Psychiatrist Needed for Locum Tenens Coverage at Facility in Georgia

Job description

About the facility

The facility is an outpatient clinic needed coverage due to a recent vacancy. Credentialing takes about 30 days.

About the facility location

Coverage is needed for outpatient clinic 1 hour southwest of Atlanta.

About the clinician's workday

The Psychiatrist is needed 3 days a week for coverage from 8am-5pm for an outpatient clinic. Patient caseload average is 10-12 PPD. While the patient population is all ages 10% - 15% children and remaining percentage comprised of adults. The Psychiatrist will work closely with nurses on staff as well as case managers. The EMR is CareLogic.

Additional job details

• Case load/PPD: 10-12 PPD
• Support staff: Psychiatric NPs & Case Managers
• Patient population: All Ages
• Location type: On-Site
• Prescriptive authority required: Yes
• Shift hours: Part time (24 hours)
• Cases treated: schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, substance use disorder, and IDD
• Med checks/follow-up per day: 30 minutes
• Initial evaluation time: 60 minutes