About the Role
The Department of Public Health prioritizes equitable and inclusive access to quality healthcare for its community and values the importance of diversity in its workforce. All employees at the Department of Public Health work to advance equity, inclusion, and diversity with a specific lens and focus on race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexuality, disability, and immigration status. Becoming a City employee means being a part of a team that cares about making a difference. Your work will shape both the present and future of San Francisco. When you work for the City, you’re choosing a job with purpose. The Mission of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) is to protect and promote the health of all San Franciscans. Fulfilling this mission requires employees working across our hospitals, clinics, programs, and offices to deliver services and support the communities we serve. Individuals interested in joining SFDPH should expect to work in person across these settings.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct psychiatric care and consultation
- Assess, diagnose and provide psychiatric treatment for patients in an intensive care management setting that may include field work and working closely with families
- Work closely with an intensive care management team using multiple therapeutic skills (which include the ability to combine behavioral, environmental and psychopharmacological modalities in treating individuals)
- Monitor a caseload of clients regularly as well as provide cross coverage for other psychiatrists
- Participate as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team
- Participate in clinic quality improvement activities
- Serve as a liaison with community behavioral health providers and hospital based psychiatric team
- May supervise a section or unit of a larger medical facility or program
- May supervise other physicians and other professional personnel
Requirements
- Possession of a valid license to practice medicine issued by the Medical Board of California or the Osteopathic Medical Board of California
- Successful completion of a residency program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or American Osteopathic Association in a Psychiatric medical specialty area (i.e., Board Eligible)
- Possession of valid Drug Enforcement Agency registration with the United States Department of Justice (Special Condition)
- Be eligible to participate in Medicare, Medicaid and/or other federal health care programs
- Possess a National Provider Identifier (NPI)
- Submit a completed credentialing application and/or required documentation for credentialing
- Possess a valid third-party billable provider certification (such as Medicare, Medi-Cal and/or private insurance) OR have submitted a completed billable provider application, along with the required documentation, in order to obtain the appropriate billable provider status
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Temporary Exempt
- Permanent Exempt
- Full-time permanent
- Part-time permanent
- Part-time as needed
Education Level
- Successful completion of a residency program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or American Osteopathic Association in a Psychiatric medical specialty area (i.e., Board Eligible)
Salary/Compensations
- $326,430 - $459,862
Benefits
- Employee Benefits Overview
About the Company
- The Department of Public Health prioritizes equitable and inclusive access to quality healthcare for its community and values the importance of diversity in its workforce.
- All employees at the Department of Public Health work to advance equity, inclusion, and diversity with a specific lens and focus on race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexuality, disability, and immigration status.
- Becoming a City employee means being a part of a team that cares about making a difference.
- Your work will shape both the present and future of San Francisco.
- When you work for the City, you’re choosing a job with purpose.
- The Mission of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) is to protect and promote the health of all San Franciscans.
- Fulfilling this mission requires employees working across our hospitals, clinics, programs, and offices to deliver services and support the communities we serve.
- Individuals interested in joining SFDPH should expect to work in person across these settings.
- The San Francisco Health Network, Population Health, Behavioral Health Services, and Administration are the core divisions of SFDPH.
- The San Francisco Health Network is the City’s only complete system of care and has locations throughout the City, including Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, and over 15 primary care health centers.
- The Population Health Division (PHD) provides core public health services for the City and County of San Francisco: health protection, health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and disaster preparedness and response.
- Behavioral Health Services operates in conjunction with SFHN and provides a range of mental health and substance use treatment services.
- The applicant pool resulting from this recruitment may be utilized to fill future and current vacancies in this class at other locations, including Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Laguna Honda Hospital, and community-centered outpatient clinics within the Health Network.
Equal Opportunity
- The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply.
- Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.
