Psychiatry Hospital Based job located in California
Job Description
Better Health for All
Santa Clara Valley Healthcare (SCVH), a large public teaching healthcare system, affiliated with Stanford University School of Medicine, is seeking a part-time BE/BC Psychiatrist to join our Department of Psychiatry, Division of Acute Psychiatric Services (APS).
We offer the unparalleled opportunity to gain the long-term personal and professional satisfaction of serving our patients and our diverse community, while teaching the next generation of health care providers, in one of the best places to live in the United States.
About the organization
Santa Clara Valley Healthcare (SCVH) is the second-largest County-owned health and hospital system in California and is committed to improving the health of the 1.9 million people of Santa Clara County. SCVH comprises four hospitals: (Login for Information) (SCVMC - a 731-bed central hospital), O’Connor Hospital (OCH - 358 licensed beds), Saint Louise Regional Hospital (SLRH – 93 licensed beds) and Regional Medical Center (RMC - 258 licensed beds). In addition, SCVH includes a network of primary care clinics comprised of eleven health centers throughout the County, several urgent care clinics, dental services, primary care behavioral health services, and a broad range of specialty services in our Valley Specialty Center.
SCVMC hosts four residency programs and one fellowship training program, and partners with Stanford University SOM and Stanford Healthcare for the clinical training of medical students, residents, and fellows. SCVMC is an ACS-verified Level 1 Trauma Center, a Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center, an ABA-verified Burn Center, a Primary Stroke Center, a Level 4 NICU, and a nationally recognized CARF-accredited Rehabilitation Center. Owing to its geographic location and specialty offerings, SCVMC not only serves the County, but also the larger region.
Providers in our health system also have the opportunity to use our integrated electronic health record (Epic), which brings together systemwide patient information. The Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recognized SCVMC for achieving its highest level of success (Stage 7), based on our continuous innovation and optimization of our inpatient and outpatient EHR.
About the Division of Emergency Psychiatric Services
The Emergency Psychiatric Services (EPS) is the only 24-hour locked psychiatric emergency room, which provides emergency psychiatric care to residents of Santa Clara County. Nearly all our patients are on involuntary psychiatric holds (5150’s). Mental Health Urgent Care (MHUC) operates a walk-in crisis clinic, with a psychiatrist on duty, seven days a week for those seeking voluntary services.
The Barbara Arons Pavilion is the inpatient psychiatric hospital that is designed to help people who are going through a behavioral health crisis. Inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is available for individuals requiring psychiatric stabilization for behavior or symptoms assessed as dangerous to self, to others, or gravely disabled and require 24-hour care in a secure and therapeutic setting.
In addition to EPS, we have a Consultation and Liaison psychiatry service that provides inpatient psychiatric consults services to internal medicine, surgery, OB/GYN, peds, trauma, rehab, and the ED. We are a collegial work environment integrating acute psychiatric care with acute medical issues and work closely with multiple specialties.
About the Position
The ideal candidate will have experience working with psychiatric patients with serious mental illness and have a demonstrated history of work in public/community psychiatry. The ideal candidate will also have demonstrated experience working in either emergency psychiatry, consultation liaison or inpatient psychiatric settings.
About compensation and benefits
We offer competitive compensation; a generous comprehensive benefit package, including 36 days of leave per year; 13 holidays; 5 CME days; comprehensive, medical, dental, and vision coverage; long term disability insurance; AD&D insurance; life insurance; and retirement plans; paid malpractice with tail coverage; and possible relocation reimbursement (pre-approval required). SCVH employees may be eligible for federal loan repayment assistance. For information regarding the National Health Service Corp (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program and other related programs, please visit (Login for Information) and (Login for Information).
If you are interested in joining a practice with unparalleled personal and professional advantages, then please submit your letter of interest and CV to Roya Rousta at (Login for Information).
The County of Santa Clara is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious belief, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or preference, pregnancy, marital status, disability, medical condition, political belief, veterans’ status, organizational affiliation or association with any individual in any of these groups. SCVH is committed to inclusion for all of its patients, employees, and community.