Child Adolescent Psychiatrist

Acadia Healthcare; Wesley Chapel (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Acadia Healthcare's North Tampa Behavioral Health Hospital in Wesley Chapel, FL seeks a Full-Time Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to join our clinical team. The role delivers direct psychiatric care to adolescents and adults within inpatient/outpatient settings, coordinating with a multidisciplinary group to provide evidence-based treatment and ensure patient safety and well-being.

MD or DO board-certified in behavioral health with current Florida license is required or preferred, with DEA

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree (MD or DO) required.
• One+ years’ experience as a staff physician with the population served preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical psychiatric services to patients per medical protocols.
• Review patient medical information to assess stability and inform treatment.
• Ensure high standards of physical health care and collaborate with other clinicians.
• Complete individual care plans with medical information.
• Document care and ensure compliant billing and confidentiality.

Skills

Physician expertise

Patient care

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

MD or DO

Job description

Overview

Location: North Tampa Behavioral Health, 29910 SR 56, Wesley Chapel, FL 33543

North Tampa Behavioral Health Hospital is the Premier Mental Health and Co-Occurring Addiction Treatment Center for Adolescents, Adults, and Seniors in Wesley Chapel, FL. North Tampa Behavioral Health offers both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric and co-occurring treatment, including a Partial Hospitalization Program and an Intensive Outpatient Program to adults and seniors, age 18 and up..

We are currently seeking to add a Full-Time, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to join our team!

About the role:

To deliver direct care including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment of medical and mental health problems as defined by professional scope of practice.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing clinical services to patients at the facility within medical protocols defined by federal and state regulations, as well as by corporate, facility policy or procedures.
• Review medical information on patients to ensure medical stability and to offer medical recommendations.
• Ensure the physical health and care of patients, working constructively and collaboratively with other healthcare professionals is held to the highest standards.
• Review and complete medical information for individual care plans.
• Direct services and information in a timely manner, maintaining appropriate confidential documentation, compliance and billing in accordance with the policy and procedures.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required.
• One or more years’ experience as a staff physician with the population served by the facility preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

• Current license to practice medicine, by the state in which the facility(s) operates.
• Board certification or certificate of admissibility for board certification in a behavioral health specialty.
• Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.
• Additional specific DEA credentials may be required, per state and facility regulations or policy.

Our Comprehensive Treatment Network

~23,500 Employees · ~11,400 Beds · 258 Locations · 38 States · 1 Network

As a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico, Acadia Healthcare operates 258 treatment facilities across 38 states. Our network of treatment facilities offers multiple levels of care for various behavioral health and substance use disorders. At Acadia, our primary goal is to meet patients where they’re at in their treatment process. We do this by providing a multitude of levels of care, including detoxification, residential treatment for substance use, residential treatment for dual diagnosis, acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalization, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services, and an array of outpatient programming options, ranging from partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) to traditional outpatient services. Our expansive network of treatment facilities creates greater access to care, reduces the stigma associated with mental illness and substance use, and offers those in our communities a safe environment in which to receive the treatment they need.

This position requires a Level 2 Background Screening through the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. In accordance with Florida law, employers must provide applicants with direct access to information about the state’s background screening requirements.