Psychiatrist Prn - Nocturnist

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Cooper University Health Care is named as one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes and one of only 30 companies in New Jersey to make the Forbes list. Cooper University Hospital, located in Camden N.J., is a Level III regional Perinatal Center and Trauma Center, with a formidable reputation for providing the highest quality of care. Cooper University Hospital is the region’s leading teaching hospital for Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU).

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Attending Nocturnist Per Diem Position in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Cooper University Health Care (CUHC) and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) are expanding clinical services, teaching and research programs, and innovative population health initiatives. CUHC has an opening for a per diem psychiatry nocturnist attending physician in Emergency and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Cooper University Hospital in Camden. The nocturnist would work alongside a psychiatry resident and will join a broader team of attending psychiatrists and advanced practice providers (APPs) to provide clinical care and teaching (medical students and residents).

Shifts would be 10 hours per night for four nights per week, from 9p to 7am.

Clinical duties include caring for psychiatric patients in the emergency department and responding to acute consultation requests or behavioral emergencies on medical/surgical floors. Cooper has a robust, interdisciplinary Behavioral Rapid Response Team protocol in which the nocturnist would participate.

We have embarked on a broader institutional initiative, Cooper Total Health – an innovative model for wellness, resilience, and compassionate care – which brings together expert health care practitioners and support personnel from a variety of disciplines, backgrounds and clinical perspectives to serve our patients and their families. It aims to transform patient care at CUHC/CMSRU with the aim of improving the public health of southern New Jersey.

The responsibilities will include clinical service and program development; shared duties with other members of the department; and teaching trainees.

MD (Doctor of Medicine) or DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) degree.

Candidates should be eligible for or have active ACGME board certification in General Psychiatry and medical licensure in New Jersey.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to Puneet Sahota, MD, PhD, Division Head, Consultation-Liaison & Emergency Psychiatry, Cooper University Health Care (sahota-puneet).