Permanent Psychiatry: Geriatric Job in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Psychiatry: Geriatric
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other, Academic
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: (not specified)
- Expected ER Call Coverage: 1:6 or better
If you enjoy working in a teaching/academic setting with geriatric patients then this could be just what you are looking for. You will provide direct clinical care to geropsychiatric patients in a mix of Inpatient and Outpatient settings. The mix will be roughly 50/50.
The inpatient unit has 17 beds. There is another psychiatrist on the unit who does most of the IP so you will be responsible for approx. 5-6 patients on the IP side. You will also be involved with treating residents and fellows.
In this role you will work closely with patients, their family members and in some cases the patients's primary care physicians to monitor cognitive and memory issues, medication management, and more. You will work with an internal team of therapists, social workers, psychologists, and more and will also be responsible for supervising and training residents rotating through the unit. You also will, if interested, perform ECT to help with depression in older adults.
Salary 200-210K plus annual department bonus of 3-5,000 per year plus $10,000 from call plus exceptional benefits including both a pension plan and 403B
Candidate does not need to have a geriatric fellowship but must be interested and willing to work with this population.
- Structure of Financial Support: Employment Agreement with production bonus, Contract
- Financial Offering: $200,000 - $224,999
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: Pennsylvania
- Practice City: Philadelphia
- Community Size: 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)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card, H-1 Visa
- Preferred Experience Level: Currently In Training, Recently Trained, Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Hospital
- Number of Hospital Beds: 17
- Number of ER Visits Per Year:
- Number of Deliveries Per Year:
- Agency: MedSource Consultants
