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West Central Pennsylvania - Locums Adult/Geriatric Psychiatry Position - Inpatient Coverage Needed
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Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Pediatric Hospitalist
Degree Required MD/DO
Position Type Locums/Travel
Work Environment Hospital Clinic/Private Practice
Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 4/15/19

Inpatient Psychiatry – Clinic and Call Opportunity

Seeking locum tenens coverage to cover the adult/Geriatric population

Health System

Is a physi­cian-led, professionally managed health system with nearly 5,000 dedicated employees who serve more than a half-million patients each year.

The Medical Center is a 545-bed flagship hospital, and has been repeatedly recognized for clinical excellence.

Serving over a half-million patients annually through its network of hospitals, physician offices, specialty clinics and other patient-focused programs, Health System is the largest healthcare provider in West Central Pennsylvania. With 4,500+ employees and 350 physicians, offers a continuum of care and highly specialized services.

  • Teaching hospital
    • Physician Residency Programs
      • Family Practice
      • Internal Medicine
      • General Surgery
      • AOA
      • AOA – FP
      • Emergency Medicine

Health System Highlights

• More than 600 licensed acute, rehab and long-term beds in three hospitals. The flagship hospital is the most technologically sophisticated hospital between Pittsburgh and Hershey.

• Highest level of care designations for Neonatal (Level 3) and Trauma Care (Level 1).

• A major teaching presence training tomorrow’s professionals.

- Seven Medical Residency Programs & PharmD Residency - Doctoral Psychology Internship

- School of Nursing - Five Allied Health Programs

- Level 1 Accredited Medical Skills Simulation Lab

• Recognized by U.S. News and World Report as a Best Hospital for Central Pennsylvania, with recognition for high performance in Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery and Pulmonology.

Locums Position Detials:

Full time position

  • 8-4:30 plus shared weekday and weekend on-call

Psychiatry call coverage:

  • 1-2 weekdays 5p to 8a; 1-2 weekend coverage
  • Coverage includes Rounding on patients (approximately 10-15+ inpatients daily)
  • Coverage includes rounding on all units on the weekends (2 physicians per day)
  • Length of stay 5-6 days
  • Consults (2-4 patients)
  • Responding to consults within 30 minutes, and regular consults within 24 hours (number of new patient consults average 2-4 per day)
  • Type of charting – EPIC
  • Call is taken from home with a response time of 30 minutes.
  • The locum will cover the ER and Psychiatry Inpatient unit by phone when on call.

Please Contact:

Ian Glendinning
Director of Recruitment, Locum Tenens Division

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Pacific Companies Inc.

75 Enterprise Suite 220, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

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Behavioral Medicine Highlights

• Adult – 20 bed unit for patients 18-59

• Senior Adult – 13 bed unit for patients 60 years and older

• Psychiatric consults for acute care patients

• Family Practice Residents on call for the general hospital are available on evening shifts to respond to medical emergencies and face to face evaluations for patients who require restraint/seclusion

• H&P’s done by PCP

Health System:

Health System is a physi­cian-led, professionally managed health system with nearly 5,000 dedicated employees who serve more than a half-million patients each year.

Medical Center, the 545-bed flagship hospital, has been repeatedly recognized for clinical excellence.

Serving over a half-million patients annually through its network of hospitals, physician offices, specialty clinics and other patient-focused programs, Health System is the largest healthcare provider in West Central Pennsylvania. With 4,500+ employees and 350 physicians, offers a continuum of care and highly specialized services.

  • Teaching hospital
    • Physician Residency Programs
      • Family Practice
      • Internal Medicine
      • General Surgery
      • AOA
      • AOA – FP
      • Emergency Medicine

Health System Highlights

• More than 600 licensed acute, rehab and long-term beds in three hospitals. The flagship hospital is the most technologically sophisticated hospital between Pittsburgh and Hershey.

• Highest level of care designations for Neonatal (Level 3) and Trauma Care (Level 1).

• A major teaching presence training tomorrow’s professionals.

- Seven Medical Residency Programs & PharmD Residency - Doctoral Psychology Internship

- School of Nursing - Five Allied Health Programs

- Level 1 Accredited Medical Skills Simulation Lab

• Recognized by U.S. News and World Report as a Best Hospital for Central Pennsylvania, with recognition for high performance in Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery and Pulmonology.

• Designated Primary Stroke Center and recognized by the American Heart Association with the Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement award.

Recently, many clinical advancements have been introduced:

da Vinci Robotic Assisted Surgery for general, gynecological, thoracic, colorectal, urology and weight loss surgery.

• A state-of-the-art Electrophysiology Laboratory for diagnosis and treatment of abnormal heart rhythm conditions.

• The 4G capabilities of a 48-channel MAGNETOMAero 1.5 Tesla MRI

• The Robot Rx-3000HP Pharmacy System uses barcode scanning technology to automate the storage, picking, returning, restocking and crediting of more than 90% of our daily unit dose medications.

• Philips Hybrid OR with AlluraClarity. The room uses special green lighting to enhance vision, allowing surgeons to perform a full range of procedures all in a single room using the latest in x-ray technology.

• Conemaugh Memorial offers the only Fetal Echocardiography Lab between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories.

• State-of-the-art low-dose Computed Tomography (CT) scanner

• Only Epilepsy Monitoring Unit between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg.

Please Contact:

Ian Glendinning
Director of Recruitment, Locum Tenens Division

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Pacific Companies Inc.

75 Enterprise Suite 220, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656

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e: [Register to View]