Psychiatrist - General Adult + Faculty

Meritus Health

7h•Onsite

About The Position

This role provides a varied psychiatry practice across multiple care settings: Inpatient & Acute Services (12-bed Adult Acute Psychiatry Unit, 6-bed Crisis Stabilization Unit for substance use withdrawal and stabilization, Consult-Liaison Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine consults, Psychiatric ED consult service with dedicated behavioral health social workers). Outpatient Services include Behavioral Health Urgent Care, Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), Therapy services with 10 FTE licensed mental health clinicians, and Telehealth psychiatry. The patient population includes adults with a full spectrum of psychiatric conditions, such as Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, Anxiety disorders, Substance Use Disorders, and Functional Neurologic Disorders. Care commonly involves management of suicidal ideation, psychosis, mania, substance withdrawal, capacity evaluations, and medication/psychotherapy management. The typical clinical volume includes 6–12 inpatient patients daily, 4–6 Consult-Liaison patients daily, 3–4 Addiction consults daily, and approximately 3 patients daily in the Crisis Stabilization Unit. Outpatient visits are 1-hour for new patients and 15–30 minutes for follow-ups. The academic and faculty role involves joining a growing academic psychiatry department with 8 psychiatrists and 2 nurse practitioners, and 5 psychiatry residents per class. It includes clinical supervision of residents and medical students, with opportunities for didactics, lectures, advising, research, and committee participation. Faculty receive protected educational time (0.1 FTE) for teaching responsibilities. Meritus Health is a mission-driven regional health system expanding behavioral health services across Maryland, supporting a growing academic environment with the upcoming Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine, launched in 2025, and additional residency programs in development.

Requirements

Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) with Psychiatry residency completion (implied by Psychiatrist title)
Ability to treat adults with a full spectrum of psychiatric conditions
Ability to manage suicidal ideation, psychosis, mania, substance withdrawal, capacity evaluations, and medication/psychotherapy management
Experience in inpatient, outpatient, and consult psychiatry
Interest in academic and faculty responsibilities including teaching and supervision

Responsibilities

Provide varied psychiatry practice across multiple care settings
Manage patients in the 12-bed Adult Acute Psychiatry Unit (voluntary & involuntary)
Manage patients in the 6-bed Crisis Stabilization Unit for substance use withdrawal and stabilization
Perform Consult-Liaison Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine consults
Provide Psychiatric ED consult service
Treat adults with a full spectrum of psychiatric conditions, including Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, Anxiety disorders, Substance Use Disorders, Functional Neurologic Disorders
Manage suicidal ideation, psychosis, mania, substance withdrawal, capacity evaluations, and medication/psychotherapy management
Provide clinical supervision of residents and medical students
Participate in didactics, lectures, advising, research, and committee participation
Take at-home weekday call (at most once per week)
Participate in weekend call rotation (~every 6 weeks)