Psychiatrist- Child / Adolescent

Southcoast Behavioral Health Now Hiring: Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Southcoast Behavioral Health is a 192-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality mental health care. Our multidisciplinary team works together to deliver evidence-based treatment in a supportive and collaborative environment. With modern resources, including the WellSky electronic medical record system, we are committed to helping patients achieve lasting recovery.

We Are Hiring For:

• Full-Time Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist (1 Opening)

What We're Looking For:

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry
• Experience or interest in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• DEA Waiver required
• Passion for providing exceptional inpatient behavioral health care
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to work alongside clinicians, nurses, and the multidisciplinary treatment team

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide psychiatric care on a 24-bed adolescent inpatient unit.
• Participate in treatment team meetings and complete clinical documentation.
• Collaborate closely with clinicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to develop and implement individualized treatment plans.

Position Highlights:

• Full-time, 40-hour work week
• Average caseload of 12 patients per day
• Call responsibilities with additional call pay
• Competitive negotiable compensation
• Sign-on bonus
• Productivity bonus
• Relocation assistance
• Student loan repayment assistance
• Comprehensive Acadia benefits package
• Interview process includes an initial virtual interview followed by an onsite visit

If you're looking to make a meaningful impact in the lives of children and adolescents while working with an experienced behavioral health team, we'd love to hear from you.

Summary:

• Responsible for providing clinical services to patients at the facility within medical protocols defined by federal and state regulations, as well as by corporate, facility policy or procedures.
• Review medical information on patients to ensure medical stability and to offer medical recommendations.
• Ensure the physical health and care of patients, working constructively and collaboratively with other healthcare professionals is held to the highest standards.
• Review and complete medical information for individual care plans.
• Direct services and information in a timely manner, maintaining appropriate confidential documentation, compliance and billing in accordance with the policy and procedures.

Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required.
• One or more years' experience as a staff physician with the population served by the facility preferred.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Current license to practice medicine, by the state in which the facility(s) operates.
• Board certification or certificate of admissibility for board certification in a behavioral health specialty.
• Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.
• Additional specific DEA credentials may be required, per state and facility regulations or policy.