of care by working with a team of mental health professionals to provide treatment through inpatient, outpatient, and research services. The psychiatrist will involve the patient and his / her family in designing the treatment plan when appropriate.  Additionally, this psychiatrist will participate and support research activities and integrate research into clinical practice whenever possible. Final rank of faculty appointment is commensurate with experience.

Lindner Center of Hope is a nationally renowned psychiatric center of excellence located in Mason, Ohio, committed to providing state of the art care to patients at all levels of care. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with other very talented psychiatrists and health care professionals in a variety of psychiatric specialties. We have the largest medical staff of any freestanding psychiatric hospital, allowing you to have access to many professional resources. LCOH is part of the UC Health network and has affiliations with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the Mayo Clinic.

Essential Functions

• Conducts a thorough, comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, and reviews and assesses information regarding patient’s medical and treatment history, obtained from patient, family, other treatment providers, and staff.
• Examines patient to assess general medical condition at admission and on an ongoing basis.
• Orders laboratory and other special diagnostic tests and evaluates data obtained.  Prescribes medication and other forms of treatment according to best practices and latest evidence base.
• Determines nature and extent of mental illness and formulates treatment plan.
• Completes required documentation in the electronic medical record within the timeframes based on current policy requirements.
• Works effectively with an interdisciplinary team of clinicians to treat and direct treatment of patients, utilizing evidence based psychotherapeutic methods and medications.  Involves the patient and family in treatment planning when appropriate.
• Serves as principal or co-investigator in clinical research studies and adheres to good clinical practices as they apply to research, or if not principally engaged in research supports the research mission of the center and appropriately refers patients for studies and projects.
• Observes patient safety and security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports potentially unsafe conditions.  Effectively handles difficult patient situations, responds promptly to patient needs in an appropriate manner, and responds to requests for service and assistance.
• Focuses on solving conflict; maintains confidentiality; listens to others effectively; remains open to others’ ideas and innovation.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions.  Exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions; includes appropriate people in decision making process.
• Listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions and explains things well to others; teaches whenever possible.  Writes clearly and informatively; able to read and interpret written information. Looks for ways to improve and promote quality of patient care; demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
• Leads clinical team in developing, delivering, and monitoring patient treatment plans.
• Participants in teaching activities on a formal and informal basis at the Lindner Center of Hope and University of Cincinnati, and the community as a representative of LCOH.
• Participates in the weekend coverage and on-call schedule rotation.

Minimum Requirements

Additional Qualifications Considered

Compensation and Benefits

UC offers an exceptional benefits package designed to support your well-being, financial security, and work-life balance. ( UC Benefits Link ) Highlights include :

Comprehensive Tuition Remission

UC provides tuition remission for you and your eligible dependents, covering tuition costs for nearly all undergraduate and graduate programs offered by the university.

Robust Retirement Plans

As a UC employee, you won’t contribute to Social Security (except Medicare). Instead, you’ll choose between state pension plans (OPERS, STRS) or an Alternative Retirement Plan (ARP), with UC contributing 10–14% of your salary.

Real Work-Life Balance

UC prioritizes work-life balance with a generous time-off policy, including :

Vacation and sick time

11 paid holidays and additional end-of-year paid time off (Winter Season Days)

6 weeks of paid parental leave for new parents

Additional Benefits Include :

To learn more about why UC is a great place to work, please visit our careers page at https : / / www.uc.edu / careers.html

UC is an E-Verify employer. If hired into this position, you will be required to provide satisfactory proof of employment eligibility by providing acceptable, original forms of identification for employment verification via the Federal I-9 employment verification process. A list of acceptable documents can be seen here : https : / / www.uscis.gov / i-9-central / form-i-9-acceptable-documents

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