Psychiatrist - Child Central Region

Under limited supervision, provides psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and medication management services to children and adolescents across assigned Central Region programs and locations.

Works within the Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC) model and collaborates with clients, families, interdisciplinary treatment teams, medical providers, schools, hospitals, and community partners to provide comprehensive and coordinated behavioral health care.

Provides psychiatric consultation, crisis assessment and intervention, medication services, and clinical guidance for children and adolescents with behavioral health and co-occurring conditions.

Demonstrates knowledge of child and adolescent development, psychiatric disorders, trauma, co-occurring conditions, and evidence-based treatment approaches while supporting continuity of care and consistent clinical practices across the region.

Position Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Child Psychiatrist Functions Understand and support CCBHC standards, philosophy, structure, and service delivery expectations and demonstrate fidelity to the CCBHC model.

Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations of children and adolescents, including psychiatric history, developmental history, medical history, mental status examination, diagnostic assessment, and treatment recommendations.

Diagnose and treat psychiatric and behavioral health disorders in accordance with current diagnostic standards and accepted clinical practices.

Prescribe and manage psychotropic medications and conduct ongoing pharmacological management assessments to evaluate effectiveness, therapeutic response, medication adherence, and potential side effects.

Educate clients and parents, guardians, or caregivers regarding medications, treatment recommendations, potential side effects, risks, benefits, and appropriate medication use.

Assess for co-occurring behavioral health, substance use, developmental, and medical conditions and coordinate appropriate treatment or referrals. Utilize developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed, and family-centered approaches when providing psychiatric services to children and adolescents.

Collaborate with clients and families to encourage participation in treatment, medication management, therapy, case management, care coordination, and other recommended services. Work collaboratively with CCBHC and interdisciplinary team members to develop, implement, and monitor individualized treatment plans.

Provide consultation and clinical guidance to therapists, case managers, nurses, care coordinators, and other treatment team members regarding psychiatric needs and treatment recommendations.

Collaborate with parents, guardians, caregivers, and other supports, as appropriate, to promote understanding of the child’s behavioral health needs and involvement in the treatment process.

Coordinate with pediatricians, primary care providers, specialists, hospitals, emergency departments, schools, and other community providers as clinically appropriate to support continuity of care.

Assess physical health concerns that may affect psychiatric treatment and make appropriate referrals for medical evaluation and follow-up. Provide timely medication prescriptions and refills in coordination with nursing and clinical staff.

Provide psychiatric consultation and services for clients presenting with urgent or complex behavioral health needs. Provide crisis assessment, risk assessment, and psychiatric intervention when clinically indicated and assist with determining the appropriate level of care.

Serve as a liaison with hospitals and emergency treatment facilities when inpatient or higher levels of psychiatric care are needed. Support transitions between outpatient, crisis, emergency, inpatient, and other levels of care to promote treatment continuity.

Document psychiatric assessments, medication management, client progress, treatment recommendations, and other clinical services accurately and timely in accordance with agency standards and applicable requirements.

Collaborate with nursing staff and other clinical leadership in the development, review, and implementation of psychiatric, psychopharmacological, and medication-related policies and procedures.

Participate in physician/provider meetings, interdisciplinary treatment team meetings, case consultations, and other clinical meetings as assigned. Participate in the agency’s goal of providing services that are welcoming, integrated, continuous, comprehensive, person-centered, and family-centered.

Maintain professional knowledge related to child and adolescent psychiatry, psychopharmacology, behavioral health treatment, and applicable regulatory and clinical standards. Perform other duties and provide consultation to leadership as requested and appropriate to the position.

TELEPSYCHIATRY Provide psychiatric services through telepsychiatry when clinically appropriate and consistent with agency practices and applicable requirements. Complete required training related to telepsychiatry technology, clinical practices, confidentiality, and applicable agency, state, and federal requirements.

Maintain appropriate clinical and documentation standards when providing services through telepsychiatry. Support access to in-person services when telepsychiatry is not clinically appropriate or when a client or family elects not to receive services through telepsychiatry.

Performance Competencies

Communication Decision Making Engagement Initiative and Accountability Interpersonal Learning Organizational Alignment Quality of Work

Qualifications

Education

Medical Degree with Psychiatry Specialty

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Knowledge of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders, diagnosis, treatment, and psychopharmacology. Knowledge of child and adolescent development and the impact of trauma, family dynamics, social determinants, and environmental factors on behavioral health.

Knowledge of co-occurring behavioral health, substance use, developmental, and medical conditions. Knowledge of crisis assessment, suicide risk assessment, safety planning, and appropriate levels of psychiatric care. Knowledge of CCBHC principles and integrated behavioral health care.

Ability to provide developmentally appropriate and family-centered psychiatric services. Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary clinical teams, families, medical providers, schools, hospitals, and community partners.

Ability to communicate complex psychiatric and medication information clearly to children, adolescents, parents, guardians, and other caregivers.

Strong clinical judgment, assessment, diagnostic, and decision-making skills.

Strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to maintain accurate, timely, and complete clinical documentation. Ability to manage multiple clinical priorities and respond effectively to psychiatric emergencies and other urgent client needs. Ability to maintain professional boundaries, confidentiality, and ethical standards.

Experience

Experience providing psychiatric services to children and adolescents in outpatient, community behavioral health, crisis, or related settings preferred.

Experience working with children and adolescents with complex behavioral health and co-occurring conditions preferred.

Certifications/Licenses

Must meet applicable credentialing, privileging, and regulatory requirements.

Board Certified Preferred

Must be Licensed by the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists