Psychiatrist

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the unit PMHNP to diagnose and prescribe psychiatric medication for 25 patients.
• Develop and implement psychiatric treatment plans and monitor for effectiveness.
• Work together with an interdisciplinary team including internal medical providers, social workers, psychologists, dieticians, pharmacists, and rehabilitation specialists to restore patients to competency.

Requirements

• Board-certified or board-eligible adult psychiatrist.

Qualifications

• The facility is a 100-bed forensic inpatient state psychiatric hospital with 4 units (25 beds per unit).
• The average length of stay for our patients is between 6-9 months.
• We focus on competency restoration for patients who have been found incompetent to stand trial.
• Patients may have a major mental illness, a brain injury, an intellectual disability, or a medical illness that causes them to be unable to assist in the legal proceedings against them.

Benefits

• The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage.

Pay

• Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

• Details about schedule are not specified in the job posting.

Location

This position will be located at our North Campus, 5351 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112. The facility is a 100-bed forensic inpatient state psychiatric hospital with 4 units (25 beds per unit).