Psychiatry Opening in Ashland, KY
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Psychiatric-Mental Health
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Ashland, Kentucky, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
11/15/24
**Inpatient Psychiatrist opening - Ashland, KY**
Located 67m to Charleston
**Position Details**
- Full-time, permanent
- Hospital-employed
- Seeking a board eligible/certified psychiatrist to provide inpatient care.
- The incoming physician will earn annual guarantees of $375,000 plus wRVU productivity.
- Excellent benefits (health, vision, dental, life, retirement), generous vacation and CME, signing bonus and student loan support.
- Growing collegial team of psychiatrists along with skilled additional advanced providers. Hospital serves a diverse community with a variety of behavioral health needs. The 27-bed Behavioral Medicine Unit specializes in stabilization of acute episodes. Patients attend daily individual and/or group therapy sessions. The practice works with patients and their loved ones, along with other healthcare professionals, to develop an appropriate course of treatment. The goal is to enable patients to return home and resume their lives as quickly as possible. Discharge planners and case managers help coordinate care following hospitalization
**About the Group**
- 465-bed regional referral center
- Locally controlled, not-for-profit
- Group offers comprehensive cardiac, medical, surgical, bariatric, obstetric, pediatric, rehabilitative, psychiatric, cancer, neurologic, pain care and home care services to a service area of more than 600,000 people.
- Thompson Healthcare Top 100 hospital for five years running, as well as a Top 100 Cardiac Hospital for three years.
- In addition, for three consecutive years, HealthGrades has named Medical Group among the top five percent of cardiac surgery programs in the nation.
- For three consecutive years, the medical center has been honored among Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Companies To Work For."
**Location**
- Ashland, KY is a town of about 25,000 people, located right on the Ohio River.
- We have a nice, clean town with minimal traffic, a beautiful and very active performing arts theater, indoor tennis, a large downtown park, and boutique shopping.
- Our Tri-State region (Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia) is renowned for safe, family friendly communities with an excellent cost of living.
- We also host some of the countrys finest state parks that feature golf, skiing, boating, fishing, hunting and biking.
- We have four seasons all of which are relatively mild.
- Were also a short drive to metro cities in Ohio (Cincinnati and Columbus) and Kentucky (Lexington and Louisville).
- We are also about 20 minutes from Huntington, WV, a town about twice the size of Ashland and the home of Marshall University.
- And, about two hours away in West Virginia, there is excellent snow skiing and the New River Gorge National Park, which offers multiple outdoor activities such as whitewater rafting, rock climbing, hiking, etc.