Description

Do you have a passion for helping children and adolescents with intellectual/developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorder?

Are you a servant leader looking to join a mission-driven organization and a leading provider in behavioral health?

We are looking for a dedicated, board-eligible or certified Full-time Child Psychiatrist for our intellectual/developmental disability and autism spectrum RTF program in West Chester, PA.

What Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Offers:

• $300,000-$342,000/yr. DOE

• $20,000 sign-on bonus (full-time)

• Flexible schedules, employment or contracted positions

• A Servant Leadership culture with a focus on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

• Multi-disciplinary team setting with a strengths-based approach and a collegiate environment

• Evidenced Based treatment and care models within a clinically based environment focused on collaboration and treatment teams

• High quality, low cost benefit packages

As a Full Time Child and Adolescent Psychiatris t with our RTF program the expectation is to carry a caseload of 50 patients monthly, seeing them at least monthly (treatment review meetings are spread out accordingly over the 20 working days), and collaborating with the other disciplines as team leaders to plan med changes/ MD notes (monthly)/ documentation/ evaluations, admissions, and discharge planning.

As part ofDevereux Pennsylvania Children's Services,our Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum (ID/ASD) RTF program serves boys and girls, ages 6 to 17, with a degree of intellectual and developmental disability, ranging from mild to severe, with IQ scores ranging from 20 to 55. These children also exhibit significant behavioral challenges, including self-injury, physical aggression and property destruction. The ID/ASD program teaches skill development, positive behavioral change, communication and self-care, enabling the youth to reach his or her fullest potential.

Listen to Devereux's SVP/Chief Clinical & Medical Officer, Dr. Yolanda Graham, share more about this opportunity!

Devereux is committed to the health and safety of our staff. All Devereux centers have formal infectious-disease and emergency-management plans tailored to specifically address the unique aspects of communicable disease prevention including COVID-19. Learn More: https://jobs.devereux.org/#

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) COVID-19 vaccine mandate requires staff without an approved medical or religious exemption to be fully vaccinated to be employed in this program. If you are fully vaccinated, you will need to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or have an approved medical or religious exemption prior to starting.

Keywords: Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Autism, DPACS, Psychiatry

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Qualifications

• Board Certified or Board Eligible Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist with current valid license in Pennsylvania (or eligibility to obtain). Completion of an approved psychiatric residency program required.

• Child psychiatry training if treating population 16 years and younger. Must demonstrate relevant treatment competency through clinical experience, continuing education units and referral letters to support these specific skills.

Devereux requires all individuals interviewing for a position involving contact with children to complete The Diana Screen, a screening that assesses a candidate’s understanding of appropriate boundaries between adults and children.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Posted Date 2 months ago (1/31/2023 11:44 AM)

Requisition ID 2023-28878

Category Medical

Position Type Full-Time

Remote No

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.