Inpatient Psychiatrists- Junction City

Initial Posting Date:

06/05/2024

Application Deadline:

06/30/2024

Agency:

Oregon Health Authority

Salary Range:

22,331-25,828 Monthly

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Inpatient Psychiatrists- Junction City

Job Description:

Please email a current CV or Resume to Barry.lein@oha.oregon.gov if it is easier to apply that way.

This recruitment announcement will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill multiple current and future vacancies as they occur.

Oregon State Hospital, a division of the Oregon Health Authority, is seeking Psychiatrists who value comprehensive mental health treatment and a return to successful community living for people with mental illness. We value leaders who enjoy clinical challenges and expanding their own knowledge and skills. 

Oregon State Hospital (OSH) is a Joint Commission-accredited and CMS-certified public psychiatric hospital which provides psychiatric hospital services and residential treatment services on two campuses, in Salem and Junction City, Oregon, to persons committed by the Oregon courts as part of the state mental health system. The hospital's primary goal is to help people recover from their illness and return to their lives in the community. Employees play an essential role in achieving the hospital's vision to be a psychiatric hospital that inspires hope, promotes safety and supports recovery for all.

What you will do!

• Provide psychiatric and medical services to assigned patients. This includes (but is not limited to) diagnosis, mental status evaluation, pharmacologic management, risk assessment and use of physical examination, laboratory, imaging and other discipline assessments as necessary

• Lead the interdisciplinary treatment team. This includes coordination of interdisciplinary clinical formulation and biopsychosocial treatment plan goals, interventions, delivery and outcome assessment

• Perform forensic evaluations. This includes evaluations for competency to stand trial and criminal responsibility. It may also include other evaluations as needed for forensic review boards or courts

What's in it for you?

• A collegial staff of 40+ Board Certified Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, including Forensic and Geriatric Psychiatrists

• An average patient load of 10 to 30 (depending upon the acuity of the unit)

• A partnership with Oregon Health and Sciences University which provides unique opportunities for:

  • Regular Grand Rounds

  • Access to free continuing medical education

  • Access to other specialists for clinical services such as electroconvulsive therapy

• A competitive salary, with additional compensation for:

  • Psychiatric Duty

  • Voluntary Call (based on hours worked)

  • Board Certification in General Psychiatry

  • Board Certification in psychiatric subspecialties

• A generous benefit package, which includes:     

  • Family health and dental insurance

  • Optional short and long-term disability insurance

  • Optional term life insurance

  • Fully paid retirement program

  • Reimbursement for CME activities

• Generous leave policy which includes:

  • 11 paid holidays

  • Vacation and sick leave

  • Personal business leave

  • Paid education leave

• Opportunities to teach rotating residents, medical students and fellows

• Opportunities for periodic change through unit rotations

• Leadership training and opportunities

• Forensic Evaluation Service rotations available to Certified Forensic Psychiatrists

• A fully staffed medical and dental clinic, to address the medical care needs of patients

This posting will be used to fill multiple permanent, full-time positions located in Salem, OR. These positions are classified and represented by AFSCME.

OHA values health equity, service excellence, integrity, leadership, partnership, innovation and transparency. OHA’s health equity definition is “Oregon will have established a health system that creates health equity when all people can reach their full potential and well-being and are not disadvantaged by their race, ethnicity, language, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, social class, intersections among these communities or identities, or other socially determined circumstances. Achie