Latest News from Sites Professionals

  • Telepsychiatry in Community Mental Health

    Telepsychiatry in Community Mental Health

    The people in greatest need and those most able to help are not frequently neighbors. In a sprawling and traffic-plagued region like California, it can be especially difficult to assemble a team of psychiatric practitioners. Long commutes are often a barrier to…

    Read More

  • FAQ Videos, Jobs and More

    FAQ Videos, Jobs and More

    Hello there! We haven’t updated our news feed in a while because we’ve been busy adding a new Jobs Page with current listings and putting together a video series for our Practitioner and Agency FAQ pages. Check them out when you get a chance.…

    Read More

  • Winning your Psychiatric Placement

    Winning your Psychiatric Placement

    In this video we offer some thoughts and pointers for navigating paperwork and building a great support team in community-based mental health care.

    Read More

  • Why do we do it?

    Why do we do it?

    We, Nancy and Jeff, have been involved in community based mental health care in Southern California for over 15 years. Our careers followed a path familiar to many in the industry. With bachelor’s degrees in psychology we began as front line staff…

    Read More

  • Change pt 2: Psychiatric Practitioners

    Change pt 2: Psychiatric Practitioners

    There are three components to being customer oriented, and each must be attended to. They are: Who are your customers? What do they need? What are your distinctive competencies capable of servicing those needs? In the case of most psychiatric practitioners, ‘customers’…

    Read More

  • Change and Being Customer Oriented

    Change and Being Customer Oriented

    The pace of change in the field of mental health can be disorienting. It is an industry tied closely to the whims of public policy makers and influenced by public perceptions. Reimbursement rates fluctuate. Rules for access to care are continually tweaked…

    Read More

  • Placement Service for Prescribers

    Placement Service for Prescribers

    Sites Professionals simplifies the process of matching and placing you with local agencies, so that you can have an impact in the areas of greatest need. The advantages of working with us include finding flexible assignments in the areas of focus that…

    Read More

  • Thoughts on Burnout

    Thoughts on Burnout

    There’s much discussion these days about burnout, particularly among physicians and psychiatrists. Medscape and the American Psychiatric Association recently published and discussed a survey indicating 40% of MDs are experiencing some level of burnout. It’s safe to say that this problem is…

    Read More

  • Are We Middlemen?

    Are We Middlemen?

    No. Sites Professionals performs or enhances work essential to a functional psychiatric services program. We personally recruit and place psychiatrists and other practitioners with mental health providers. Sites Professionals remains committed to the successful deployment of practitioners by making sure they are…

    Read More

  • The Complete Package for Agencies

    The Complete Package for Agencies

    Working with Sites Professionals to staff and support your organization’s psychiatric services has benefits beyond just the recruitment and placement of practitioners. We help provide insight into the best way to build and utilize your medication support team for better client care…

    Read More

  • Staffing Placement Process for Agencies

    Staffing Placement Process for Agencies

    Working with Sites Professionals to fill your psychiatric staffing needs usually follows just a few steps. We personally get to know your agency to make sure we’re a good fit for your recruitment needs. Once it’s decided we are a good match,…

    Read More

  • SCPS Career Day

    SCPS Career Day

    Thank you to everyone we met yesterday, and to the Southern California Psychiatric Society and Didi Hirsch for hosting Career Day.

    Read More