Child Psychiatrist

Who is Comprehensive Healthcare?
Comprehensive Healthcare provides innovative behavioral health and integrated healthcare services to clients of all ages. We take pride in our creative and collaborative work environment and in delivering clinically excellent, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented services. 

What are we looking for in a Child Psychiatrist?
We’re seeking a Child Psychiatrist who can provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and treatment planning for children, youth, and young adults within a multidisciplinary team setting. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong knowledge of child development and behavioral health disorders, collaborates effectively with families and care teams, and provides compassionate, evidence-based care that promotes recovery and wellbeing. A Washington State Physician and Surgeon License with DEA certification is required.

We are open to remote, hybrid or onsite for this position. 

Child Psychiatrist duties may include:

• Conducts behavioral health groups following agency guidelines and policies. 
• Leads groups using effective group facilitation skills that promote participation and interaction among group members.
• Utilizes group process to develop insight, practice skills, and motivate client for change. 
• Follows lesson plan or curriculum and connects presented material to individual treatment plan goals.
• Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of development in children, youth and young adults. 
• Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge and understanding of behavioral health problems in children, youth and young adults.
• Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of and ability to work with issues of confidentiality, consent and capacity.
• Demonstrates the ability to collaborate and coordinate with family, parents, caregivers and community and natural supports.
• Communicates effectively with children and youth of differing ages and developmental levels. 
• Utilizes appropriate crisis intervention techniques for client stabilization.
• Accurately screens for risk to self, others, property and the presence of grave disability and makes appropriate referrals.
• Documents and reports and/or notify as required by law.  
• Applies QPRT (Question, Persuade, Refer or Treat) principles in assessing risk and in safety and treatment planning.
• Develops and documents appropriate safety plans. 
• Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of normal aging process and age-related changes.    
• Demonstrates an understanding of neurocognitive disorders and their impacts on functioning.
• Demonstrates awareness of how medical issues can affect mental status.   
• Safely administers and documents medication according to provider orders and agency policies.
• Conducts and documents ongoing evaluation of intended effects, side effects, adverse reactions and medication non-compliance.  Communicates this information to the appropriate parties. 
• Implements appropriate interventions regarding medications and side effects.
• Provides medication education to client and family, including purpose of medication, side effects, dosage, frequency and duration.
• Encourages and supports clients in taking medications as prescribed.  Promotes illness self-management skills. 
• Integrates information from the client (and family members / natural supports) and the treatment team to understand the client’s symptoms and determine whether or not medication is an appropriate intervention.
• Differentiates psychiatric disorders from neurological and other physical disorders and refers client for appropriate medical evaluation and treatment.
• Works collaboratively with clients (and family members / natural supports) to recommend medications to address observed or reported behavioral health symptoms.
• Obtains and/or updates information on the medications the client is currently taking.
• Reviews the effectiveness of current medications in treating the targeted symptoms, and recommends changes and adjustments when appropriate.
• Provides education on the risks and benefits of proposed treatment options.
• Orders supportive laboratory studies appropriate to prescribed medications.  Prescriber reviews result with client.
• Consults, as needed, with CMO or other prescribing professionals regarding client care.
• Provides the client (or family / natural supports) with written information on the medications the client should be taking at the end of each session (for example, name, dose, route, frequency, purpose).
• Coordinates care with the client’s medical providers.
• Completes all required service notes according to Comprehensive Healthcare’s guidelines, policies and procedures regarding format, content and timeliness.
• Language used in service notes is respectful, clear, descriptive, concise and client-centered.
• Service notes accurately depict treatment modalities and interventions provided within the clinician’s scope of practice and according to treatment plan.
• Service notes accurately reflect and depict client status and progress consistent with assessment and reassessment data, problem statements and treatment plan goals and objectives.
• Completes all required treatment plans following Comprehensive Healthcare’s guidelines and polices for content, format and timeliness.
• Applies assessment, evaluation and reassessment data to the formulation of treatment plans.
• Supports recovery principles by incorporating the individual’s and their family’s (when applicable) strengths, barriers and needs into the plan components.
• Documents problem statements and treatment goals/objectives/ discharge plan that are written in clear and understandable language and includes client’s own voice.
• Formulates measurable, achievable goals and objectives within the scope of treatment provided in collaboration with the client.
• Describes clinical modalities/interventions that are reasonable and provided according to applicable Comprehensive Healthcare’s protocols.
• Reassess treatment effectiveness and adapts treatment plan as needed in collaboration with the individual client.