Psychiatrist (1099) - $220/hr

Healthcare Staffing Professionals
Santa Clarita, CA
Full-time

Healthcare Staffing Professionals has an immediate need for Psychiatrists to work in a clinical setting in Santa Clarita, CA.

The Psychiatrist will provide extensive psychiatric services or work in a review, evaluation, or consultative capacity.

Psychiatrists are responsible for any and all duties within their specialty, as authorized by the site's administration. All psychiatry services will be provided in accordance with the scope of the physician's licensure and specific terms and conditions.

This position is for Independent Contractors (1099's)

Pay Rate-

$220 / hr

Work Location :

Santa Clarita, CA (hybrid - 2-3 days in office)

General Psychiatrist Services :

Psychiatric assessment and treatment; Psychiatric assessments will be scheduled at 90-minute intervals and follow-up appointments will be scheduled at 30-minute intervals.

Same-day walk-in clinic appointments will be accommodated, as needed.

  • Prescribe and manage medication, order laboratory tests, and evaluate test results via utilization of the electronic health record;
  • Consult with clinical staff and other service providers regarding patient care and referral for follow-up;
  • Participate in multi-disciplinary treatment planning;
  • Document services provided as required by the site, including use of an electronic health record;
  • Psychiatrist will document findings in the sites electronic health record Integrated Behavioral Healthcare Integrated System (IBHIS) concurrently and claim accordingly.
  • Refer clients to primary care and community service providers, as needed;
  • Authorize involuntary detention and transfer to hospitals as required;
  • Perform urgent and emergent assessment, including risk assessment, de-escalation, and crisis intervention; and
  • Authorize and / or deny services as appropriate in the performance of utilization review
  • Additional Specialized Psychiatrist Services : If applicable, a psychiatrist who is trained and has the requisite experience to treat clients with the following disorders : eating disorders, neurocognitive disorders / pervasive developmental disorders, or obsessive compulsive disorders or to deliver specialized treatment modalities (i.

e. trauma-informed therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, or emergency psychiatry services), then such additional specialized psychiatric services will be made available to the site.

Urgent psychiatric consults for mobile crisis outreach teams, including whether a client meets criteria for medical necessity and for an involuntary hold and / or would benefit from psychotropic medication in the field to be administered by person(s) or team(s) responding to the crisis in the field;

and Urgent Psychiatric consult response times will be within 15 minutes of request for consultation by Mobile Crisis Outreach team.

Psychiatrist will confer with crisis mobile response team to develop a plan of care for client.

Persons to be Served : Psychiatry services will be provided to diverse client populations of all ages served by the site directly operated and contracted sites.

This may include a consultation with mobile crisis outreach teams.

Assignments :

1) Psychiatrists may receive short- or long-term assignments (i.e., a few days to several months), and they may be required to travel between sites at their own expense.

2) Psychiatrists assigned to Antelope Valley Mental Health Services and Palmdale Mental Health Clinics will be required to work for no less than 30 days and may be required to travel between sites at their own expense.

3) In outpatient clinic sites, new patient intakes will be scheduled for 90 minutes for English speaking clients and 105 minutes for non-English speaking clients.

Follow-up appointments will be scheduled for 30 minutes for English speaking clients and 45 minutes for non-English speaking clients.

Psychiatry schedules will not otherwise have budgeted time for paperwork or administrative tasks.

4) Urgent psychiatric consults for mobile crisis outreach teams, including whether a client meets criteria for medical necessity for an involuntary hold and / or would benefit from psychotropic medication in the field to be administered by person(s) or team(s) responding to the crisis in the field;

5) Urgent psychiatric consult response times will be within 15 minutes of request for consultation by a mobile crisis outreach team; and

6) Psychiatrist will confer with mobile crisis outreach teams to develop a plan of care for client

General Conditions : Contractor will establish appropriate policies and procedures for psychiatrists who experience an industrial accident while working at the site.

1) Contractor or psychiatrist will report industrial accidents that occur at the site to the LACDMH site's administrator or his / her authorized designee.

2) Contractor will give each of its psychiatrists providing services hereunder written instructions on the above policies and procedures.

3) A copy of the above policies and procedures will be retained by Contractor and made available to the site upon request for purposes of inspection and audit.

Minimum Qualifications :

  • Physician and Surgeon license issued by the Medical Board of California.
  • Certificate of completion of a psychiatric residency training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education(ACGME) or equivalent accrediting body.
  • Board eligibility or certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN) in General Psychiatry or equivalent.
  • Certificate of current Controlled Substance Registration issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
  • Eligibility to participate in federally funded health care programs, as verified with the Office of the Inspector General ("OIG") and the Medi-Cal suspended and ineligible list.
  • 30+ days ago
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