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

Hayman Daugherty Associates, Inc
Grants, NM, 87020, USA

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

Our job summary

This locum tenens Medical Director psychiatry position is based near Grants, New Mexico, requiring daytime coverage for 2-3 months with supervision of PAs and collaboration with NPs in a behavioral health hospital. The role involves managing adult inpatient psychiatric patients, providing suboxone treatment, and dedicating time to administrative duties. Candidates must be board certified or eligible in psychiatry with experience in inpatient adult care and will receive support for licensure and credentialing processes.

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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