Psychiatrist Needed for Locum Tenens Coverage in Chicago, Illinois

Job description

About the facility

This inpatient facility provides structured forensic psychiatric services for an adult male population, including patients committed under forensic designations such as UST-G2, UST-G3, NGRI, and Civil Maximum-Security step-down status. The facility maintains a multidisciplinary clinical team to support continuity of care and the development of biopsychosocial treatment plans. A locum tenens psychiatrist is sought on an immediate and ongoing basis to meet the clinical needs of the forensic population served.

About the facility location

Chicago offers a range of attractions suited to diverse interests, including Millennium Park, the Art Institute of Chicago, Navy Pier, the Museum of Science and Industry, Shedd Aquarium, Wrigley Field, and Lincoln Park Zoo, which provides free admission year-round. The city's lakefront features the Lakefront Trail, which accommodates cycling and outdoor recreation, along with beaches such as North Avenue Beach. Clinicians on assignment may also explore architecture tours, culinary experiences, water tours, and a variety of museums and interactive destinations accessible throughout the city.

About the clinician's workday

Clinicians in this role will provide full-time inpatient forensic psychiatric services for 21 adult male patients, working Monday through Friday during day shifts, totaling 40 hours per week on-site. Clinical responsibilities include daily management of symptoms of mental illness and behavioral disorders, medication management, behavioral intervention, completion of admissions, transfers, and discharges, and collaboration with the Unit Medical Physician, Psychologist, and Social Worker to develop biopsychosocial treatment plans. Clinicians are expected to participate in the hospital admissions rotation, morning report, treatment team meetings, staffings, and review of critical incidents. Additional duties include completion of Court Reports for forensic patients, involuntary medication petitions, and court testimony for patients requiring court-ordered psychotropic medications.

Additional job details

• Case load/PPD: 21 inpatients
• Support staff: Unit Medical Physician, Psychologist, Social Worker
• Patient population: Adults
• Location type: On-Site
• Prescriptive authority required: No
• Shift hours: Full time (40 hours)
• Cases treated: Forensic; UST-G2; UST-G3; NGRI; Civil Maximum-Security step-down; severe mental illness; behavioral disorders
• Average length of stay: Variable
• Census: 21 male inpatients
• Med checks/follow-up per day: Not applicable
• Initial evaluation time: Not applicable