Psychiatric MD/DO

We are seeking a PSYCHIATRIST (MD/DO) to assist with locum tenens coverage on our geriatric (long-term care) unit. Also, candidates must have experience working with acute, adult inpatient and populations. Details for the assignment are provided below:

Assignment:

• Available to start immediately (pending credentialing)
• Initial Appointment for ONLY a 6-8 week, short term assignment
• Full-time, 40 hours a week with assigned office hours of Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm with 1 hour lunch break
• NOT approved for overtime
• No weekends, no holidays, no on-call duty
• Ability to provide cross coverage, to include forensic populations, as required.
• Once a month, participation in Lunch Coverage Call (12:00 PM 1:00 PM)

Qualifications:

• 3+ more years as a Licensed Practitioner
• Strong experience working with patients having Serious Mental Illness (SMI)
• Psychiatric Crisis Management and Forensic experience, a plus
• Experience as the Head of Treatment Team (HOTT), preferred.
• Experience working with adult admission or geriatric admission and chronic geriatric inpatient populations is required.
• Experience conducting comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and forensic evaluations for competency restoration is required.
• Comfortable working on admissions work-up and potential rapid turnover
• Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary treatment team.
• BLS Healthcare Provider certification is required.

Position Details:

• Facility Hospitalizations: Acute, Adult, Inpatient wards (male & female)
• Facility Demographics: Forensic, NGRI, Civil, Jail Transfer, and Geriatric populations
• May be assigned Scheduling Coverage, as needed to other units.
• Facility Stay: Short and Long-term length of stay.
  • Caseload varies by ward.
• Admissions unit: 10 patients per provider
• Geriatric (long-term) unit: 40 patients per provider
• NGRI Units 30-40 patients per provider
• Admissions/Discharges
• Admission unit: 5-10 per week
• Geriatric (long-term) unit: 4 per month
• PCP coverage provided.
• Full complement of interdisciplinary team members
• Weekly Notes for New Admissions
• Monthly Notes for patients over 60 days following admissions.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations. Ensure medical history, mental status, and physical examinations are completed according to policy, TJC and CMS standards and other regulatory agencies.
• Follow treatment protocols for competency restoration to ensure rapid turnaround of pretrial forensic patients.
• Attend judicial hearings on campus, appropriate to the assigned patient population.
• Lead Treatment Planning Conferences and provide effective leadership in developing and maintaining the therapeutic process between physicians, nursing staff, psychologists, social workers, rehab staff and patients.
• Complete required documentation in a timely manner. Failure to complete documentation in a timely manner may result in withholding timecard approvals and/or cancellation of contract.

Equal Opportunity Employer.