Psychiatrist

Location: Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services – Dini‑Townsend Hospital (Sparks, Nevada)

Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Assignment Type: Full‑Time

Salary: Highly Competitive, starting at $155/hour

Position Overview

Dini‑Townsend Hospital, a 30‑bed state‑operated inpatient psychiatric facility under Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services (NNAMHS), is seeking a full‑time Attending Psychiatrist to provide comprehensive psychiatric care to adult patients in an acute inpatient setting. This role requires strong clinical judgment, leadership, and collaboration within a multidisciplinary environment. The attending psychiatrist manages a patient caseload of approximately 8–15 patients, oversees University of Nevada psychiatry residents, and ensures high‑quality, trauma‑informed, and recovery‑focused care. Residents contribute to patient care activities; however, the Attending Psychiatrist retains full responsibility for all assigned patients, including all documentation, orders, assessments, and clinical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment for an assigned inpatient caseload (average 8–15 patients).
• Oversee and supervise University of Nevada psychiatry residents participating in patient care.
• Complete all required clinical documentation in the AVATAR electronic health record, including progress notes, orders, treatment plans, admission assessments, forensic evaluations (when applicable), and discharge summaries.
• Participate actively in interdisciplinary treatment team meetings, contributing to individualized treatment planning, patient progress review, and coordination of services.
• Conduct and manage psychiatric admission evaluations and determine appropriateness of referrals from external sources.
• Facilitate safe and timely discharge planning in collaboration with social services, nursing, case management, and utilization review staff.
• Coordinate ongoing medical maintenance care, collaborate with internal medical providers, and ensure continuity of treatment.
• Collaborate with the utilization review nurse to provide required documentation for prior authorizations, continued stay reviews, and discharge medication approvals.
• Participate in hospital committees such as Denial of Rights and other quality and oversight groups as assigned.
• Support operational coverage during colleague absences (sick or personal time off) as needed.
• Maintain compliance with Joint Commission, state, federal, and NNAMHS policies and standards of psychiatric care.
• Uphold safety protocols and maintain awareness of risks associated with an inpatient psychiatric population, including patients with aggression, psychosis, or complex behavioral needs.

Qualifications

• Medical degree (MD or DO) from an accredited institution.
• Completion of an accredited Psychiatry residency training program.
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry.
• Current Nevada medical license or eligibility for licensure.
• Current DEA registration and ability to prescribe controlled substances in Nevada.
• Strong knowledge of psychiatric assessment, psychopharmacology, crisis stabilization, trauma‑informed care, and inpatient psychiatric treatment models.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams in an inpatient psychiatric setting.
• Ability to provide resident supervision, mentoring, and clinical oversight.
• Excellent clinical documentation and EHR proficiency (AVATAR experience preferred but not required).