Permanent Psychiatry: General Job in Burkeville, Virginia
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Psychiatry: General
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
- Structure of Position: Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
Piedmont Geriatric Hospital is actively recruiting for a Psychiatrist who will provide psychiatric care to a designated number of geriatric patients as assigned by the Medical Director. Current position is on the Admissions Unit with a maximum capacity of 27 patients. The selected individual will work closely with a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and an Internist/Family Practitioner also assigned to the same unit. The selected applicant will: - Serve as staff psychiatrist rendering direct patient care and case related consultation and communication. - Be responsible for admission evaluations and in developing a comprehensive treatment plan incorporating multidisciplinary clinical input. - Carry out miscellaneous assigned committee and teaching responsibilities and participate in administrative and/or patient related medical meetings. - Serve as back-up physician in the absence of other physicians. - Possess good diagnostic and treatment development skills, the ability to lead a multidisciplinary treatment team and good writing and communication skills. - Be a graduate of an approved medical school, licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine and hold a current DEA Our hospital is the only facility within the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services devoted to the treatment of the elderly. We offer generous group medical insurance, pension, life insurance, and malpractice coverage, temporary housing, deferred comp plan.
- Structure of Financial Support: Income Guarantee, Straight Employment
- Financial Offering: Open
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: No
- Student Loan Assistance: No
- Practice State: Virginia
- Practice City: Burkeville
- Community Size: Less than 10,000, 10,000 - 24,999, 25,000 - 49,999, 50,000 - 99,999, 100,000 - 499,999, 500,000+
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible, Board Ineligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen
- Preferred Experience Level: Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: No
- Facility Type: Hospital
- Number of Hospital Beds: 125
- Number of ER Visits Per Year: 0
- Number of Deliveries Per Year: 0
- Hospital: Piedmont Geriatric Hospital
