Locum Physician (MD/DO) - Psychiatry - General/Other in Somerville, NJ

Doctor of Medicine | Psychiatry - General/Other Location: Somerville, NJ Employer: Alumni Healthcare Staffing Pay: Competitive weekly pay (inquire for details) Contract Duration: 31 Weeks Start Date: ASAP About the Position Specialty RWJ University Hospital Somerset-AP-Physician-0020 State NJ Location 110 Rehill Avenue Somerville New Jersey 08876 Requirements Robert Wood Johnson Hopsital in Summerset needs a locum to work Mon thru Friday 8a to 5p MUST be board certified psychiatrists or those who are truly board eligible.* Provider to evaluate, manage, treat, and discharge psychiatric patients on an inpatient psychiatric unit. Provider needs to be able to manage complex psychiatric conditions and work collaboratively with a treatment team. They may also at times be asked to provide coverage for our consultation liaison services to the medical hospital. Call needed. 12 to 14 patients per day Is the provider working solo or with other providers? If so, whom? On 5W, with another provider (MD), splitting 27 bed unit, on 1w with an APN and fellow for 20 bed unit Are there Advanced Practice Providers? If yes, is the locums provider responsible for them? Yes, on eating d/o unit there is an APP, yes responsible for her Additional info: we are searching for someone for 5W, a general adult inpatient psychiatric unit. It is a 27 bed unit which splits the patient load between 2 providers. Average daily census per provider is about 12-14 patients. We have about 12-15 consults a day. Both ED admitted patients and inpatient medical units. Again, our volume of consults are high. More likely average is 8-10. Due to a nocturnist program, no after hours on call responsibilities from 5pm-8am for 7 days a week. However, there are weekend rounding responsibilities, and the provider will be responsible for participating 1 weekend (Sat and Sun) a month for day time coverage 8am- 5pm. This will include rounding on the inpatient unit and coverage in our crisis units. Our physicians who work there say that when they go in at 8am on the weekend, the in person work is usually done by 2pm. They then go home and can take phone calls until 5pm. Schedule Dates Needed 2026-05-31T00:00:00+00:00- 2026-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 Alumni Healthcare Staffing offers: Weekly Direct Deposits Travel and Lodging Provided if Needed A+ Rated Malpractice Coverage 24/7 Availability of your Recruiting Consultant & Credentialing Staff If you have availability for this job or are interested in other opportunities, please send an updated CV or contact me today. Danielle Dick View phone number on click.appcast.io