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Locum Tenens Psychiatry: General Job in Missouri

Psychiatrist

Our client in Southeast Missouri is currently searching for locums Psychiatrist to take on the facility’s extra volume.

Practice Details:

  • Practice Setting: Inpatient
  • Coverage Type: Scheduled Clinical Hours + Call
  • Call:
    • Call Type: In-House
    • Locums call is for both assigned and unassigned patients
    • Call is one out of three.  Does not have to come back to the hospital when on call with the exception being for a stat consult.
  • Three doctors cover the unit Monday through Friday.  Two doctors cover the unit on the weekend  and/or holiday. Cover one weekend a month (rare occasion). 
  • Seclusion room coverage no longer requires a physician to come back to the unit.  Seclusion is handled by nursing now with phone consultation with on-call physician for medications and new orders on the patient when necessary. 
  • Physician required to do Psychiatric Admission Notes,  daily progress notes and discharge summaries.  All notes are dictated.  
  • The physician on call is responsible for consults on other units along with their coverage of their assigned patients on the unit.   
  • Average daily census presently around 28-30 patients per day.
  • Provider will be required to supervise other healthcare providers

I am interested in the Locum Tenens Psychiatry: General Job in Missouri. If the position is still accepting new applicants please respond so I can discuss my qualifications with you.

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