Program Overview: Youth Villages' residential programs in Tennessee and Georgia provide safe, nurturing environments for youth ages 6 to 17 with complex behavioral and mental health challenges. These programs are offered across three types of facilities-secure facilities, open campuses, and group homes-each designed to meet the individual needs of youth exhibiting a range of referral behaviors, including aggression, self-harm, suicidal ideations, and problem sexual behavior.
Our residential campuses deliver an intensive treatment program that strikes a unique balance between structure and freedom, all while preparing youth for continued success outside of a residential setting. A key focus is to help each youth step down to the least restrictive treatment option possible by developing the skills they need to thrive in less structured environments through trauma-informed care, clinical interventions, life skills building, and recreation therapy (in selection locations). Most youth also attend fully accredited schools located on our campuses, ensuring their educational progress continues alongside therapeutic support.
Position Overview: The Psychiatrist evaluates patients to determine whether their symptoms are the result of a physical illness, a combination of physical and mental, or a strictly psychiatric one.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Psychiatrist:
- Provides psychopharmacological assessments and reviews
- Provides psychiatric evaluations for new patients
- Communicates effectively with other team members
- Communicates with parents about medication recommendations
- Participates in clinical rounds and other clinical meetings
- Fulfills on-call responsibilities (including but not limited to providing necessary orders, conducting physical assessments of youth, and providing consultation to nurses and/or program staff)
- Maintains compliance with all required trainings, re-certifications, and/or licensing requirements/renewals
- Completes daily documentation (such as clinical notes, contact notes, milieu notes, and precautionary notes) in an electronic medical record system (EMR)
- Performs other duties as assigned
Additional Information: - The supervision and treatment of youth requires prolonged periods of walking, standing, running, climbing stairs, and physical agility.
- Applicants must be able to participate in physical interventions when necessary and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, occasionally more than 100 pounds.
- Applicants are required to complete Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) and CPR trainings and pass an agility and strength evaluation.
- Applicants must possess a current, valid driver's license.
- Schedule is flexible and may require some weekend hours.
Qualifications: - Licensed physician (required)
- Completion of a board-approved child/adolescent psychiatric residency (required)
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent written, verbal, and oral skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Basic computer knowledge
- Ability to maintain a flexible schedule
Youth Villages Benefits- Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug Coverage and Vision
- 401(k)
- Time off:
- 2 week paid vacation (full-time) / 1 week paid vacation (part-time)
- 12 paid sick days per year
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Mileage & Cell Phone Reimbursement (when applicable)
- Tuition reimbursement and licensure supervision
- Growth & development through continuous training
- Clinical and administrative advancement opportunities
*Benefits are excluded for variable status employees. 
