JOB OVERVIEW

• Profession: Physician
  
• Specialty: Psychiatry
  
• Job Type: Locum Tenens
  
• Location: Spokane, WA
  
• Service Setting: Inpatient
  
• Coverage Type: Clinical Only
  
• Coverage Period: ASAP – Jan 29, 2027
  
• Shift Schedule: Mon – Fri, 8a – 5p
  
• Reason for Coverage: Supplemental
  
• Travel, Lodging, and Malpractice Insurance: Covered by Agency
  

PATIENT INFORMATION

• Average Daily Volume: 10
  
• Follow ups to new evaluation ratio: 1:1
  
• Admissions: Yes
  
• Rounding: Yes
  

FACILITY INFORMATION

• Beds in the Dept: 16
  
• Seclusion Rooms: 10
  
• Lab onsite
  
• EMR System: Epic
  
• Physicians in Practice: 16
  
• Support Staff: 7 APPs, RNs, MHC, Social Workers
  
• Required to supervise APPs? Yes
  

REQUIRED SKILLS/CASES

• Required
  • Anxiety, Affective, Personality, Eating, Development, Psychotic, & Organic disorders
    
  • ADD/ADHD
    
  • Familiarity with Involuntary commitments, Seclusion therapy, Restraint application
    
  • Pharmacotherapy

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Board: Board Certified required
  
• Licenses: Licensed in WA or IMLC
  
• DEA: Required
  

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric consultation-liaison services to medical and surgical departments
  
• Assess and manage patients with a wide range of psychiatric disorders
  
• Conduct psychiatric evaluations and formulate treatment plans
  
• Administer and manage pharmacotherapy
  
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure integrated patient care