Psychiatrist Needed for Locum Tenens Coverage at Outpatient Facility near Fort Wayne, Indiana

Job description

About the facility

This facility is a regional mental health center providing psychiatric services to adult patients in an outpatient setting. The center operates within medical and surgical environments to deliver consultation-liaison psychiatry, supporting patients with complex psychosocial and medical needs. Locum tenens coverage is sought to ensure continuity of psychiatric care delivery on a part-time basis.

About the facility location

The assignment is located near Fort Wayne, Indiana, a city offering a range of cultural and educational attractions. Notable destinations include the Fort Wayne Zoo, Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, Science Central, and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. The Embassy Theatre and walking tours provide additional opportunities for clinicians to engage with the arts and local community during their assignment.

About the clinician's workday

The psychiatrist will provide part-time outpatient consultation-liaison psychiatric services for adult patients, working 16 hours per week during day shifts. Clinical responsibilities include evaluating, treating, and managing clinicians' caseloads of patients with complex psychosocial and medical needs within medical and surgical settings. No call requirements are associated with this assignment.

Additional job details

• Case load/PPD: Variable
• Patient population: Adults
• Location type: On-Site
• Prescriptive authority required: Yes
• Shift hours: Part time (16 hours)
• Cases treated: Adult outpatient psychiatric conditions with complex psychosocial and medical needs in medical and surgical settings
• Average length of stay: Not applicable
• Census: Not applicable
• Med checks/follow-up per day: Variable
• Initial evaluation time: Variable

Your dedicated recruiter

Jordan Bracco

Call / Text: (678) 690-8039
Email: jbrocksmith@locumtenens.com

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