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Staff Psychiatrist - ED/Consult Liaison and ECT Services

Opportunity Criteria

SpecialtyPsychiatry : Hospitalist
Candidate TypeMD, DO
Visa AcceptedNo J-1 or H-1B
Salary Range$197.65 to $206.00 / Hour
Loan RepaymentNot Specified
Employment TypeNot Specified
Bonuses OfferedNegotiable

Staff Psychiatrist - ED/Consult Liaison and ECT Services

THE PRACTICE

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital - Santa Barbara, CA 

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is a non-profit, 519-bed acute care teaching hospital and trauma center. It is the largest of its kind between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. The hospital was founded in 1888 by 50 women determined to provide a healthcare facility for the growing community of Santa Barbara. We offer a comprehensive range of services to best suit our patients' needs and circumstances, including acute inpatient psychiatry and detoxification; residential alcohol, drug, and co-occurring disorders; rehabilitation; and several levels of outpatient treatment services in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo. Our approach to care is integrative, family-oriented, and culturally sensitive. Treatment plans support each person's specific needs and include treatment modalities for dual diagnosis to address those with both psychiatric and chemical dependency needs.

ED & Consult Liaison Services

  • Provides treatment to the ED holding unit
  • Provides treatment for adults 18 years of age and older
  • Double coverage, 7 on – 7 off schedule
  • 10 hour shifts
  • Daily caseload of 15 patients per physician
  • Shared rotating night call
  • Work with a collaborative group of psychiatrists, that truly work as a team
  • Must be board certified (board eligible for new graduates)
  • Requires CA license and DEA

ECT / Interventional Psychiatry Service Development & Consult Liaison Services

  • Vacation PRN Coverage
  • Provide ECT intake and evaluation clinical services to patients; provide ECT; and provide follow up clinical services as appropriate. Provide similar clinical services to TMS and Psychedelic therapies in the future as these programs are developed
  • Provide direct patient care to psychiatry consultation patients on the Consult-Liaison service across Medical and Surgical services, and develop additional CL services as appropriate
  • Coordinate the development, if needed, of additional consultation by Telehealth or for Outpatient Psychiatry as needed
  • Collaborate with other hospital-based psychiatrists to flexibly help out with patient care on other services as needed
  • Provide clinical consultation to the Medical and Surgical services and coordinate with other hospital-based psychiatrists to flexibly help out with patient care on other services as needed
  • Collaborate with Residency Training leadership, Hospitalist leadership, and other key staff to identify unmet needs for consultation from psychiatry to improve care for medical and surgical patients
  • Oversee the clinical experience and teaching for medical students, residents, and NP students on the CL service

THE BENEFITS

  • $379,924.20 Annually for Full-Time (7 on / 7 off) W-2 Employees
    •  Salary includes $440.00 per night for shared rotating night call
  • $200.00 per hour for ECT Vacation Coverage W-2 Employees
  • Comprehensive Benefits Package (for W2 Full-Time Employees)
  • Attractive 401K and Competitive Company Match
  • Generous Annual Bonuses (for W2 Full-Time Employees)

THE AREA

  • Santa Barbara is a city on the central California coast, with the Santa Ynez Mountains as a dramatic backdrop. Downtown, Mediterranean-style white stucco buildings with red-tile roofs reflect the city’s Spanish colonial heritage. Upscale boutiques and restaurants offering local wines and seasonal fare line State Street. On a nearby hill, Mission Santa Barbara, founded in 1786, houses Franciscan friars and a museum.

About Traditions Behavioral Health

TBH is a unique community of psychiatrists and nurse practitioners with a shared commitment to ensuring access to high quality psychiatric care for the seriously and persistently mentally ill.  Our community is talented, diverse, and supportive.  As part of TBH you will have opportunities to grow, contribute and evolve how and where you practice medicine.

At TBH we value finding the right fit between the work and the person.  Many psychiatrists and nurse practitioners at TBH will transition between locations and type of work during their time with TBH, moving between inpatient, detention, outpatient or even telepsychiatry work.  TBH changed the landscape of inpatient psychiatry when we introduced the hospitalist shift model, allowing our doctors to earn a full-time salary and benefits in as little as 9.5 days per month.  TBH also offers hybrid telepsychiatry positions, with options to work from home three weeks a month and be on-site one week per month.  In addition, having a broad and diverse set of customers allows TBH to provide flexibility, helping you balance life’s evolving priorities throughout your career.

TBH is proud to help our psychiatrists and nurse practitioners find the right balance, whatever stage of life they are in.

Facility & Address

  • Cottage Hospital
  • Santa Barbara, CA 93101

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