Psychiatry Adult Duluth, MN
PSYCHIATRY DEPARTMENT PRACTICE SPECIFICS
About the position:
- Our ideal candidate would be a strong team player, desiring 1.0 FTE
- Opportunity to work 7 day on / 7 days off or 14 on / 14 off in the inpatient unit
- No outpatient clinic required
About our Behavioral Health Team:
- Join a group of 8 adult and 3 child and adolescent psychiatrists as part of a comprehensive behavioral health program
- Position is a full time, hospitalist model psychiatry inpatient unit
- Average caseload is 16 patients, 18 yrs. and over
- Comprehensive inpatient team including family therapists, social workers, chemical dependency counselors, behavioral health techs with robust programming
- Overnight call averages 1 in 8 days
- Newly renovated, state-of-the-art, inpatient unit
- Access to immediate hospital medical services such as hospitalist consultation, full lab and imaging services in house
- Access to strong community behavioral health services, including; partial hospitalization programs, intensive outpatient programs, ECT, ACT and case management services
- The Behavioral Health Department provides a spectrum of care for children and adults, including inpatient psychiatric care, consult-liaison and emergency psychiatry, intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization services, and an outpatient behavioral health clinic.
- The hospital, Adult in-patient unit has 37 beds.
Requirements:
- BC/BE Psychiatry
- ECT experience preferred
Location Information: Duluth, MN (150 miles north of Minneapolis/St. Paul) is a port city on Lake Superior in Minnesota. It's Regional service area is 460,000. Duluth has been called a crown jewel of Minnesota s many getaway spots, being a favorite source for the wild outdoors on the shores of Lake Superior. At the westernmost tip of the world s greatest lake, Duluth forms the cusp of two majestically distinct coastlines. The hundreds of miles for biking and hiking are always minutes away in any direction. From the paved Lakewalk and Munger Trail to off-road biking (with chair lift) at Spirit Mountain, you ll find it all. The internationally renowned Superior Hiking Trail spans 29 miles within city limits and continues on to Canada. It s some of the most rugged
