Offer summary

Qualifications:

Board-certified or board-eligible in Psychiatry or Child/Adolescent Psychiatry., Graduate of an accredited MD program with completed residency., Minimum of 2 years of relevant psychiatric experience., Licensed to practice in Massachusetts..

Key responsibilities:

Perform patient treatment rounds on inpatient units.

Provide psychiatric evaluations, diagnoses, and treatment plans.

Coordinate care with nursing and clinical staff.

Manage admission orders and evaluations.

Job description

No Travel Required- Inpatient Treatment

Westborough Behavioral Healthcare Hospital (WBHH) provides psychiatric stabilization diagnosis treatments for Children, Adolescents and Adult populations in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Our goal is to ensure patients and their loved ones feel comfortable and are well informed regarding treatment options.

Westborough Behavioral Healthcare Hospital (WBHH) is seeking a board-certified Psychiatrist or Nurse Practitioner to perform patient treatment rounds on our inpatient units. This position has potential for remote opportunity.

Job Responsibility

Accountable for assigned patients and is responsible for promoting and enhancing professional psychiatric practice in the inpatient unit

Responsible for admission orders and evaluations

Provides integrative care including consultation and recommendation for medications, dietary changes, supplementation, healthy lifestyle counseling, and other integrative medicine approaches
Communicates with other providers to ensure continuity and coordination
Provide psychiatric evaluation, diagnoses, and treatment for psychiatric patients with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses, including admission evaluations
Work with nursing and other clinical staff in the delivery of patient care

Requirements

Education:

Graduate of an accredited MD program.
Adult Psychiatry Residency completed from an accredited institution or Child/Adolescent Psychiatry Residency completed from an accredited institution

Experience:

Knowledge and skills compatible to an individual with board certification in Psychiatry
Minimum of 2 years’ prior relevant psychiatric experience
Experience with adults, children and adolescents, strongly preferred

Licensure/Certification: