Psychiatry Physician - Inpatient Child & Adolescent

About the role

Geisinger and Acadia Healthcare have formed a joint venture partnership to build and operate two behavioral health facilities, one in each of its Central and Northeast Pennsylvania regions. These facilities serve as acute care hubs of an enterprise system of behavioral health care. Acadia serves as joint venture facility administrator.

Facilities

• Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Northeast (Moosic, PA) — Opened August 2023
• Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Central (Danville, PA) — Opened August 2025

Both facilities are contemporary, freestanding health care facilities designed and constructed using advanced approaches to quality and safety. They serve both adult and pediatric populations. Licensed initially for 96 inpatient beds with capacity to add an additional 48 beds in the future. Approximately 72,00 square feet. Utilize EPIC for electronic medical record documentation.

Clinical scope

Programs offered:

• Partial Hospitalization Programs
• Intensive Outpatient Programs
• Brain Stimulation Therapy

Individuals benefitting from these services carry common psychiatric diagnoses including but not limited to:

• Major Depression
• Bipolar Disorder
• Anxiety Disorders
• Trauma-Related Disorders
• Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder
• Substance-Use Disorders

Work environment

Work is typically performed in a clinical and office environment. Onsite practice only. Accountable for satisfying all job-specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. Additional competencies outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Qualifications

• Doctoral Degree (Required)

Benefits

We offer healthcare benefits for full-time and part-time positions from day one, including vision, dental, and domestic partners.

About Geisinger

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.