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General description:
· The Hospital is a 110 bed state psychiatric hospital, Joint Commission and CMS accredited; teaching affiliation of University of Virginia & West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.
· 2 adult units of 50 adult beds; 2 geriatric units of 60 geriatric beds
· Facility is staffed by 5 Attending Psychiatrists, 1 resident, 1 internal medicine physician, 1 Nurse Practitioner.
· Depending upon the patient's care needs, the Psychiatrist will see approximately 17 patients. Within the 17, will need to see daily those on AMM (acute medical management) of about 2-5 patients. This physician
will be on a team of 3 attending psychiatrists and a Nurse Practitioner.
· Average length of stay last month for an Adult patient was 48 days.
· Average 7 admissions over the past month.
Must be Psych certified. Must be licensed in Virginia
· Must have the ability to perform physical assessments if needed. (However, this is rarely required of a Locum Psychiatrist).
· No on-call needed. (On-call is provided by a large group of physicians, including internal medicine colleagues and psychiatrists).
· Works with superb nursing staff.
· Full complement in interdisciplinary team of psychologists, social workers, adjunctive therapists; as well as consultation services with OT, PT, nutrition, surgery, orthopedics, podiatry and dental.
· Smoke free environment.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
