Psychiatric - Mental Health Physician

Adult Forensic Inpatient Psychiatry Locums Job Acute Psychiatric Program Hospital California

Details / Requirements :

218-bed licensed Acute Psychiatric Program inpatient hospital and a licensed 114-bed Intermediate Treatment Program

Provide quality mental health evaluation and treatment to patients / inmates who are referred from prisons throughout the State of California.

Need is for 40 hours per week, 4 tens only.

Hours : 8am to 6pm, Monday through Friday. M, T, F are mandatory, and the doctor can choose either W or Th.

On-call duty only during shift. No after hours call.

Acute inpatient experience is required.

Must be well versed in psychopharmacology and Axis 2 disorders.

Average daily caseload for the Doctor is 15 patients for Acute and 35 for Intermediate, but may vary.

On the acute units the average patient load is 15 assigned patients (although there are some units where it is 16 or 17; on one unit there are actually 20).

On the intermediate units the average patient load is 32-25 patients, depending on the unit.

In most cases the Psychiatrist does not see every patient every day.

The general expectation is that patients will be seen twice a week on the acute units and once a week on intermediate.

There are so many variations to each unit and Psychiatrists float to other units periodically, that it is hard to give a strict guideline on the number of patients seen in a 10 hour day.

On a slow day it might be as low as 3 to 5 patients, and on a busy day it can be 15 patients or sometimes more.

There is a great team of Psychiatrists and they help each other out on those busy days, so it is not usually too overwhelming.

Average one new admission and one discharge per week.

Average length of stay is 60 to 75 days.

Patients generally have multiple diagnoses, including some medical problems.

You will be the primary Doctor for psychiatric and medical problems; however, there are 3 Nurse Practitioners, an Internist and a Neurologist available to help.

Physicals for H&Ps for new admissions are done primarily by Nurse Practitioners.

Credentialing takes approximately 2-4 weeks.

Six month minimum assignments preferred.

Must be comfortable with computers, because of the electronic medical record system.

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