Job Seekers

About the position:

• Our ideal candidate would be a strong team player, desiring 1.0 FTE  
• Opportunity to work 7 day on / 7 days off -- or 14 on / 14 off in a Child/Adolescent inpatient unit
• No outpatient clinic required

About our Behavioral Health Team:

• Join a group of 9 adult and 4 child and adolescent psychiatrists as part of a comprehensive behavioral health program
• Position is a full time, hospitalist model child psychiatry inpatient unit
• Average caseload is 12 children, ages 6-18 years
• Comprehensive inpatient team including family therapists, social workers, chemical dependency counselors, behavioral health techs with robust programming
• Overnight call averages 1 in 8 days
• Access to immediate hospital medical services such as pediatric hospitalist consultation, full lab and imaging services in house
• Our Amberwing facility provides Partial Hospitalization Programming, state-of-the art, mental health and substance abuse services for children, adolescents, and their families. In addition, there is On Site Pediatric Occupational Therapy and a Birth to Kindergarten Program.
• NACHRI designated children’s hospital, St. Mary’s Medical Center, part of the Duluth medical campus
• The Behavioral Health Department provides a spectrum of care for children and adults, including inpatient psychiatric care, consult-liaison and emergency psychiatry, intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization services, and an outpatient behavioral health clinic.
• Essentia Health Duluth hospital-Child/Adolescent inpatient unit has 16 beds; Adult in-patient unit has 37 beds. 

Location:

• Duluth, MN – Population approximately 90,000 with surrounding areas 200,000+
• 2 ½ hour drive to the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area
• Regional service area 460,000

Requirements: 

• BC/BE Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Essentia Health is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.