Outpatient Psychiatrist, Academics, Employed – Northern Florida

(Physician/MD qualifications required) Psychiatry (Academic/Research) - Outpatient Psychiatrist, Academics, Employed – Northern Florida (Alachua County)

A facility located in Gainesville, Florida, in conjunction with the University of Central Florida College of Medicine (UCF COM), is seeking to add an outpatient psychiatrist to their dynamic and established Behavioral Health team.

The UCF Consortium Psychiatry residency program is accredited for 32 residents and seeks teaching faculty to practice in an outpatient setting. Teaching physicians will receive faculty appointments and collaborate with other UCF COM faculty. The main UCF COM campus offers state-of-the-art medical education and research facilities and is in Lake Nona Medical City, near Orlando.

The incoming physician would work in an outpatient setting Monday through Friday from 8 am – 5 pm. Teaching and supervision time of residents would be ½ day per week with a maximum of 4:1 resident to attending ratio. No call.

This is an employed position with a competitive compensation package including salary, benefits and malpractice.

The Behavioral Health Center offers inpatient treatment for adults 18 and older who are experiencing acute illnesses that require 24-hour medical care. The center is a Certified Baker Act Receiving Facility that also accepts voluntary patients and direct admissions.

Our newly expanded 33-bed unit includes the following: activity areas, group areas, and dining areas that emphasize patient safety and well-being, offering open spaces conducive to a therapeutic community. Treatment is tailored to each patient with length of stay varying according to treatment needs. Therapeutic, well-structured daily schedules encourage patients to develop skills and strategies to reach goals. Aftercare planning is led by trained clinical staff to ensure each patient has an appropriate follow-up plan before leaving our facility. An intensive outpatient program, which is expanding to include partial hospitalization, and ECT Suites are available for those patients needing inpatient treatment while undergoing ECT.

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