Psychiatry Physician; MD​/DO - UNC Health Rex

Overview

Description

UNC Rex Hospital is seeking a Part-Time Psychiatrist (MD/DO) to join its inpatient consult team.

Rex Psychiatry runs a busy inpatient consult service at UNC Rex Healthcare, an award-winning, private, not-for-profit, ~500-bed member of the UNC Health system, with its flagship UNC Rex Hospital in Raleigh, and a suburban satellite hospital in Holly Springs. The service is staffed on weekdays by a core group of hospital-employed psychiatrists, with contractors helping to supplement coverage during staff time off, weekends, holidays, etc.

Our diverse team provides emergency and consult-liaison psychiatry services for ED and admitted patients 8 hours a day, 7 days a week. The consult service interfaces with key provider groups (ED, hospitalist, intensivist, subspecialty services, and others) and is supported by case management and behavioral health staff who assist with inpatient psychiatric referrals, aftercare, patient/family education, and policy development and implementation.

Patients are seen throughout the hospital, including the floors, ICUs, ED, and behavioral health observation unit (an 8-bed, locked wing of the ED with private rooms, open common area, natural light, and dedicated nursing staff).

• MD/DO, Board-certified
• Inpatient only
• EMR:
  Epic
• 8-hour shifts
• Experience in consult-liaison psychiatry preferred

UNC Health Medical Group:
Delivering Expertise and Empathy to more than a dozen counties.

More than 90 practices and over 300 providers of UNC Health Medical Group provide a full range of primary care and specialty services to people in 16 counties throughout North Carolina. Through operational support that helps each practice provide complete care to patients, UNC Health Medical Group makes the expertise and empathy of the UNC Health system available to more of North Carolina.

UNC Rex Hospital

Founded in 1894, UNC REX Healthcare (a member of UNC Health Care) is a private, not-for-profit health care system. For over 125 years, UNC REX has met the health care needs of our community by providing various services throughout Wake County. Rex Healthcare has multiple facilities located in Apex, Cary, Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Wakefield, and Raleigh. Rex Hospital is a 480-bed community-based hospital.

About the Community

Raleigh, Wake County, is the capital of North Carolina. It is the second-largest city in the state, the 4th fastest-growing city nationwide, and a regional hub for technology, biotech, and medical industry. Raleigh offers an urban-suburban mix, green spaces, museums, and a growing arts scene. Schools in Wake County Public School System earn high marks across performance criteria. Raleigh/Wake County is a center for higher education.

Recruiter:
Tina McBee, tina.mcbee.edu

Education Requirements:

• Graduation from an accredited school of medicine.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• Board Certified Psychiatry
• DEA; MD

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

• Language
  
  Skills:
  
  Should be able to communicate proficiently in English.

Reasoning Ability

High-level quantitative and qualitative reason skills are essential in order to diagnose medical and clinical issues presented by patients.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

North Carolina Medical License, DEA License, BLS/ACLS certification preferred. Board certified in Psychiatry.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.

The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, kneel, bend and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Ability to lift up to 25 pounds required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physician generally works in a medical office setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Reasoning Ability:
High-level quantitative and qualitative reasoning skills are essential in order to diagnose medical and clinical issues presented by patients.

Legal

Employer:

NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC Health Medical Group

Organization Unit:
Psychiatry Services

Work Type:
Part Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 20.00

Work Assignment Type:
Onsite

Work Schedule:

Day Job

Location of Job: US:

NC:

Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime:
Exempt:
Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System. This is not a State employed…