Description
Summa Health is seeking a psychiatrist to be integrated in our emergency department and medical/surgical floors for consultations. The selected candidates will become members of Summa Health Medical Group, a multi-specialty group practice of nearly 400 physicians employed by the Summa Health System. You will be joining a well-established team of 40 clinicians that include psychiatrists, psychologists, advance practice nurses, licensed independent social workers and addiction medicine physicians. Summa also sponsors a psychiatry residency program and is a clerkship site for NEOMED students.
Summa Health – headquartered in Akron, Ohio – is one of the largest integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems in the state. With 2 hospitals and 20 health centers, Summa Health provides access to care throughout the region.
Our psychiatry department provides clinical services which include inpatient (69 beds over three units including a dedicated geriatric unit), a 14-bed Detox unit, outpatient services that include traditional outpatient as well as partial hospital and intensive outpatient programs in both mental health and addiction. Opportunities to teach and supervise residents and medical students will be an integral part of this position. In addition, Summa offers specialized programming including:
- Summa Health Traumatic Stress Center (TSC)
- Ignatia Hall Intensive Outpatient Addiction and Opiate Treatment Programs PHP/IOP
- Behavioral health integration with service lines such as cardiology, bariatric surgery, oncology, sleep medicine and senior health in addition to primary care and internal medicine
- Emergency Department (ED)-based Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) services
Opportunity Highlights
- Employed position offering competitive compensation, benefit package and incentives such as signing bonus, loan assistance, relocation, and CME allowance
- Monday through Friday business hours; flexibility in schedule to be discussed with team members
- Academic appointment available at NEOMED
- State of the art medical emergency department with a dedicated psychiatric assessment unit which features 12 dedicated assessment rooms
- Epic System's EMR
Candidate Requirements
- Board Eligible/Board Certified in American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
- Completion of Consultation Liaison or Emergency Psychiatry Fellowship is preferred but not required
- Unrestricted Ohio Licensure or willingness to obtain
- Commitment to quality care in a patient centered, team-based environment
Community Information
Rising from the rolling hills of the Western Reserve along the Ohio & Erie Canal, Akron is located within 500 miles of 42 major cities, and surrounded by thousands of acres of national parkland and countryside. As a thriving heartland city Akron provides an ideal living and working environment. The vitality of its people and the unparalleled quality of life offers versatility, a low cost of living, outstanding cultural access and a thriving climate for healthcare, education and business. The downtown hosts a vibrant arts scene and eclectic dining options. Northeast Ohio offers many quality primary and secondary education options.
EOE/AA Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled.
Influenza vaccine required for all Summa health employees.
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