Psychiatrist - Physician

Acadia Healthcare•Chicago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Montrose Behavioral Health Hospital is seeking a Board Certified or Board Eligible General Psychiatrist to join our acute behavioral health team. This is a full-time position, 40 hours per week, with an average caseload of 15 patients per day. The psychiatrist will collaborate with a multidisciplinary treatment team to provide high-quality patient care, participate in quality improvement and review processes, and share in a phone call rotation with medical staff. Weekend and holiday rounding is compensated separately. The facility is a 160-bed acute behavioral health hospital with an average daily census of 90 patients and an average length of stay of 8-9 days. The psychiatrist will join a team of 5 experienced providers utilizing WellSky EMR.

Requirements

MD/DO with completion of Psychiatry residency
Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry
Eligible for medical licensure and DEA registration
Current license to practice medicine, by the state in which the facility(s) operates.
Board certification or certificate of admissibility for board certification in a behavioral health specialty.
Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.
Additional specific DEA credentials may be required, per state and facility regulations or policy.

Nice To Haves

One or more years’ experience as a staff physician with the population served by the facility preferred.

Responsibilities

Providing clinical services to patients at the facility within medical protocols defined by federal and state regulations, as well as by corporate, facility policy or procedures.
Reviewing medical information on patients to ensure medical stability and to offer medical recommendations.
Ensuring the physical health and care of patients, working constructively and collaboratively with other healthcare professionals is held to the highest standards.
Reviewing and completing medical information for individual care plans.
Directing services and information in a timely manner, maintaining appropriate confidential documentation, compliance and billing in accordance with the policy and procedures.
Participate in quality improvement and review processes.
Shared phone call rotation with medical staff.