Psychiatry - Child/Adolescent Physician

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Join our team in Duluth, Minnesota, where we are seeking a board-certified or truly board-eligible child and adolescent psychiatrist. This position offers two different opportunities: outpatient or inpatient.

Job Description

• Permanent job opening

• Inpatient opportunity:

  • Ideal candidate would be a strong team player, desiring 1.0 FTE
  • Opportunity to work 14 on / 14 off in a Child/Adolescent inpatient unit
  • No outpatient clinic required
  • Join a group of 9 adult and 4 child and adolescent psychiatrists as part of a comprehensive behavioral health program
  • Position is a full-time, hospitalist model child psychiatry inpatient unit
  • Average caseload is 12 children, ages 6-18 years
  • Comprehensive inpatient team including family therapists, social workers, chemical dependency counselors, and behavioral health techs with robust programming
  • Overnight call averages 1 in 8 days
  • Access to immediate hospital medical services such as pediatric hospitalist consultation, full lab, and imaging services in-house
  • Our Amberwing facility provides Partial Hospitalization Programming, state-of-the-art mental health and substance abuse services for children, adolescents, and their families. In addition, there is on-site pediatric occupational therapy and a Birth to Kindergarten Program
  • The Behavioral Health Department provides a spectrum of care for children and adults, including inpatient psychiatric care, consult-liaison and emergency psychiatry, intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization services, and an outpatient behavioral health clinic

• Outpatient opportunity:

  • Join a dynamic team providing psychiatry services in an ambulatory clinic setting through an integrated team-based behavioral/mental health care delivery
  • Practice includes psychiatric evaluation, treatment, outpatient assessment, and follow-up clinic
  • Desirable work schedule: Monday-Friday, with flexibility, up to a full FTE. Option for hybrid telehealth and clinic practice
  • Clinical decision support, consult with experienced psychiatrists and advanced practice providers on patient cases
  • Dedicated clinic team supporting your practice by attending to scheduling, care coordination, phone triage, process refills, and other administrative tasks
  • Can do a mix of face-to-face patient encounters with virtual encounters
  • Patient contact hours: 35 for full-time
  • Interest in ECTs would be supported
  • Opportunity to work on the inpatient unit and/or participate in back-up call pool for additional compensation (APRN's take 100% of primary clinic call)
  • Join a group of 10 adults and 4 child and adolescent psychiatrists providing behavioral health care within a large integrated health system that is recognized for high-quality care
  • The Behavioral Health Division provides a spectrum of care for children and adults, including inpatient psychiatric care, consult-liaison and emergency psychiatry, intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs, outpatient behavioral health clinic, and primary care-behavioral health integration
  • Other members of the team include doctoral level psychologists, health psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychotherapists, community health workers, RNs, and clinical assistants

Organization/Area Information

• Duluth, MN - Population approximately 90,000 with surrounding areas totaling over 200,000
• Two-hour drive to the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area
• Regional service area of approximately 460,000

Core Values

• Open communication
• Sense of urgency
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Driven to win