*Assignment:*
* Available to start immediately (pending credentialing)
* Initial Appointment for 3-month assignment, with option to extend 3 -6 month assignment, if the position remains unfilled
* Full-time, 40 hours a week with assigned office hours of Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.
m.
to 5:00 pm with 1 hour lunch break
* *NOT* approved for overtime
* No weekends, no holidays, no on-call duty
* Ability to provide cross coverage, to include forensic populations, as required
* Once a month, participation in Lunch Coverage Call (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM)
*Qualifications:*
* 3+ more years as a Licensed Practitioner, *preferred*
* Autonomous license, *preferred*
* Experience as the Head of Treatment Team (HOTT), *preferred*
* Experience working with in-patient (*preferred*), adult admission, forensic admission, or geriatric admission and chronic geriatric inpatient populations is required
* Experience conducting comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and forensic evaluations for competency restoration is required
* Comfortable working on admissions work up and potential rapid turnover
* Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary treatment team
* BLS Healthcare Provider certification is required
*Position Details:*
* Facility Hospitalizations: Acute, Adult, Inpatient wards (male & female)
* Facility Demographics: Forensic, NGRI, Civil, Jail Transfer, and Geriatric populations
* May be assigned Scheduling Coverage, as needed to other units
* Facility Stay: Short and Long-term length of stay
* Caseload varies by ward
* Admissions unit: 10 patients per provider
* Geriatric (long-term) unit: 40 patients per provider
* NGRI Units—30-40 patients per provider
* Admissions/Discharges
* Admission unit: 5-10 per week
* Geriatric (long-term) unit: 4 per month
* PCP coverage provided
* Full complement of interdisciplinary team members
* Weekly Notes for New Admissions
* Monthly Notes for patients _over 60 days_ following admissions
*Responsibilities include but are not limited to:*
* Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations.
Ensure medical history, mental status, and physical examinations are completed according to policy, TJC and CMS standards and other regulatory agencies.
* Follow treatment protocols for competency restoration to ensure rapid turnaround of pretrial forensic patients.
* Attend judicial hearings on campus, appropriate to the assigned patient population.
* Lead Treatment Planning Conferences and provide effective leadership in developing and maintaining the therapeutic process between physicians, nursing staff, psychologists, social workers, rehab staff and patients.
* Complete required documentation in a timely manner.
Failure to complete documentation in a timely manner may result in withholding timecard approvals and/or cancellation of contract.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract, Locum tenens
Pay: $65.
00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Medical specialties:
* Geriatrics
* Psychiatry
Standard shift:
* Day shift
Weekly schedule:
* Monday to Friday
* No weekends
Work setting:
* Acute care
* Hospital
* Inpatient
* In-person
Work Location: In person
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