Physician / Psychiatry - Child/Adolescent / Maryland / Permanent / Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Opportunity (Medical Director) - Salisbury, MD (Maryland's Eastern Shore, 4-Season Outdoor Recreatio

Psychiatrist

Tidal Health is seeking a full-time positive, flexible, and teamwork-driven psychiatrist to provide psychiatric services and administrative support to a brand-new child and adolescent inpatient acute care unit. In addition, this position would have oversight of a soon-to-be-established adolescent partial hospitalization program as well as oversight of the child and adolescent psychiatric consult program in the emergency department. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to be in a leadership role to support operational and programmatic development of this important service. The unit(s) will be located within Peninsula Regional's beautiful hospital campus and is part of a robust and growing service line encompassing adult inpatient services, adult partial hospitalization services, and 24/7 behavioral health services in the emergency department. Tidal Health is comprised of Peninsula in Salisbury, MD, a 285-bed tertiary referral center for a 6-county, 3-state region.

Job Description

• Provide psychiatric services and administrative support to a new child and adolescent inpatient acute care unit.
• Oversee the adolescent partial hospitalization program and the child and adolescent psychiatric consult program in the emergency department.
• Support operational and programmatic development of the service line.

Requirements

• Current license to practice in Maryland at the time of hire.
• Board certification in child and adolescent psychiatry and active DEA license.
• Minimum of 8 years in the management and direction of clinical programs for the child and adolescent population.
• Experience in developing and operating a new child and adolescent unit is highly desirable.
• Experience working with an electronic medical record system (EPIC) preferred.
• Ability to meet all deadlines, respond promptly and professionally to organizational and clinical issues, and manage multiple priorities.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Excellent benefits package including malpractice, health insurance, CME coverage, and onsite daycare.
• Signing bonus and moving expenses included in the onboarding package.
• Loan forgiveness consideration.

Community Overview

Practicing medicine with Tidal Health Medical Partners provides an extraordinary work/life balance. This physician-led, professionally managed, multispecialty group practice promotes low stress and resilience, where providers enjoy a familial sense of collegiality. Peninsula Regional, our flagship tertiary care hospital, is ranked among the 250 best hospitals in the nation by Healthgrades and is a five-star hospital by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Nanticoke Hospital was founded in 1945 as a living memorial to those who served our country in a time of war. Nanticoke, a 99-bed community hospital, has been named one of the nation's top 100 hospitals by IBM Watson Health.

Delmarva's Eastern Shore offers easy access to the beach and the Chesapeake Bay. Our physicians and advanced practice providers enjoy family-friendly neighborhoods, a low cost of living, and options for private and public schools. The area is rich in outdoor recreational opportunities, including boating, hunting, fishing, golfing, and biking.