Understanding the Role
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital is seeking a General Adult Psychiatrist to join its established healthcare system. This primarily outpatient opportunity offers an exceptional work-life balance, a desirable weekday schedule with early Friday afternoons
Role at a Glance
| Detail |
Information |
| Position Type |
Adult Psychiatrist |
| Employment |
Employed, Memorial Medical Group |
| Setting |
Outpatient Care |
| Patient Age Range |
Adult and Geriatrics |
| Call |
None |
| EMR |
Epic |
| Campus |
Block from main from main campus |
Why This Position Exists
This is a newly created growth position driven by increasing patient demand for adult psychiatric services at Lake Charles Memorial Health System. The hospital is expanding its outpatient psychiatry services to improve patient access, accommodate growing demand, and increase appointment availability.
This is not a replacement position resulting from a physician departure, retirement, or termination.
Core Responsibilities
Clinical
The position is outpatient-focused, but not exclusively outpatient.
- Inpatient consultations: One week per month, on a rotating basis.
- Consultation volume: Approximately 2-5 patients during the assigned week.
- Clinic responsibilities: The psychiatrist continues seeing regularly scheduled clinic patients during the consultation week.
- Consultation scheduling: Time can be arranged during the clinic schedule to evaluate patients requiring consultation.
- Inpatient coverage: The physician has up to 24 hours to evaluate a patient following a call.
- In-person overnight response: Based on the discussion, the physician is not expected to come into the hospital overnight and can generally evaluate the patient the following day.
Qualifications
- MD or DO with completed psychiatry residency training
- Board certified or board eligible in psychiatry
- Comfort working with medically complex, underserved, and socially challenging patient populations