Locums Psychiatry Physician

Northeast Healthcare Recruitment; Corbin City (NJ); On-site; USD 261,000 - 372,000; Full time

Job summary

Northeast Healthcare Recruitment seeks a Board-Certified or Board-Eligible Psychiatry Physician for a locum tenens role in a hospital-based psychiatric emergency screening center in Atlantic City, NJ. The overnight schedule runs 7:00 PM–7:00 AM, 7 days on/7 days off, with responsibilities for emergency evaluations and patient disposition.

You will supervise psychiatry residents and collaborate with emergency and psychiatric teams to ensure high-quality patient care, documentation in

Qualifications

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry.
• Active New Jersey medical license required.
• Experience with psychiatric emergency evaluations required.
• Experience evaluating adult patients and children/adolescents in crisis settings.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychiatric emergency evaluations for adult and pediatric patients presenting in crisis.
• Assess mental health needs, determine appropriate patient disposition, and establish treatment plans.
• Make admission, discharge, and observation-level care determinations.
• Provide psychiatric medication management as clinically indicated.
• Evaluate and manage patients with acute psychiatric symptoms and behavioral health emergencies.
• Supervise and teach psychiatry residents during clinical evaluations.
• Collaborate with the emergency and psychiatric care teams to ensure safe, effective patient care.
• Complete timely and accurate clinical documentation in Oracle / Cerner FirstNet.

Skills

Board Certified

Board Eligible

Psychiatry

Supervision

Tools

Oracle / Cerner FirstNet

Job description

We are seeking a Board-Certified or Board-EligiblePsychiatry Physician for a locum tenens opportunity in a hospital-basedpsychiatric emergency screening center in Atlantic City, NJ. This positionoffers a 7-days-on/7-days-off overnight schedule, providing psychiatricemergency evaluations for adult and pediatric patients experiencing mentalhealth crises. The physician will also supervise and teach psychiatry residentswhile supporting timely, appropriate patient disposition and treatment.

Compensation: $230 Per Hour

Schedule & Details

• Shift: Nights, 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
• Schedule: 7 days on / 7 days off
• CoverageWeek: Monday at 7:00 PM through the followingMonday at 7:00 AM
• Call: None
• PracticeSetting: Hospital-based psychiatric emergency room / screening center
• PatientPopulation: Adult and pediatric psychiatric patients
• AverageVolume: 8–10 patients per shift
• TraumaLevel: Level II
• EMR: Oracle / Cerner FirstNet

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychiatric emergency evaluations foradult and pediatric patients presenting in crisis.
• Assess mental health needs, determineappropriate patient disposition, and establish treatment plans.
• Make admission, discharge, andobservation-level care determinations.
• Provide psychiatric medication management asclinically indicated.
• Evaluate and manage patients presenting withacute psychiatric symptoms and behavioral health emergencies.
• Supervise and teach psychiatry residentsduring clinical evaluations.
• Collaborate with the emergency andpsychiatric care teams to ensure safe, effective patient care.
• Complete timely and accurate clinicaldocumentation in Oracle / Cerner FirstNet.

Requirements

• Board Certified or Board Eligible inPsychiatry
• Active New Jersey medical license required
• Experience with psychiatric emergency evaluations required
• Experience evaluating adult patients andchildren or adolescents in crisis settings