Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Job ID: ORD-224524-MD-CA

Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist Needed for Locum Tenens Coverage at Facility in Concord, California

Posted Today Concord, California Locum Tenens MD
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This job at a glance

  • Dates needed: PRN
  • Shift type: Day Shift
  • Assignment type: Inpatient
  • Call required: Negotiable
  • Board certification required: Yes

Job description

About the facility

This inpatient behavioral health center provides structured psychiatric services for children and adolescents requiring evaluation, stabilization, and ongoing treatment within a dedicated clinical environment. The facility operates across 2 inpatient psychiatric units and maintains clinical infrastructure to support coordinated care delivery for a pediatric patient population. Locum tenens coverage is sought on a PRN basis to maintain continuity of child and adolescent psychiatric services.

About the facility location

Concord, California is located in the East Bay region and offers a range of outdoor, dining, shopping, and entertainment options suited to varied interests. Clinicians on assignment may visit Todos Santos Plaza, explore Sunvalley Shopping Center and The Veranda, or enjoy a round of golf at Diablo Creek Golf. The area also provides access to hiking trails, national parks, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, Concord Pavilion - a venue hosting notable concerts and live events - and a self-guided Taco Trail highlighting family-owned local restaurants.

About the clinician's workday

The clinician will provide inpatient child and adolescent psychiatric care on a part-time basis (30 hours per week) during day shift hours, working on-site across 2 dedicated psychiatric units. Clinical responsibilities include conducting psychiatric evaluations, developing individualized treatment plans, and providing ongoing medication management for a pediatric patient population presenting with a wide range of psychiatric disorders, with an expected daily census of 12-14 patients. Call coverage is negotiable, with a 14-hour call component associated with this assignment.

Additional job details
  • Case load/PPD: 12-14
  • Patient population: Children
  • Call ratio/schedule: 14 hr call
  • Location type: On-Site
  • Prescriptive authority required: Yes
  • Shift hours: Part time (30 hours)
  • Cases treated: Child and adolescent psychiatric conditions requiring inpatient care; wide range of psychiatric disorders
  • Average length of stay: Variable
  • Census: 12-14 patients daily; 2 units
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