Psychiatric Physician Associate Needed for Locum Tenens Coverage at Facility in Northeastern Connecticut

Job description

About the facility

This behavioral health facility provides comprehensive inpatient psychiatric services for children, adolescents, and adults. The facility operates within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment supported by psychiatrists, registered nurses, and PMHNPs, with a clinical focus on individuals presenting with a range of mental health and substance use needs. Locum tenens coverage is sought on an immediate and ongoing basis to support the facility's inpatient psychiatric programs.

About the facility location

The state offers diverse regional attractions across its varied landscapes, including water sports and kayaking along its southern coastline, as well as hiking, biking, and skiing opportunities in its northern hills. Residents and visitors can enjoy museums, family-friendly destinations, dining, vineyard tours, antiquing, and outdoor trails throughout the region. The state is served by a regional international airport, providing convenient access for traveling clinicians.

About the clinician's workday

Clinicians in this role will provide full-time inpatient psychiatric services on a day shift schedule, totaling 40 hours per week on-site. The caseload is divided approximately evenly between adult patients and child and adolescent patients, with clinicians seeing 10-12 patients per day. Clinical responsibilities include conducting psychiatric evaluations and providing medication management across both patient populations. No call coverage is required for this assignment, and prescriptive authority is required for all clinicians considered for this position.

Additional job details

• Case load/PPD: 10-12 patients per day
• Support staff: Psychiatrists, RNs, PMHNPs
• Patient population: All Ages
• Location type: On-Site
• Prescriptive authority required: Yes
• Shift hours: Full time (40 hours)
• Cases treated: Child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric conditions; adult inpatient psychiatric conditions
• Average length of stay: Variable
• Census: Variable

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