Physician / Psychiatry - Child/Adolescent / Oregon / Locum tenens / Psychiatry Locum - Child & Adolescent - OREGON Job
Provider Healthcare
Oregon City, OR, 97045, USA
Oregon City, OR, 97045, USA
- Healthcare
- child psychiatry
- adolescent psychiatry
- locum tenens
This locum tenens position is for a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist to provide inpatient psychiatric care at a 143-bed hospital in Oregon. The role involves managing acute psychiatric patients on a pediatric unit, working Monday to Friday with monthly on-call duties, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team including nurses and psychologists. Applicants must have completed a child/adolescent psychiatry fellowship and be certified with BLS credentials.
Dates Of Coverage: 8/1 1/17DETAILS:- Locums Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist needed due to unexpected physician departure- Hospital based this is a hospital inpatient unit- 143 bed hospital/ 22 psych beds/ 3 seclusion rooms- Schedule is 8a 5p Monday Friday- Monthly call- 100% Peds- Avg # of patients per day per physician:- Acute psychiatric unit/institute 6 to 8- Acute psychiatric unit/institute admissions 1 to 2- 3 physicians in group/ 3 mid-levels/ 1 Psychologist- Weekend collaboration with nurses- Support Staff : Of 10 staff per shift scheduled, 7 are nurses, with the remainder MHAs, and MHTs- Consultative Services not represented: specialty pediatric services- Referral/transfer protocol: Patients are admitted through our in-system emergency systems and from community ERs around the state- The security department is well trained to support the inpatient unit in responding to behavioral codes (code greys). The inpatient staff are trained extensively and kept up to date in the safe management of emergent behavioral concerns.- Providers must have completed a child/adolescent psychiatry fellowship.- Board Certified, BLS




