Child Adolescent Psychiatrist

Overview

Southwood Psychiatric Hospital is the premier psychiatric hospital in the region with a focus on children and adolescents. Southwood provides comprehensive, age-appropriate care to children and adolescents whose lives have been impacted by a broad scope of emotional, behavioral, developmental, and cognitive challenges. This treatment is provided within our 74 bed hospitals.

To ensure that each young person receives the focused treatment that they need in the environment that is best suited to them, our mental health hospital near Pittsburgh, PA, offers the following four programs:

• Acute inpatient program: All genders ages 4-18
• CHOICES residential program: Males ages 10-18
• Intellectual developmental disability/autism spectrum disorder (IDD/ASD) residential program: Males ages 6-21
• Family-based mental health services (FBMHS) program: All genders ages 3-18

At Southwood, we understand that the decision to seek mental health treatment for your child at an inpatient hospital can be a difficult one. When you choose our mental health hospital, you can rest assured that your entire family will be treated with the utmost dignity and respect as we all work together to develop the personalized solutions that will prepare your child for long-term success.

What We Treat

Qualifications:

• The Child Psychiatist will be Pennsylvania licensed
• Will have completed an ACGME approved residency and fellowship through an appropriate educational program
• Board Certification or Eligiblity is required
• Ability to work hours to meet the needs of our clients
• Experience in child/adolescent treatment preferred

Acadia Healthcare owns & operates over 255 facilities throughout the US, providing psychiatric and chemical dependency services to patients in a variety of settings. For immediate consideration by the hiring manager, contact our Physician Talent Acquisition Lead directly:

Andy.diffenbaugh@acadiahealthcare.com

615-905-1731 or my Cell 757-477-1623

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Responsibilities

Summary:

• Responsible for providing clinical services to patients at the facility.
• Practice within medical protocols defined by federal and state regulations, as well as by corporate, facility policy or procedures.
• Review medical information on patients to ensure medical stability and to offer medical recommendations.
• Evaluate patients for mental, emotional or behavioral disorders.
• Treat or direct treatment of patients, utilizing a variety of psychotherapeutic methods and medications.
• Review and complete medical information for individual care plans, documents services and information in a timely manner.
• Maintain confidential documentation, compliance and billing in accordance with the policy and procedures.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required.
• One or more years' post graduate degree practice preferred.
• Licensed in the state in which the facility(s) operate.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Board certification in psychiatry
• Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.

Our Comprehensive Treatment Network

~23,500 Employees • ~11,400 Beds • 258 Locations • 38 States • 1 Network

As a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico, Acadia Healthcare operates 258 treatment facilities across 38 states. Our network of treatment facilities offers multiple levels of care for various behavioral health and substance use disorders. At Acadia, our primary goal is to meet patients where they're at in their treatment process. We do this by providing a multitude of levels of care, including detoxification, residential treatment for substance use, residential treatment for dual diagnosis, acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalization, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services, and an array of outpatient programming options, ranging from partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) to traditional outpatient services. Our expansive network of treatment facilities creates greater access to care, reduces the stigma associated with mental illness and substance use, and offers those in our communities a safe environment in which to receive the treatment they need.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual's characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.