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Optum

Medical Director - Psychiatrist Arkansas

Optum, Jonesboro, Arkansas, us, 72402


For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start

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This position is within our Refresh Mental Health (RMH) organization at Life Strategies, which provides a variety of behavioral and mental health treatments, including individual and group therapy, schools, home health, and outpatient programs. LCSI offers counseling services to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and group psychotherapy in a warm, safe and supportive environment.

We also support schools, home health, and outpatient programs. Services are offered for a wide variety of mental health concerns, including depression, anxiety, stress, childhood abuse and trauma, family and relationship issues, grief and loss, and addiction recovery.

At LSCI, our commitment to optimal mental health and steadfast support isn’t just for our clients; it extends to every team member. We pledge to provide distinctive quality and ethical community-based mental health service to families and individuals. We will strive to gain the respect and trust of our clients, suppliers and other agencies.

We seek a

Medical Director-Psychiatrist

for a

full-time

leadership position with oversight responsibilities for multiple clinics in rural Arkansas (Jonesboro, Paragould, Blytheville, etc.).

Primary Responsibilities:

Provides psychiatric care, medication assessments, and crisis response to new and existing outpatient clients.

Develops individual evaluations based upon assessment data and provides therapeutic interventions as necessary, including ongoing medication management services.

Review, evaluate, and collaborate with other professionals to discuss treatment plans, progress, and outcomes.

Provides consultation and health education to agency staff and clients regarding the treatment and medication needs of agency clients.

Responsive to psychiatric emergencies for appropriate intervention and evaluations.

Advantages:

Paid holidays.

Health/Dental/Vision/401k with employer contribution & additional elective insurance.

Paid time off.

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

MD/DO psychiatrist licensed in Arkansas.

Experience providing direct psychotherapy services to individuals and families.

Solid computer and basic technology skills.

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