PHYSICIAN - Psychiatry Child & Adolescent Inpatient - Duluth, MN

Psychiatry – Child & Adolescent Inpatient

Duluth, MN

About the position:

• Our ideal candidate would be a strong team player, desiring 1.0 FTE  
• Opportunity to work 14 on / 14 -- off in a Child/Adolescent inpatient unit
• No outpatient clinic required

About our Behavioral Health Team:

• Join a group of 9 adult and 4 child and adolescent psychiatrists as part of a comprehensive behavioral health program
• Position is a full time, hospitalist model child psychiatry inpatient unit
• Average caseload is 12 children, ages 6-18 years
• Comprehensive inpatient team including family therapists, social workers, chemical dependency counselors, behavioral health techs with robust programming
• Overnight call averages 1 in 8 days
• Access to immediate hospital medical services such as pediatric hospitalist consultation, full lab and imaging services in house
• Our Amberwing facility provides Partial Hospitalization Programming, state-of-the art, mental health and substance abuse services for children, adolescents, and their families. In addition, there is On Site Pediatric Occupational Therapy and a Birth to Kindergarten Program.
• NACHRI designated children’s hospital, St. Mary’s Medical Center, part of the Duluth medical campus
• 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.
• Essentia Health Duluth hospital-Child/Adolescent inpatient unit has 16 beds; Adult in-patient unit has 37 beds. 

Requirements: 

• BC/BE Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Location:

• Duluth, MN – Population approximately 90,000 with surrounding areas 200,000+
• 2 ½ hour drive to the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area
• Regional service area 460,000       

Compensation

$353,000. Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses, quality incentives or production-based compensation.

For information, contact:

Carri Prudhomme

Senior Physician & Advanced Practice Recruiter

Essentia Health

218-786-3907  

Carri.Prudhomme@essentiahealth.org