Physician / Addiction Medicine / Montana / Permanent / Psychiatry - Addiction Physician
ProLocums
Not Specified, MT, USA
Not Specified, MT, USA
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- addiction medicine
- psychiatry
- adult treatment unit
This position is for a psychiatrist specializing in addiction medicine treating adult patients on a Psychiatric Adult Treatment Unit in Montana. The role involves managing 10-15 patients daily without admissions from the Emergency Department, but may require direct admissions from regional hospitals. Communication is facilitated through secure internal paging, and locum tenens physicians cover scheduled shifts without on-call duties outside business hours.
Voalte (secure internal paging system) is used for communication. On Psychiatric Adult Treatment Unit (PATU) the average patient volume can be 10-15 per day. Provider will not be admitting from the Emergency Department(ED). Provider may be required to do direct admissions from the regional hospitals. Regional admissions are coordinated through in house transfer center. Locums are not on call during non-business hours, covering scheduled assigned shifts only. PATU treats patients aged 18 and up.




