Placer County

(Unclassified)

To perform responsible work providing a variety of medical specialty services and consultation for the Placer County Department of Health and Human Services.

This position serves at the pleasure of the Appointing Authority having no specific term and no property right to continuous employment and can be released without cause.

Receives direction from designated management staff.  

May exercise technical and functional medical supervision over professional, technical, and clinical staff in the administration of program areas.

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Knowledge of: 

• Practices and principles of general medicine, psychiatry, and surgery.
• Modern hospital and clinical practice and administration.
• Gross pathology and psychiatric social work, physical therapy, and various rehabilitation therapies.
• Current methods and standards for the medical, psychiatric, and/or surgical care of patients.
• Equipment, tools, supplies, and technologies used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
• Principles and practices of leadership, motivation, team building, and conflict resolution.
• Principles and practices of supervision, training, and personnel management. 
• Pertinent local, state, and federal rules, regulations, and laws.
• Principles and practices of work safety, especially as related to communicable diseases.

• Principles and practices of general psychiatry, modern inpatient hospital practice, rehabilitation therapies for mental disorders, chemical dependency, and dual diagnosis. 

Ability to: 

• On a continuous basis, know and understand all aspects of the job; read, analyze, interpret, understand, identify, recall, and explain work papers, reports, special projects, technical and numerical information, policies and procedures, rules, laws, regulations, and medical best practices; observe and analyze situations and determine proper course of action; explain medical findings, diagnoses, and treatment to staff, patients, families, and court officers; handle multiple tasks at once and work with frequent interruptions; focus on a single task for long periods of time.
• On an intermittent basis, sit at desk for long periods of time while reviewing charts and patient histories and preparing reports; walk, stand, bend, squat, kneel, stoop, twist, push, pull, and reach while examining/treating patients; twist to reach equipment surrounding desk or treatment area; perform simple grasping and fine manipulation; speak, use telephone, write, and use a keyboard to communicate; see, smell, and hear with sufficient acuity to examine, diagnose, and treat patients; lift light weight.
• Examine, diagnose, and treat mental disorders in adults, adolescents, and children; coordinate with case manager or nursing staff when appropriate for a particular case.
• Interpret autopsy findings.
• Interpret laboratory analysis.
• Work with various cultural and ethnic groups in a tactful and effective manner.
• Work unusual and/or prolonged work schedules.
• Obtain information through interview; deal fairly and courteously with the public; handle multiple cases; and work effectively with interruption.
• Analyze situations quickly and objectively and determine proper course of action.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

• Provide medical direction to mental health staff as a part of a clinical team, prepare and oversee the preparation of case histories, evaluations, diagnoses, and the maintenance of client records.
• Consult with clinic staff, provider staff and primary care physicians as necessary for the treatment and triage of clients, evaluate clients with complex psychiatric issues, attend staff meetings and clinic meetings as appropriate, and provide testimony at court appearances when clients are involved in legal system.