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Locum Tenens Psychiatry Medical Director Opportunity near Grants, NM

• Profession: Physician
• Specialty: Psychiatry (Medical Director)
• Shift: Day 5x8-Hour (08:00 - 16:00)

Specialty:

• Start Date: March (perm doc leaving March 8), needing for 2-3 months, perm coming on in May
• Contract Length: 2-3 months
• Shift Details: Ok with locum coming in anytime between 7 am-10:30 am, can work 8 hrs, but if the locum doesnt need 40 hrs and can handle case load in less. Daily 1 hr meeting from 11 am-12 pm MonFri w/ team to discuss patients/treatment. (less than 8 hrs per day is ok, but of course, will only pay for hours worked onsite)
• Schedule: Mon-Fri,
• Call Schedule: 7 days straight of call every 6 weeks (phone only, super rare to get called in, just provide verbal orders)30 minute radius

Work Details:

• Support staff: NPs, PAs (will they oversee the mid-levels ) NM is an independent state for APP. This locum will oversee the PA-C on staff for Psych purposes. There is also a medical PA-C but they are overseen by a different MD. NPs are independent. This role is for Medical Director, so there for support and consultation of other providers, but no co-signing is needed.
• Amount of coverage needed per month: n/a
• Patients per day: 15 patients per day caseload, Adult inpatient, 85% dual diagnosis, detox as well.
• Patient population/age: Will see patients >18yrs old, avg age is mid-30s
• EMR: Wellsky (used to be known as HCS) and Dragon Medical One for dictation (cell or microphone) DrFirst for prescription fills upon discharge
• Hospital bed size: 64
• Special procedures: n/a
• Skills required: The locum will need to provide suboxone. Due to the facilitys acute licensure, they rarely see Vivitrol (if ever) as that is used more in recovery/counseling. Will need to devote 8-10hrs per month to Medical Director/Administrative duties.

Practice Setting:

• Behavioral Health Hospital

Travel Logistics:

• Airport name:
• Specific travel client will pay for: air, rental and flight (there are travel caps)
• Travel caps:

Requirements:

• Board Certification: BC or BE Psych (Will accept a provider that is grandfathered in)
• License required: No, will license candidates, license will take 3-4 weeks.
• DEA: Yes
• CSR: Yes
• Certifications required: Certified in Adults or Addiction
• Minimum experience required: Would consider a strong background of 5-10 years of Adult Inpatient, experience must be inpatient not telehealth
• Credentialing Timeframe: Credentialing about 3 weeks. Licensure process is 3-4 weeks

COVID-19 and Flu Vaccine:

• COVID-19 Vaccine (Facility Guideline): Required - Medical/Religious Exemptions Only
• Flu Vaccine (Facility Guideline): Unknown

Job ID: j-199522

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