Psychiatric - Mental Health Physician

Provider will start work at 7 AM on Tuesday morning and will work until 7 AM the following Tuesday. The provider will typically come to the unit at 8 AM each day and attend treatment team at 8:30 AM. Provider will meet with assigned patients and will stay on unit typically until 5 PM. After that time, the provider will be on call. The unit will call the provider for unit needs and potential admits. The provider will assess information and determine if a new admission is appropriate for the unit and proceed with admitting the patient if it is deemed suitable. Staff will also call the provider for emergency needs, such as a patient acting out and requiring additional intervention. The provider will work alongside a mid-level practitioner.

• Must be able to see 14 patients per day independently, and up to 19 patients per day with an Advanced Practice Provider (APP)
• Patient Encounters Per Shift: 9-10
• Nearest Airport: Pocatello
• Certification Requirements:
• BLS: Yes
• Other: No
• Facility Trauma Level: 4
• Facility Pediatric Level: 0
• Specialty: Psychiatry
• Inpatient Setting:
• Acute psychiatric unit/institute: Yes
• Long-term psychiatric facility: No
• Sub-acute unity/residential: No
• Specialty Skills in Psychiatry:
• Anxiety disorders: Required
• Affective disorders: Required
• Personality disorders: Required
• Psychotic disorders: Required
• Familiarity with involuntary commitments, seclusion therapy, and restraint application: Required
• Treatment techniques such as pharmacotherapy: Required
• Additional Preferences:
• ADD/ADHD, eating disorders, developmental disorders: Preferred
• Group therapy and family therapy: Preferred