Child​/Adolescent Psychiatrist Locum Tenens Coverage in Concord,California

This Job at a Glance

• Job Reference
  -219712-MD-CA

• Title:
  
  MD

• Dates Needed:
  Ongoing

• Shift Type:
  Day Shift

• Assignment Type:
  Clinic

• Call
  
  Required:
  
  No

• Board Certification
  
  Required:
  
  Yes

• Job Duration:
  Locums

This county mental health facility provides outpatient psychiatric services to children and adolescents in Concord, California. The facility operates on an onsite model, with clinical staff delivering coordinated psychiatric care to a pediatric patient population. The facility seeks a qualified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to support ongoing locum tenens coverage.

Concord, California offers a range of entertainment and recreational options throughout the year. Todos Santos Plaza serves as a central gathering point, hosting free concerts and markets with children's play areas. Additional attractions in the area include Concord Pavilion, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor, and Sunvalley Shopping Center, providing diverse options for clinicians on assignment.

The clinician will provide full-time outpatient psychiatric services for child and adolescent patients onsite at a county mental health clinic, working 40 hours per week during day shift hours. Responsibilities include conducting psychiatric evaluations, with 90 minutes allocated for new evaluations and 1 hour for follow-up appointments, as well as developing individualized treatment plans and providing ongoing medication management. No call obligations are associated with this position.

Board certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and prescriptive authority are required.

• Case Load/PPD:
  Variable

• Patient Population:
  Children

• Location Type:
  On-Site

• Prescriptive Authority
  
  Required:
  
  Yes

• Government:
  No

• Shift
  
  Hours:
  
  Full time (40 hours)

• Cases Treated:
  Child and adolescent psychiatric conditions

• Average Length of Stay:
  Not applicable

• Census:
  Not applicable

• Med Checks/Follow-up per day:
  Variable

• Initial Evaluation Time: 90 minutes for new evaluations; 1 hour for follow-up