Physician / Psychiatry / California / Locum tenens / Adult Inpatient Psychiatrist Locums Job

Company: Jackson + Coker
Location: San Leandro
Posted on: January 26, 2023

Job Description:

Adult Inpatient Psychiatrist Locums Job in the San Francisco Bay Area - California Details/Requirements: *Adult inpatient coverage starting September 1 and ongoing. *Will consider either straight locum tenens or locum tenens-to-permanent candidates. *Schedule: 7 days per week 8AM to 4 PM *Call 24/7 for the doctor's own patients. *Prior acute inpatient psychiatry experience required. *Minimum experience: prior community mental health services systems experience *Electronic health record, so you must be computer savvy. *Temporary privileges are available Additional duties include the following and more: --Psychiatrists are expected to attend the Psychiatry department meetings in person. Patient assignments: --Inpatient psychiatrist will be responsible for taking care of up to 12 patients during their 8 hour shift (8 AM to 4 PM). There are total of 6 doctors each day. --In case of staffing shortages (sick call etc.): Patients will be equally assigned to all psychiatrists by the medical director. Work hours and on-call: --All inpatient doctors are expected to be at the premises between 8 AM to 4 PM on their workday and staff should be able to access them in person. During these hours the psychiatrist is expected to evaluate and treat their assigned patients in person. From 8 AM to 4 PM, psychiatrists are expected to be the initial physician responder to all urgent and emergent medical situations on their unit. After hours, PES psychiatrists are the initial physician responders for urgent medical situations. Internists will be paged by the nursing staff in all these situations however internists are not available to respond in person. Inpatient psychiatrist is on-call from 4 PM to 8 AM the next day for their patients. Psychiatrist is expected to respond

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