MultiCare is seeking an experienced Psychiatric Physician to join their Adolescent Behavioral Unit at the Tacoma General Hospital for weekend in patient coverage, in person. Work with a collegial team of physicians, advanced practice providers, licensed clinical social workers, and therapists.

Desired Skills/Qualifications:

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician

Board certification in area of licensure

1-3 years of experience working with the adolescent population

Well versed in EPIC EMR

Inpatient psychiatric prescribing experience

Expectations for weekend coverage on the unit:

• Will be covering a maximum of 12 patients which will include 1-2 discharges, 1-2 new admits and the rest will be regular progress check ins.

• All admissions can be voluntary, or Family initiated or Detained children.

• The legal status is taken care of when patient is initially admitted by intake coordinators and paperwork is reviewed by intake nurse.

• Discharges are also mostly prepared by weekday clinician and weekend clinician will only do the Mental status check in and Suicide risk assessment.

• New Admits will also have a Pediatrician to complete the physical examination on the day of admit so if there is any question for any ongoing medical problems they are available to consult.

Position Requirements:

BC at the time of employment

Licensed in the state of Washington by employment

DEA, NPI & Prescriptive authority

Current BLS for Healthcare Providers certification by the American Heart Association

Minimum of 1-3 years clinical experience with direct patient care with adolescents.

For more information and a complete opportunity overview, please email Kate Loos at kate.loos@multicare.org

To learn more about MultiCare Health System please visit www.multicare.org Shift: Saturday - Sunday Employment Type: On-Call/Per-Diem