Per Diem Psychiatrist

• Provide psychiatric evaluations and consultations in the Emergency Department as part of the Psychiatric Emergency Service/Designated Screening Center.
• Maintain necessary and appropriate documentation for all services provided in compliance with regulatory and hospital policies.
• Provide on-call and/or clinic coverage as requested by the Department Chairperson.
• Provide education to patients and their families related to medication and treatment options prescribed.
• Provide consultative and advisory services to clinicians as requested.
• Provide coverage for the in-patient psychiatrist as needed.
• Participating in assigned committees' activities such as Performance Improvement and peer review as requested.
• Participate actively in education of students and residents.
• Participate in scholarly activity and research as needed or assigned.
• Other related duties as assigned.

St. Joseph's Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization's outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation's "100 Best Places to Work in Health Care".

St. Joseph's University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.

The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women's health, imaging and pediatrics.

The nursing team at St. Joseph's University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession's highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.