Part Time Psychiatrist (Medical Doctor IV-Psychiatrist), Grade MD4

About the Position

This is a Part-Time position with an expected salary range on hire of $86,184 – 107,762

WHO WE ARE 

Montgomery County is located adjacent to Washington, D.C., and with over one million residents, is the most populous County in the State of Maryland. The County is also the most diverse County in the State and ranks among the top ten most diverse Counties in the nation. Montgomery County contains many major U.S. government offices, scientific research and learning centers, and business campuses. 

The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for delivery of the County’s public health and human services that meets the needs of our community’s most vulnerable children, adults and seniors. The Department provides services through more than 120 programs at more than 20 locations. With over 2,000 employees, the Department of Health and Human Services is the largest County Department. 

As a Department, we believe health and wellness of the county can only be achieved by ensuring that every resident has fair opportunities to reach their fullest potential. This means access to quality housing, transportation, education, employment, health care, human services, safe neighborhoods, and healthy food. HHS provides critical services for residents who face a variety of obstacles in achieving their full potential. HHS plays an essential role in building a healthy and strong community. 

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR 

The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking a Medical Doctor IV-Psychiatrist to serve in the 24 Hours Crisis Center of Behavioral Health and Crisis Services. 

What You’ll Be Doing

The Medical Doctor IV-Psychiatrist is a full performance level clinical staff providing psychiatric treatment services to patients as part of a multi-disciplinary team at the Crisis Center. Employees in this class perform as both the treating psychiatrist and primary therapist. 

• Provides therapeutic care that includes conducting psychiatric evaluations and determining mental status and psychiatric diagnosis; prescribing and administering medications; and engaging in numerous forms of psychosocial therapies involving intensive interaction with patients.
• Provides a broad spectrum of direct medical and psychiatric clinical care services to individuals and families as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, as the treating Psychiatrist and primary therapist, or just the treating Psychiatrist.
• Provides a variety of therapeutic modalities including, but not limited to prescribing and administering medications, engaging in numerous forms of psychotherapy, making appropriate referrals, requesting laboratory and psychological tests, and utilizing the results in the context of the patient’s therapeutic cause, signing commitment papers and preparing other medico-legal documents when clinically indicated.
• Interviews and evaluates individuals to determine mental status and psychiatric diagnosis, makes recommendations regarding the need for further medical (somatic) evaluation or psychiatric treatment.
• Maintains accurate and complete patient records, data, test results and statistics, and posts results/notations to patient’ charts.
• Participates as a medical member in interdisciplinary case conferences for individual patients assuring that established standards of psychiatric care are achieved and maintained, that medical/psychiatric intervention and psychotherapy interventions are coordinated and in concert with one another, and in providing psychiatric education and consultation to other mental health professionals, families, and patients on an as needed/required basis.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience: Has completed enough Post Graduate Years to satisfy recognition requirements of ABMS. 

Education: Graduation from an accredited medical school with a degree of Doctor of Psychiatry. 

Equivalency: May substitute experience for post graduate education requirements, or may have sufficient combination of experience and education. 

LICENSE: 

• Possession of, or the ability to readily obtain the following: a valid license to practice medicine issued by the Maryland State Board of Medical Examiners; and licensure from the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Division of Drug Control (CDS License) to prescribe drugs.
• All of the prescribed licenses must be obtained as soon as possible, but not later than six (6) months

from the date of employment. 

Note: There will be no substitutions for this section. 

Preferred Criteria, Interview Preferences

We will use interview preference criteria 

• Experience and training using evidence-based practices to clients with a serious or persistent mental illness and substance use disorders.
• Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams and ability to work collaboratively.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position.

Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov. Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference.

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant’s responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a “Lateral Transfer” candidate and may be considered for an interview.

This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County’s “Public Employees” (which does not include employees of the Sheriff’s office) are subject to the County’s ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code. Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.

Leave Benefits

Our generous leave package starts with non-MLS permanent and term employees earning 15 days of sick leave and 15 days of annual leave in their first year, as well as up to three additional personal days each calendar year. Positions in MLS earn 35 days of paid time off each year. In addition, we offer all employees 10 paid holidays. Our leave policies adhere to the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, and we provide six weeks of paid parental leave for new parents.

Retirement Benefits

All permanent and term positions are eligible for robust retirement plans. Public safety positions are eligible for a defined benefit pension plan in which they are vested after only five years. Employees in non-public safety positions can participate in retirement plans that contribute up to 12 percent of their annual salary. All employees can also participate in a supplemental retirement plan, the 457 Deferred Compensation Plan, to contribute even more to their retirement goals.

Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Forgiveness

Montgomery County employees are eligible to participate in the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Participants who meet all requirements may qualify for forgiveness on the remaining balance on their Direct Loans after making 120 qualifying monthly payments under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time in a qualifying public service position. To learn more about PSLF, please visit the Student Loan Repayment Benefits page. Our tuition assistance program allows you to receive up to $2,130 annually in tuition assistance to help you achieve a degree that supports your career path.

Free Mass Transit Benefit

County employees are entitled to use the RideOn Bus service for free with a valid County-employee ID. This benefit can be used any time of the day or evening, including weekends. We also offer a pre-tax flexible spending account to reduce the cost of other mass-transit options such as MARC trains and Metro.

Reduced Child and Health Care Costs

Working for Montgomery County also entitles permanent and term employees to participate in healthcare and childcare Flexible Spending Accounts. These plans allow eligible employees to save on a pretax basis for healthcare and dependent care costs incurred during the plan year. 

Employee Wellbeing

We deeply care about your holistic wellness. Our award-winning wellness program, LiveWell, will support you in improving and maintaining your physical, mental, financial, social, and intellectual well-being.

Learn more about our wonderful benefits available to you once you join our team. Montgomery County Benefits

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