Psychiatrist - Child & Adolescent, Inpatient Hospital in Brooklyn Park, MN

Diagnoses and provides treatment for people with psychiatric disorders, substance use disorders and medical problems.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Leads the interdisciplinary team supporting PrairieCare’s treatment programs and philosophy
• Assures the delivery of quality treatment to adults, adolescents, children, psychiatric, and substance use disorder patients, and their families consistent with Medical Staff privileges granted
• Services may be in delivered in the hospital, partial hospital, intensive outpatient, outpatient or residential programs
• Be familiar with follow-up resource services available to adults, adolescents, and children
• Conducting individual and family therapy

• Licensed by the State of Minnesota to practice medicine. Must have successfully completed an accredited Postgraduate Training Residency.  Must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry. 
• Ablity to maintain required medical staff privileges and malpractice insurance
• Knowledgeable about adult, adolescent, and child psychiatric disorders, and advanced principles of abnormal psychology
• Ability to maintain information as highly confidential
• Ability to clearly summarize pertinent clinical information via written correspondence and medical record documentation
• Have computer skills using Microsoft Office products including Outlook
• Ability to access and use intranet site as necessary
• Ability to smoothly and rapidly shift between dissimilar tasks
• Ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing
• Ability to react quickly and calmly as part of a team to handle volatile and potentially emergency situations
• Ability to make effective decisions while in stressful situations and circumstances
• After training, be able to manage disruptive and explosive patients.
• DEA required

PrairieCare is a psychiatric healthcare system experiencing rapid growth in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota. With multiple sites across the metro, including locations in Rochester and Mankato, PrairieCare has quickly grown to become one of Minnesota’s largest providers of mental health services to children, adolescents, adults, and their families.

PrairieCare does not discriminate against any person based on race, color, national origin, disability, or age in admissions, treatment, or participation in its programs, services, activities, or employment. PrairieCare is an Affirmative Action Employer/Equal Opportunity Employer supporting Veterans, Disabled, and other protected individuals and is committed to a diverse workforce. Offers of employment from PrairieCare are conditional and contingent upon successful clearance of all background studies.