Psychiatric - Mental Health Physician
Not Specified, CT, USA
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- psychiatric physician
- inpatient psychiatry
- mental health
The position is for a full-time inpatient Locum Psychiatric Physician providing vacation coverage at Mount Sinai Behavioral Health and Saint Francis Hospital. The role involves weekday hospital consults, inpatient rounding, phone consults on a rotating on-call schedule, and supervising psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners. The patient population includes diverse age groups with psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, affective, developmental, personality, and psychotic disorders at a Level 1 trauma center.
Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital and Saint Francis Hospital are looking for a Locum Psych Physician to provide INPATIENT FULL-TIME for vacation coverage starting Dec - Jan 2022!
Start date is once credentialing is completed, approx. 90 days from completed app.
Locations: Saint Francis Consult Liaison Service and Mount Sinai Behavioral Health (the Inpatient locums will be on Mount Sinai campus full-time).
Details:
- What is the work schedule? Monday through Friday, 8:00a-4:30p. Hospital consults and rounding in the inpatient psych unit.
- On Call schedule/ratio - One week every 4 weeks 5pm to 8am Monday thru Sat 8 AM . 99% Phone consult
- Average Number of Patients Per Day? 10-12 ppd for each locum. 30 bed inpatient unit.
- Patient Demographic? All ages, 85% adult.
- APP coverage? Yes PMHNP's
- Is physician supervising APP? Yes, likely for the locum APP s that we bring on.
- How Many Psychiatrists in Your Group? 3 in inpatient; 2 in outpatient; 1 in consult; 1 in JMH with some coverage in Mount sinai.
- Any required experience/procedures? Level 1 trauma center, diverse patient population, required treatment disorders: anxiety disorders, affective disorders, ADD/ADHD, personality disorders, eating disorders, developmental disorders, psychotic disorders, organic disorders.
- EMR: EPIC
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- ACLS (AHA)
- BLS (AHA)
- Board Certified
- DEA
- PALS (AHA)




