Assignment Details
• Location: Dallas, Texas
• Start Date: October 5, 2026
• Duration: 13 weeks
• Provider Type: Physician
• Specialty: Psychiatry
• Practice Setting: Acute Care Hospital / Psychiatric Emergency Services
• Coverage Type: Scheduled
• No Call
• EMR: Epic
• Local providers will receive priority

Compensation:
$240/hr

Schedule
• Night Shift: 7:00 PM–7:00 AM
• 12-hour shifts
• Work any 2 days per week, Tuesday–Saturday
• Provider will be onsite
• No call required

Patient Population
• Primarily adults
• Infrequent psychiatric consultations for pediatric patients in the Main Emergency Department

Clinical Details
• Two psychiatric emergency units: PED and PEU
• Psychiatric ER consult team responds to consultations in the Main ED and psychiatric intake area
• Providers assigned to psychiatric ER units manage up to 10 patients per shift
• Consult team averages approximately 5–6 patients per 12-hour shift
• Multidisciplinary team environment

Clinical Responsibilities
• Complete initial psychiatric evaluations
• Complete follow-up psychiatric evaluations
• Coordinate care with the multidisciplinary team
• Communicate recommendations to consulting teams
• Place appropriate orders
• Complete physician-to-physician communication for transfers between PED/PEU and the Main ED
• Consult other services as clinically indicated, including hospitalist medicine
• Complete legal documentation for involuntary psychiatric hospitalization, including OPC applications
• Complete physician-only tasks for APPs, including restraint orders, face-to-face examinations, and required physician signatures
• Admit patients to psychiatric observation when indicated

Requirements
• Board Certified in Psychiatry – REQUIRED
• Board Eligible candidates will NOT be accepted
• Must be comfortable providing psychiatric emergency care
• Must be comfortable with occasional pediatric psychiatric consultations
• Epic experience preferred based on facility EMR"


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