Physician / Psychiatry / New Mexico / Locum Tenens / Locums Psychiatry Job in New Mexico Job

MD Staff, LLC
Grants, NM, 87020, USA

$8 - $10 p/month
Healthcare
Contract
locum tenens psychiatry
behavioral health hospital
psychiatric medical director

Our job summary

This locum tenens position is for a board-certified or eligible psychiatrist to serve as Medical Director at a behavioral health hospital near Grants, New Mexico for 2-3 months. The role involves overseeing psychiatric mid-level providers, managing a caseload of approximately 15 adult inpatients primarily with dual diagnoses, and providing administrative leadership. The position requires experience in adult inpatient psychiatry, DEA certification, and involves a Monday to Friday day shift with periodic on-call responsibilities.

Locum Tenens Psychiatry Medical Director Opportunity near Grants, NM

Profession: Physician
Specialty: Psychiatry (Medical Director)
Shift: Day 5x8-Hour (08:00 - 16:00)

Specialty:

Start Date: March (perm doc leaving March 8), needing for 2-3 months, perm coming on in May
Contract Length: 2-3 months
Shift Details: Ok with locum coming in anytime between 7 am-10:30 am, can work 8 hrs, but if the locum doesnt need 40 hrs and can handle case load in less. Daily 1 hr meeting from 11 am-12 pm MonFri w/ team to discuss patients/treatment. (less than 8 hrs per day is ok, but of course, will only pay for hours worked onsite)
Schedule: Mon-Fri,
Call Schedule: 7 days straight of call every 6 weeks (phone only, super rare to get called in, just provide verbal orders)30 minute radius

Work Details:

Support staff: NPs, PAs (will they oversee the mid-levels ) NM is an independent state for APP. This locum will oversee the PA-C on staff for Psych purposes. There is also a medical PA-C but they are overseen by a different MD. NPs are independent. This role is for Medical Director, so there for support and consultation of other providers, but no co-signing is needed.
Amount of coverage needed per month: n/a
Patients per day: 15 patients per day caseload, Adult inpatient, 85% dual diagnosis, detox as well.
Patient population/age: Will see patients >18yrs old, avg age is mid-30s
EMR: Wellsky (used to be known as HCS) and Dragon Medical One for dictation (cell or microphone) DrFirst for prescription fills upon discharge
Hospital bed size: 64
Special procedures: n/a
Skills required: The locum will need to provide suboxone. Due to the facilitys acute licensure, they rarely see Vivitrol (if ever) as that is used more in recovery/counseling. Will need to devote 8-10hrs per month to Medical Director/Administrative duties.

Practice Setting:

Behavioral Health Hospital

Travel Logistics:

Airport name:
Specific travel client will pay for: air, rental and flight (there are travel caps)
Travel caps:

Requirements:

Board Certification: BC or BE Psych (Will accept a provider that is grandfathered in)
License required: No, will license candidates, license will take 3-4 weeks.
DEA: Yes
CSR: Yes
Certifications required: Certified in Adults or Addiction
Minimum experience required: Would consider a strong background of 5-10 years of Adult Inpatient, experience must be inpatient not telehealth
Credentialing Timeframe: Credentialing about 3 weeks. Licensure process is 3-4 weeks

COVID-19 and Flu Vaccine:

COVID-19 Vaccine (Facility Guideline): Required - Medical/Religious Exemptions Only
Flu Vaccine (Facility Guideline): Unknown

Job ID: j-199522

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