Psychiatric - Mental Health Physician at Integrity Locums summary:
The Psychiatric - Mental Health Physician provides inpatient care in an acute psychiatric setting, covering scheduled shifts primarily on weekends. Responsibilities include rounding on assigned and unassigned patients, managing admissions, and utilizing a secure communication system for coordination. The role requires a Board Certification or eligibility, an active license, and proficiency in various psychiatric disorders and therapies.
Coverage Needed
Schedule
- Call only
- Locums are not on call during non-business hours, covering scheduled assigned shifts only
- Every Saturday and Sunday from 8a-5p typically
Clinical Details
- Inpatient: Acute psychiatric unit/institute, Sub-acute unity/residential
- Admissions required
- Rounding Patients: assigned and unassigned
- Trauma level 1
- PEDs level 3
- Voalte (secure internal paging system) is used for communication
- On Psychiatric Adult Treatment Unit (PATU) the average patient volume can be 10-15 per day
- Will not be admitting from the Emergency Department(ED)
- Provider may be required to do direct admissions from the regional hospitals
- Regional admissions are coordinated through in house transfer center
- PATU treats patients aged 18 and up
Requirements
- Board Certified or Board Eligible
- Active MT License or IMLC
- Fellowship - Preferred
- BLS
- Required Skills: Anxiety disorders, Affective disorder, ADD/ADHD, Personality disorders, Eating disorders, Development disorders, Psychotic disorders, Organic disorders, Involuntary commitments, Seclusion therapy, Restraint application, Pharmacotherapy, Group therapy, Family therapy
Call
- Beeper
- Call response time required: 20 minutes
EMR
Keywords:
Psychiatric Physician, Mental Health, Inpatient Care, Psychiatric Disorders, Board Certified, Trauma Care, Group Therapy, Family Therapy, Clinical Psychiatry, Locum Tenens