Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist Nationally Recognized Inpatient Med-Psych Program

Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist Needed for a Nationally Recognized Inpatient Med-Psych Program

• Providence, Rhode Island

Hasbro Children’s / Brown University Health is seeking a child and adolescent psychiatrist to join the nationally recognized Selya 6 Inpatient Med-Psych Program, a unique collaboration between the Division of Child Psychiatry and Human Behavior and the Department of Pediatrics. This 16-bed unit provides family-based, intensive, interdisciplinary care for complex patients with psychiatric/psychological conditions and co-occurring medical presentations that result in functional impairment.

• Care for adolescents ages 10–18
• Manage an average of 8 patients daily as part of an integrated multidisciplinary treatment team
• Average length of stay: 3–6 weeks
• Presentations include:
  • Functional/somatoform disorders
  • Chronic pain syndromes
  • Eating disorders
  • Chronic medical illnesses with treatment non-adherence

• Multidisciplinary team including:
  • Child psychiatrists
  • Pediatricians
  • Pediatric psychologists
  • Rehabilitation specialists
  • Master level clinicians
  • Dieticians

• Family-based, integrated care approach
• Step-down to med-psych partial level of care when clinically indicated
• Full access to subspecialty and hospital resources

• Weekday schedule
• Weeknight call from home approximately 8-9 times /year
• Weekend call approximately 3-4 times/year

• Medical student and resident/fellow teaching
• Eligible for academic appointment at Brown University

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible
• Malpractice insurance (with tail coverage)
• $3,500 CME allowance + 1 week CME time
• 4 weeks paid PTO
• 401(k) with 6% match
• Visa sponsorship available

• • Board certified or board eligible in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Completion of a US-based Psychiatry residency
• Interest in integrated, interdisciplinary care
• Commitment to partnering with patients and families

A part of Brown University Health, Hasbro Children’s is the region’s premiere provider of pediatric clinical care. The hospital offers a broad spectrum of both routine care and specialty programs not available elsewhere. Hasbro Children’s has the only pediatric emergency department, Level 1 trauma center, pediatric critical care teams and 24-hour ambulance in the region. It is a private, not-for-profit institution, the pediatric division of Rhode Island Hospital, the principal teaching hospital of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Our approach to pediatric medicine makes parents, who know their children best, an essential part of the care team.

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