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Matching People and Jobs Position Available
Provides a variety of professional psychiatric medical services to residents of a mental health facility; interviews prospective residents and families and make decisions on admissions; diagnoses mental, emotional and behavioral disorders and prescribes treatment program; makes routine rounds of resident wards to follow up on treatment; provides treatment in medical emergencies. Chairs or participates in treatment team meetings with nurses, social workers, psychologists or other staff to devise, review, or alter the treatment programs of individual residents; may be responsible for directing unit treatment operations. Develops, coordinates, and enforces relevant service policies and procedures; studies or supervises the study of relevant policies and procedures and makes recommendations to improve the economy, efficiency and quality of operations and services. Performs necessary business, administrative and budgetary functions. Handles a variety of important personal contacts with residents, families, and clinical and administrative staff; acts as a liaison to medical facilities, medical societies, judicial bodies, community organizations and government agencies. May be assigned educative and staff responsibilities which require a psychiatric medical professional. Qualifications Necessary Special Qualifications: Licensure to practice medicine in the State of Tennessee.
Details: Contact Information: AA/EOE The State of Tennessee is an Equal Opportunity Employer For testing and state application information, visit the Department of Personnel web site. Send comments to Pamela.Curtis@state.tn.us
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