Physician / Psychiatry / California / Locum tenens / Southern California Adolescent Dual Diagnosis Residential Treatment Psychiatrist Locums Job Star Job

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Southern California Adolescent Dual Diagnosis Residential Treatment Psychiatrist Locums Job Starting ASAP Details/Requirements: Starts ASAP and ongoing for 10-15 hours a week to cover a caseload of 8 patients. Client has a PMNHP who covers the rest of the caseload. Need is to cover two 6 bed girls dual diagnosis residential treatment programs and one 6 bed boys dual diagnosis residential treatment program. The 3 houses are very close together. For the locum tenens services, it can be 100% remote tele health. Client uses a HIPAA compliant version of Zoom for tele health. Board Certified Child Psychiatrist is strongly preferred; however, will consider a board certified adult psychiatrist who s experienced with adolescents ages 12-17, but most patients are ages 14-17. Average daily census: Girls 10 (5 per program), Boys 5 ALOS: 45 days Hours: somewhat flexible as long as they're between 8am-5pm, M,W, Th, and Friday; however, Wednesdays are mandatory due to treatment team meetings on Wednesdays between 10am - 12 noon. Initial evaluations are 1 hour, follow ups are as much as 30 minutes but can be less for some patients depending on a patient s needs. Some patients are straight mental health with no substance use. Most patients have co-occurring disorders, substance abuse primary diagnosis with depression, anxiety, ADHD, etc. being secondary. Initial evaluations/assessments need to be completed within 48 hours of admission. No formal call, meaning all calls will be done remotely; the locum tenens doctor will never be called back in to see a patient while on call. The locum tenens doctor will receive an average of about 3 calls a week after scheduled hours. All calls are first triaged through the nursing staff before any calls go to the doctor. The doctor will be paid for their time at the regular hourly r

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