Hospital / Clinic Employed Psychiatry: General Job in Burkeville, Virginia
This psychiatry position in Burkeville, Virginia is offered as a hospital- or clinic-employed opportunity. In this arrangement, the employer functions as both the recruiting and paying entity: you would be a W-2 employee, with the organization administering compensation, benefits, malpractice coverage, and scheduling, and typically supplying the clinical facility, staff, and referral infrastructure. This structure is designed to minimize business and administrative responsibilities so you can focus on clinical work.
Compensation for this role is structured through an income guarantee under straight employment, with the financial offering listed as Open. There is no emergency department call associated with this position, and the patient call rotation is also listed as no call.
This permanent role is open to candidates who are Board Certified, Board Eligible, or Board Ineligible, with an allopathic (MD) background from either American or foreign medical schools, and who hold US citizenship. Physicians across experience levels — recently trained, experienced, or very experienced — are considered.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Psychiatry: General
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
- Structure of Position: Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
Piedmont Geriatric Hospital is actively recruiting for a Psychiatrist who will provide psychiatric care to a designated number of geriatric patients as assigned by the Medical Director. Current position is on the Admissions Unit with a maximum capacity of 27 patients. The selected individual will work closely with a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and an Internist/Family Practitioner also assigned to the same unit. The selected applicant will: - Serve as staff psychiatrist rendering direct patient care and case related consultation and communication. - Be responsible for admission evaluations and in developing a comprehensive treatment plan incorporating multidisciplinary clinical input. - Carry out miscellaneous assigned committee and teaching responsibilities and participate in administrative and/or patient related medical meetings. - Serve as back-up physician in the absence of other physicians. - Possess good diagnostic and treatment development skills, the ability to lead a multidisciplinary treatment team and good writing and communication skills. - Be a graduate of an approved medical school, licensed by the Virginia Board of Medicine and hold a current DEA Our hospital is the only facility within the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services devoted to the treatment of the elderly. We offer generous group medical insurance, pension, life insurance, and malpractice coverage, temporary housing, deferred comp plan.
- Structure of Financial Support: Income Guarantee, Straight Employment
- Financial Offering: Open
- Compensation Range: $212,530 - $392,169 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: No
- Student Loan Assistance: No
- Practice State: Virginia
- Practice City: Burkeville
- Community Size: Less than 10,000, 10,000 - 24,999, 25,000 - 49,999, 50,000 - 99,999, 100,000 - 499,999, 500,000+
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible, Board Ineligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen
- Preferred Experience Level: Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: No
- Facility Type: Hospital
- Number of Hospital Beds: 125
- Number of ER Visits Per Year: 0
- Number of Deliveries Per Year: 0
- Hospital: Piedmont Geriatric Hospital
