Medical Director of Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Unit in Houston, TX Permanent

Medical Director of Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Unit in Houston, TX

A large and well-respected health system in Houston, Texas is hiring a board-certified psychiatrist to serve as Medical Director of their inpatient unit.

Opportunity Highlights

• Lead a multidisciplinary team with two other psychiatric hospitalists, an NP, nursing staff, and social workers
• 24-bed general psychiatry unit for adults with complex medical and psychiatric illnesses
• The schedule is Monday through Friday with participation in weekend rounding pool
• EPIC EMR is utilized system-wide
• Roughly 20-25% of the time is spent on administrative duties such as serving as a liaison for training programs, determining census and admission criteria, collaborating with nursing leadership, supervising physician staff, coordinating the call schedule, providing backup support for admin during off-hours, working with the psychiatry consult services in the ED on admissions, helping to ensure policy and procedures are appropriate and implemented well, and more
• Training environment with medical students and residents; opportunities available for faculty appointment and/or collaboration with top-ranked academic intuitions

Compensation and Benefits Package     

• Compensation includes a base salary with achievable productivity bonuses, a generous medical director stipend, supplemental pay for teaching and for call coverage
• Benefits include medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, two retirement savings plans, PTO, wellness programs, student loan management, and more

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