Geriatric Physician and/or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Catawba Hospital, located just outside of Roanoke, Virginia, is seeking one (1) Geriatric Psychiatric locum tenens physicians and/or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (must have completed residency) to provide coverage on the Geriatric Units for a period of approximately 2 months, maybe longer. Successful candidates will be chosen based on first come basis and availability. (Length of stay could be shorter/longer depending on the agency s successful hiring of a full-time physician.)

General description:

• 110-bed state psychiatric hospital, Joint Commission and CMS accredited; teaching affiliation of University of Virginia & West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.
• 2 adult units of 50 adult beds; 2 geriatric units of 60 geriatric beds
• Facility is staffed by 5 Attending Psychiatrists, 1 resident, 1 internal medicine physician, 1 nurse practitioner.
• Depending upon the patient's care needs, the Psychiatrist will see approximately 17 patients. Within the 17, will need to see daily those on AMM (acute medical management) of about 2-5 patients. This physician will be on a team of 3 attending psychiatrists and a nurse practitioner.
• Average length of stay last month for an Geriatric patient was 48 days.
• Average 7 admissions over the past month.
• Must be Psych certified. Must be licensed in Virginia
• Must have the ability to perform physical assessments if needed. (However, this is rarely required of a Locum Psychiatrist).
• Work hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with lunch (No overtime). No weekends/holidays required.
• No on-call needed. (On-call is provided by a large group of physicians, including internal medicine colleagues and psychiatrists).
• Works with superb nursing staff.
• Full complement in interdisciplinary team of psychologists, social workers, adjunctive therapists; as well as consultation services with OT, PT, nutrition, surgery, orthopedics, podiatry and dental.
• Smoke free environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer.