Child/Adolescent Psychiatrist Needed for Locum Tenens Coverage at InpatientFacility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Job at LocumTenens.com, Centre Hall, PA

  • LocumTenens.com
  • Centre Hall, PA

Job Description

This Job at a Glance
  • Job Reference Id: ORD-219893-MD-PA
  • Title: MD
  • Dates Needed: Early September - Ongoing
  • Shift Type: Day Shift
  • Assignment Type: Inpatient
  • Call Required: No
  • Board Certification Required: Yes
  • Job Duration: Locums
About the Facility

This acute inpatient psychiatric unit is located on the 4th floor of a medical plaza in South Philadelphia and operates as part of a behavioral health network. The facility provides short-term psychiatric stabilization for children, adolescents, and young adults experiencing acute mental health crises. The unit is a newly established service with an anticipated daily census of 10 to 14 patients.

About the Facility Location

Philadelphia is a walkable city with efficient public transportation, including an Airport Line train connecting the airport to the city center. The city offers a range of distinct neighborhoods, each with cultural, culinary, and historical experiences. Notable attractions include the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, and the Delaware River waterfront at Penn's Landing, which draws over 2 million visitors annually. Clinicians on assignment may explore the city through historical walking tours, food tours, street art tours, and evening tours that blend entertainment with historical insight.

About the Clinician's Workday

The clinician will provide full-time inpatient psychiatric care for children and adolescents during day shift hours, with a daily census ranging from 10 to 14 patients. Responsibilities include evaluating newly admitted patients, conducting daily follow-up visits, and assessing mood and affect, suicidal or homicidal risk, psychosis or hallucinations, anxiety symptoms, sleep and appetite, and medication response and side effects. The clinician will adjust medications based on each patient's progress within the context of an acute inpatient psychiatric stabilization unit. Board certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and prescriptive authority are required; no call obligations are associated with this position.

Additional Job Details
  • Case Load/PPD: 10-14 beds
  • Support Staff: Fellows may help out a few days a week
  • Patient Population: Children
  • Location Type: On-Site
  • Prescriptive Authority Required: Yes
  • Government: No
  • Shift Hours: Full time (40 hours)
  • Cases Treated: Acute child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric conditions
  • Average Length of Stay: Variable
  • Census: 10-14 patients
  • Med Checks/Follow-up per day: Not applicable
  • Initial Evaluation Time: Not applicable
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  • Concierge support with a dedicated clinician deployment specialist

  • Digital hub for assignment details

Job Tags

Full time, Temporary work, Locum, Shift work, Day shift, Afternoon shift

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