Locum - Psychiatrist Physician - Philadelphia, PA

Job Posting

Start Date: 1/2/25

End Date: Ongoing

PA Licensure Required Skills Required: Must be comfortable with an EMR & providing inpatient psychiatric care for complex inner-city adults

Skills Preferred (not required): Candidates interested in teaching

Breakdown of Practice Days:

• Day Shift: Mon-Fri; some variation of 7/8AM - 4/5:30PM

Call: No

# of beds: 10

Patient volumes: 10 patients admitting/discharging 0-3 a day; average LOS is 9 days

Additional Staff (Any other physicians, residents, APPs, MAs, etc.): None. However, if the provider meets criteria to be an educator, they may gather resident support in exchange for teaching

EMR System (Clinic EMR different than hospital EMR?): AeCIS/Cerner for IP

Providers Privileging time/frame requirements: 60-90 days on average

a. Temp/Emergency Privileges: Yes

b. Is there a committee/review meeting (if so, when?): Yes - 3rd Tuesday of every month; MSB 4th Wednesday of the Month

c. How many references needed for a complete file? Do all of them need to be same specialty? 3 references required, 1 must be from most recent placement, all psychiatry

Other Comments/Additional info:

• Providers with recent experience providing IP care (within the past 5 years) is highly preferred.
• Experience with IP care within the past 10 years minimum.
• Though Length of stay tends to be on the longer side, the department does turnover some patients quickly; many with psychotic symptoms, co-morbid substance use, and other medical problems.
• There is no coverage responsibilities, evening, weekend, or night calls unless requested as we have coverage for these times of day.
• Admitting patients will be rare as most admissions will be done by the evening/night or weekend staff, and no admissions after 3pm.
• There will be a lead nurse and the same social worker (unless on vacation or out ill) with your team that meet with you daily to review all patients.