Staff Psychiatrist

Job Summary

University Health Services is looking for a Staff Psychiatrist to join our dynamic team. This role offers the opportunity to work in our exciting environment, meeting the health and well-being needs of the UW-Madison student population.

The Staff Psychiatrist provides routine and emergent psychiatric care to University of Wisconsin-Madison students under the supervision of the Director of Psychiatry. This care includes:

• Providing psychiatric care per national standards of care to patients with a variety of psychiatric disorders, which include eating disorders, ADHD, psychotic illnesses, and substance use disorders.
• Performing a comprehensive mental health history and diagnostic interview, ordering and interpreting diagnostic testing, and making therapeutic decisions including prescribing medications within the scope of state licensure.
• Demonstrating a commitment to serving all populations at the University of Wisconsin, educating mostly transitional-age patients from Wisconsin and around the globe.
• Collaborating and following workflows in a complex system to engage with, provide consultation or provider referrals to, other treatment providers including mental health and medical providers inside and outside of University Health Services, or coordinate care with care managers.
• Monitoring patient outcomes and initiating modifications in treatment plan based on patient response.
• Following agency policies and procedures consistent with state mental health statutes, ethical guidelines, best practices, HIPAA, and FERPA, and maintain accurate and timely documentation for all clinical interactions and consultations.
• Duties will be performed under the supervision of the Director of Psychiatry.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Educates mostly transitional-age patients from Wisconsin and around the globe.
• Develops and evaluates care plans, and prescribes medications and treatments in support of patient health and well-being.
• Completes documentation for eligibility for campus disability services, international student needs, qualifications to study abroad, etc.
• Provides psychiatric care per national standards of care to patients with a variety of psychiatric disorders which include eating disorders, ADHD, psychotic illnesses, and substance use disorders.
• Attends meetings to support institutional efforts.
• Performs comprehensive psychiatric assessment, including mental status examination, Assesses and manages safety risks and documents care and clinical considerations per UHS policy.
• Collaborates and follows workflows in a complex system to engage with therapists within and outside the institution, with care managers to coordinate that care, and other referrals.