We are looking for Psychiatry, Consult and Call coverage (No Inpatient Unit) at our hospital partner on the US Virgin Island of St. Croix. Coverage is ongoing. You do not need a passport and roundtrip airfare, lodging, rental car, temporary USVI medical license and malpractice insurance is provided. Come enjoy the adventure and splendor of the US Virgin Islands. Board Certification or Eligibility in Psychiatry and an active US state medical license is required. No visa sponsorships are available for this position.
Job Details:
-Consult Services and Call Coverage, No Inpatient Unit
-Patients needing observation are transferred
-Minimal patients typically. Some dates there are not any Psych patients
*Must have the ability to treat acute emergency psychiatric cases as needed including:
-24 hour call coverage
-Drug intoxication and withdrawal cases
-Suicidal/Homicidal patients
-Treat Adults, adolescents, and children as needed
-Emergency room and liaison services
*Most Psychiatric cases are administered in the emergency room
*Must be flexible and creative in transferring patients off the island