Psychiatrist

The Wright Center Medical Group • Wilkes-Barre, PA

29d • Onsite

About The Position

The Wright Center for Community Health is seeking a Psychiatrist to join their team. This role offers a unique opportunity to combine patient care, academic medicine, and a commitment to serving underserved communities. As a physician faculty member, you will provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and medication management for patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral health conditions. You will collaborate with primary care physicians and other healthcare professionals to support an integrated approach to patient care and provide clinical supervision to psychiatric nurse practitioners. The ideal candidate is dedicated to evidence-based psychiatric practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and delivering compassionate care to diverse populations, including those who are underserved. The Wright Center is a nationally recognized, nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and Graduate Medical Education Safety-Net Consortium serving Northeastern Pennsylvania, focused on improving access to high-quality healthcare through an integrated model of care, physician education, and community service.

Requirements

• MD/DO Degree
• Graduate Medical Education in an ACGME Accredited Psychiatric Residency Program
• Current certification by the Board of Psychiatry or possess qualifications acceptable to the Review Committee
• DEA Certification
• BLS Certification
• Valid physician license for State of Pennsylvania
• Previous leadership / administrative experience required
• Be willing to combine administrative/teaching and patient care responsibilities
• Possess strong administrative and team building skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Previous participation as an active faculty member in an ACGME-accredited psychiatry residency program or graduate medical education administrative experience is highly desired
• Recent scholarly activity such as peer reviewed funding, publication of original research or review articles in peer-reviewed journals, chapters in textbooks, publication or presentation of case reports or clinical series at scientific society meetings, or participation in national committees or educations organizations highly desired

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and medication management for patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral health conditions.
• Works collaboratively with primary care physicians and other healthcare professionals to support an integrated approach to patient care.
• Provides clinical supervision to psychiatric nurse practitioners.
• Combines administrative/teaching and patient care responsibilities.

Benefits

• Medical insurance with significant employer contribution offered on day one
• 100% employer provided dental and vision insurance offered on day one
• 403b retirement plan with 8% employer contribution after one year of service
• Up to 4 weeks of PTO with 11 paid holidays per fiscal year
• Up to 5 days of CME per fiscal year
• Loan forgiveness programs such as NHSC, Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree