Adult Psychiatrist

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Seeking an Adult Psychiatrist treating Eating Disorders at our Eating Recovery Center Treatment Center

Location:  Plano, TX

Who we are

ERC and Pathlight comprise the nation’s leading mental health care system dedicated to the treatment of eating disorders and primary mood, anxiety and trauma-related disorders. Working closely with patients and their families, our multi-disciplinary treatment programs illuminate the path forward and provide patients with a foundation for long-lasting mental wellness.

How you’ll serve our patients 

As a Psychiatrist at ERC Pathlight, you can expect to be a part of team that delivers hands-on treatment, therapy sessions and/or support to our patients in one of our many centers around the nation. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Settings: Inpatient, PHP, Residential - Inpatient is seen down the street at Baylor Hospital.  PHP and Res in on-site at Eating Recovery Center in Plano.

• Ages: 18+

• Caseload: 20-24 for adult patient population 

• 20-25hrs per week with patients remainder with team and leaders collaborating together below are averages in each of our settings.

  • Inpatient 3-4 weeks treatment seeing 4 to 5 patients per day

  • Residential 4-5 weeks treatment seeing 8-10 patients per day

  • PHP 6-8 weeks treatment seeing 4 to 5 patients per day

    • For PHP - patients are usually seen twice a week - Once Individually and once in “Team rounds” which is about a 15-minute encounter where the patients meet with their entire team to review the successes and challenges of the week and to set goals for the coming week, together!

    • So overall face-to-face time for each patient is about one hour per week.

    • We deliberately set our caseloads for teams to reflect about 50% of a Physician Treatment time being patient facing and 50% of time doing other things including team leadership, learning, contracting outside providers, presenting and teaching and Admin tasks.

• Schedule; 1.0 FTE 

• Full-support staff; Dieticians, ProT, PriT, Primary Care, Clinical Manager, Admin, Case Manager, NP/PA.

• Obtain medical histories, and order, perform and interpret diagnostic tests

• Achieve quality metrics by focusing on clinically relevant outcome measures 

• Advocate for patients by providing consistent and timely documentation regarding the patients need for level of care

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO)
• Completion of a psychiatric, pediatric, or adolescent residency program from an accredited residency program. 
• Board eligible in in appropriate specialty (board certified preferred)

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• Licensed to practice medicine in state of employment or state of assignment
• Completed and met clinical competency standards

What's in it for you:

We offer a flexible career path with comprehensive training and professional development opportunities.

• Competitive wages & Advancement opportunities
• Full Benefits 1st of month after hire
• Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance
• 23 days of Paid Time off plus 3 additional Holidays
• 401(K) with Company Match
• Flexible Spending Account Program
• A competency-driven core culture, offering a great place to work in addition to providing world-class care to our patients
• IAEDP™ Approved Supervisors on staff
• Professional Conferences
• Membership Dues
• Medical Licensure
• Web-based EMR designed specifically for Behavioral Healthcare 

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