Psychiatrist for Sycamore Springs

Overview

Sycamore Springs is a 48-bed behavioral hospital located in Lafayette, IN. The hospital offers inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment to adults, adolescents and their families. We are seeking a Psychiatrist to provide compassionate care on our adult unit. At Sycamore Springs we are dedicated to Changing People’s Lives®

Members of our team Enjoy:

• Working with a highly engaged staff
• Healthy staffing levels
• Flexible scheduling
• Career growth
• Competitive compensation

• UKG Wallet – We’ve partnered with UKG Wallet, a voluntary Earned Wage Access benefit, to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.

Position Details

• Assesses clinical appropriateness for admission and collaborates with Assessment and Referral regarding potential admissions. 
• Performs psychiatric assessments for individuals under his/her care. 
• Provides individual therapy, family therapy and/or medication management as needed for patients under his/her care.  Appropriately requests consultation when indicated.  Provides psychiatric consultation when requested. 
• Maintains patient confidentiality and complies with all HIPAA standards.
• Completes all documentation requirements legibly and within timeframes established by Medical Staff Bylaws and Rules and Regulations.
• Leads the multidisciplinary treatment team and participates collaboratively in scheduled staffing regarding the treatment of his/her patients.
• Demonstrates appropriate medication administration and ensures that documentation regarding medications complies with facility and regulatory standards.
• Completes necessary documentation to ensure accurate reimbursement for services provided and works collaboratively with the UR Department. 
• Complies with all Medical Staff Bylaws and Medical Staff Rules and Regulations. Complies with all facility policies and procedures. Maintains professional behaviors at all times.
• Share on-call schedule providing on-call services for patients and for responding to emergencies, admissions, and evaluations as necessary.
• Participates in performance improvement activity for the hospital.
• Independent contractor model preferred

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited medical or osteopathic school doctoral program and completion of residency in psychiatry required; board certification preferred.
• Prior inpatient and/or outpatient experience  in a behavioral healthcare setting practicing psychiatry and/or addiction medicine
• Current unencumbered medical doctor (MD) or osteopathic doctor (DO) 
• Unrestricted, state medical license, DEA and State Controlled Substances registration 
• Understands and able to apply applicable standards and regulations (e.g. The Joint Commission, CMS, etc.) in his/her daily work.