Job Quick Facts:

• Specialty: Medical Director-Psychiatry
• Job Type: Locum Tenens
• Facility Location: Holyoke, MA
• Service Setting: Inpatient
• Reason For Coverage: Supplemental
• Coverage Period: ASAP - Ongoing
• Coverage Type: Clinical + Call
• Shift/Call Schedule: 24-hr shifts (8a-5p onsite)
• Call Type: Beeper
• Admissions Required: Yes
• Duties:
      - Will address clinical issues/concerns that may arise in a 24-hr period.
      - Will be providing supervision/leadership for the current providers, review of potential admission denial (MA requirement), recruitment/retention of providers, participate in meetings and assist in guiding the hospital clinically until a permanent replacement is found.
      - Will be assisting in ensuring the current provider are supervised and retained. Additionally, they would be assisting in the interviewing and staffing the hospital on an as needed basis.
• Required Procedures:
      - Clinical Areas: Anxiety, Affective, ADD/ADHD, Personality, Psychotic and Organic disorders
      - Familiarity With: Involuntary Commitments, Seclusion therapy, Restrain Application
      - Treatment techniques: Group therapy, Family therapy, ECT
• No. of Beds: 120 max (ramp up growth)
• EMR: Cerner
• Other Info:
      - Acute psychiatric unit/institute
      - Required to Supervise APPs
• Temporary Privileges Available: Yes
• Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance covered