Consultant Psychiatric

**Introduction**: Our client is a multi discipline medical Center offering a range of healthcare services. They provide patients with state of the art facilities as well as a comprehensive range of services to address the needs of every patient. A wide range of clinical specialties required by the communities residing within the areas adjacent to Al Ain as well to cover a broad spectrum of specialties, such as Allergy & Immunology, General Practice, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatric Endocrinology and more.
**What we offer**:

- You will earn a tax-free all-inclusive salary
- You will have a direct and permanent employment with our client, for 2 years. You work in an international team & working environment.
- Our client offers you excellent healthcare coverage.
- All leave and end of service benefits as per UAE Labor Law.

**Description**: Your main responsibilities will include:

- Provide regularly scheduled (usually weekly) caseload consultation to behavioral health care managers. Case review consultations focus primarily on patients who are new to the caseload or who are not improving as expected under their current treatment plan. Case reviews may be conducted by telephone, video, or in person.
- Work with behavioral health care managers to oversee the status and population health of their assigned patient caseload. The psychiatric consultant uses a registry to track all assigned patients and prioritize patients for case review and treatment adjustment. Registry functions can be accomplished through an EHR build, on a spreadsheet used in conjunction with an EHR, or can be built into a stand-alone clinical management tracking system that may or may not be linked to an EHR.
- Recommend any treatment adjustments through the case review process or in ad hoc consultations, including medication recommendations and other interventions, within 24 hours of consulting with a behavioral health care manager or other team members.
- Advise on treatment for patients who may need more intensive or more specialized mental health care, supporting treatment in the medical setting until patients can be engaged in specialized care as appropriate.
- Clearly communicate the limitations of the case review consultation and treatment recommendations if the patient is not evaluated in person. The following disclaimer statement is an example of how to acknowledge these limitations in consultation notes in an EHR:

- The above treatment considerations and suggestions are based on consultation with the patient's behavioral health care manager and a review of information available in registry. I have not personally examined the patient. All recommendations should be implemented with consideration of the patient's relevant prior history and current clinical status. Please feel free to call me with any questions about the care of this patient.”
- Be available to provide occasional ad hoc telephone consultation to primary care providers for very complex patients or challenging patient situations. Respond to telephone calls from primary care providers and behavioral health care managers within one business day. Respond to urgent telephone calls within one hour, if available. Coordinate with other psychiatric consultants for vacation coverage.
- Direct evaluation of patients with significant diagnostic or therapeutic challenges who are identified in discussion with the patient’s behavioral health care manager and/or primary care provider. Such consultation may be provided in person or via telemedicine (video or telephone).
- Development and delivery of in-service training for primary care-based providers and staff regarding recognition and treatment of behavioral health conditions in primary care

**Who are you**: Skills & Competencies:

- Excellent communication skills in English
- Builds strong doctor-patient relationships and has excellent bedside manner.
- Demonstrates strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Works well independently and has strong time management skills.
- Communicates medical information to patients clearly.
- Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice/service development
- Experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse populations
- Some skills that may be new to Psychiatric Consultants include:

- Triage/Treat patients without seeing them
- Create a treatment plan in a short amount of time and with limited information
- Think about the treatment needs of a population of patients

Education & Qualifications:

- Master’s or Doctorate level qualification in Clinical or Counselling Psychology
- Specialized training and minimum of 3 years of work experience for Doctorate and 5 years for Master’s level, including at least 1 year of experience in working with people with eating disorders
- Dubai Health Authority (DHA) or Community Development Authority (CDA) licensable
- Qualification from UK/ USA/ Western Europe/ Australia would be preferred