Psychiatry - Physician

Psychiatry - Physician istopher's Hospital for Children - Tower Health summary:

The Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist istopher’s Hospital for Children provides outpatient psychiatric care, supports inpatient service coverage, and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams in a pediatric academic medical center. The role involves clinical service, education, program development, and community-based behavioral health expansion. Candidates must be board-certified or board-eligible psychiatrists with a focus on culturally responsive and patient-centered care for children and adolescents.

St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children – Child/Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatrist

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children is seeking a compassionate, board-certified or board-eligible Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to join our growing division of behavioral health. The child and adolescent psychiatrist will provide direct patient care, ensure the highest quality of clinical services, collaborate with other clinical teams in our children’s hospital and participate in education and teaching activities within our large urban pediatric hospital.

Preferred candidates will have experience in community-based or outpatient settings and a collaborative approach to working with medical students, residents, psychologists, social workers, therapists, staff, community-based organizations, families, and schools. We are seeking a clinician who is culturally responsive, emotionally attuned, and committed to providing equitable, patient-centered care.

As our program expands, we value candidates who are adaptable and eager to help develop workflows and processes that will support the needs of the department and the children and families we serve including collaborating on coverages of our inpatient service in collaboration with other child and adolescent psychiatrists.

Highlights:

• Provide direct outpatient clinical services to children, adolescents, and their families
• Provide support for inpatient coverage with collaboration and working with the Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Position housed within the Department of Pediatrics istopher’s Hospital for Children, with a faculty appointment through Drexel University College of Medicine (DUCOM).
• Join a collaborative team of physicians, therapists, community partners, psychologists, behavior analysts, medical assistant, and administrative support team.
• Collaborate with pediatric primary care and specialty care teams to provide consultations and supporting integrated care delivery with the potential future opportunity to embed within a primary/specialty care team.
• Play a key role in shaping an onsite outpatient psychiatric clinic, with the potential for growth, offering a unique leadership opportunity for candidates with interest in program development and expanding community-based behavioral health services.
• Benefit from strong, supportive leadership and collaboration.
• Occasional opportunity to provide inpatient coverage for vacation relief
• Opportunity to support children and adolescent psychiatry fellow, psychiatric residents, pediatric residents, medical residents (neurology) psychology resident, and other trainees across the hospital through supervision, didactic and clinical education.
• Opportunities for education, research, quality improvement and working with our medical team and physicians for ongoing professional development in the Department of Pediatrics and Drexel University College of Medicine.
• Report to the Chair of Pediatrics and Medical Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry istopher’s Hospital for Children.

The Benefits We Offer:

• Competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• Retirement savings plan with employer automatic contribution and employer match.
• Malpractice insurance & tail coverage
• Generous paid time-off allowance
• Commuter Benefits- tax-free transit or parking
• CME time and money
• Relocation assistance
• Supportive health system to advance goals

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