Physician, Psychiatrist

Background: Cahaba Medical Care Foundation is a community health center providing medical, pharmacy, dental, and behavioral health services to diverse underserved communities in Jefferson, Bibb, Perry, Chilton, and Wilcox counties. We are a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home and Joint Commission accredited organization, committed to increasing integration and coordination of behavioral health and primary care. This is an exciting, fast paced practice with a strong mission and commitment to providing high quality care.

Cahaba Medical Care expects all of our licensed providers to host learners from time to time, since we are a teaching institution. This is our pipeline for recruiting excellent providers who want to serve the populations we take care of. Every student we accept applies for the chance to be here through a competitive process and is reviewed and assessed for their likelihood of working in an underserved, underresourced area in the future. We want to ensure they fit our mission. We try to give our newer providers time to get settled before adding them to our pool of available preceptors, and we offer best practices for integrating learners into your clinic without compromising efficiency.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Direct patient care at multiple locations / travel between Birmingham and Centreville

• Review of treatment plans / collaboration with behavioral health staff on more complicated cases and patients with SUD

• Telemedicine consults with CMCF providers or directly with patients in crisis situations

• Recommending and designing treatment plans for patients

• Treats a diverse patient population, across gender, age and ethnicity, as well as insured and uninsured patients.

• Interviews and examines patient to determine health history and general physical condition. Performs physical examinations and preventive health measures within prescribed guidelines.

• Orders or executes various tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient's condition.

• Diagnoses conditions as appropriate

• Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.

• Educates patients on a variety of health topics as appropriate during patient encounters

• Provides accurate and timely documentation of all patient encounters including phone encounters

• Completes Electronic Superbills on a daily basis that includes accurate ICD-9 and CPT codes

• Participates in provider staff meetings to develop problem-solving techniques, and acquire team-building skills.

• Participates in peer reviews.

• Represent CMCF at conferences, meetings, and continuing education programs

• Performs clinical and/or other organizational related services as directed by the Medical Director. Will also participate in precepting medical students and residents as assigned by the CMO. Serves as a resource to mid-level providers in clinic.

• Performs other duties as assigned or as needed.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Current and valid board certification in psychiatry

• Medical degree from an accredited medical school and completion of an approved psychiatric residency

• Licensed to practice medicine in Alabama

• Current DEA registration

• Familiar with crisis assessment tools and techniques

• Strong working knowledge of general psychiatric principles and practices

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Travel Required:

• Physician will have direct patient care at Birmingham and Centreville locations on a weekly basis. CMC location for the remainder of the physician's weekly schedule (collaboration and telemedicine time) is open for discussion.