Psychiatric - Mental Health Physician

Psychiatry Regional Medical Director opening - Bristol, TN Located on the VA/TN border - 23m to Kingsport, 55m to Boone, NC Position Details

• Full-time, permanent
• Employed
• Freestanding 28-bed adult psychiatric unit, is located minutes from Regional Medical Center, provides inpatient psychiatric services to communities in both Southwestern Virginia and Northeast Tennessee.
• In additional to daily treatment responsibilities Regional Medical Director will provide physician leadership for the Regions Psychiatry team, including 3-4 staff Psychiatrists and 7-8 Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.
• Working alongside this team, the Regional Medical Director will work with the Behavioral Health Service Line leadership to optimize quality and operations across the 3 units (58 beds) and robust consult-liaison service that provides inpatient psychiatric services throughout the Group's footprint.
• This leadership position requires an enthusiastic, motivated individual who is constantly striving to improve processes.
• The appropriate candidate will have the ability to develop camaraderie with multiple teams, excellent communication skills and the ability to envision, as well as produce, change with a focus on innovating care to be more patient-centered and to meet the changing needs of an ever-evolving healthcare landscape.
Schedule:
• Weekdays: MONDAY - FRIDAY (8 HOUR DAYS)
• CALL: 1-in-6 (Regional Call Model)
• Weekends: 1 Weekend Per Month of on-site rounding
Practice Details:
• Accommodates twenty-eight patients and contains a large multi-purpose treatment room, a group therapy room, a recreational therapy room, a kitchen, laundry room, offices and work area. The Center provides a wide range of therapeutic modalities to its patients, including:
• Daily rounds by the Psychiatry Team including 1 Psychiatrist and 1 Psychiatric Advanced Practitioner
• Daily therapeutic services lead by licensed therapists and counselors including:
• Individual psychotherapy
• Group psychotherapy
• On-Site Case Management and Utilization Review
• Recreational activities
• Pharmacology
• Family therapy
• On-Site Court
• Educational services
Facility Details
• Designed to provide short-term stabilization and treatment for adults whose treatment needs mandate an inpatient stabilization and treatment.
• The units goal is to return patients to a level of acuity in which comprehensive outpatient care can continue to improve the quality of life for the patient.
• Busy unit, accepting referrals and admissions 24-hours-a-day, 365 days per year.
• Most referrals come through the many Community Service Boards (CSBs) throughout the state of Virginia, and their Mandatory Screeners assess patients during psychiatric crisis.
• The unit also accepts voluntary admissions from Regional Medical Center, a tertiary care center located just across the state line in Bristol, Tennessee.
• In order to promote successful reintegration back into the community, family members, local CSBs and/or the court systems work with the Ridgeview Pavilion team during the treatment and discharge process to ensure smooth transitions back into the patients communities.
About the Regional Medical Center
• 312-bed hospital and Level II Trauma Center that serves Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
• Home to leading-edge medical technology, such as stereotactic radiosurgery with TrueBeam STx with Brainlab, multidimensional cardiac catheterization laboratories and surgical robotics, including single-site surgery. Additional services include the distinctive Advanced Certified Total Hip and Total Knee joint replacement center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, the Deborah H. Quillen Birthing Center, the Leonard Family Comprehensive Breast Center, the J.D. Nicewonder Family Pediatric Emergency Department, diabetes treatment center and palliative care.
• Recognized as a High-Performing Hospital for 2019-20 by U.S. News & World Report, ranking No. 7 in Tennessee and earning "High Performing" ratings for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, colon cancer surgery, heart failure and knee replacement, and it is a recipient of the 2020 Chest Pain MI Registry Gold Performance Achievement Award, the Gold NSTEMI recognition in the Mission: Lifeline program and STEMI Gold Receiving recognition in the Mission: Lifeline program.
Compensation/Benefits
• Competitive Compensation
• Competitive call pay
• Weekend shift pay
• Sign On Bonus
• Relocation Assistance
• PTO
• CME
• FULL Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision)
Community Details:
• The Appalachian Highlands consists of three mid-size cities (Bristol, TN/VA, Kingsport, TN, Johnson City, TN).
• Sullivan County, TN and Washington County, TN combined is roughly 300,000 in population.
• The area is within driving distance to one half of the US population.
• No State Income Tax in Tennessee
• Low Cost of Living
• Easy access to a Regional Airport
• Excellent Public and Private school options
• Arts/Culture: ETSU Martin Center for the Arts, Johnson City Symphony Orchestra, International Storytelling Center
• Outdoor activities: Boone Lake, Buffalo Mountain Park, Tannery Knob Bike Park
• Family activities: Gray Fossil Site, Hands On Discovery Center, Brights Zoo
• Local craft breweries and wineries
• Four distinct seasons