Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

This locum tenens opportunity in St. Cloud, Minnesota offers a part-time psychiatric role at a residential treatment facility specializing in high-acuity care for children and adolescents. The clinician will conduct psychiatric evaluations and provide medication management within a structured therapeutic environment that combines clinical services with on-site educational programming. The position requires board certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and includes call coverage responsibilities. Assignments begin in August and are ongoing.

Practice Info

• Residential treatment facility providing comprehensive psychiatric care for children and adolescents combining clinical services with on-site educational programming
• Serves a high-acuity patient population with referrals drawn from public school systems, family sources, and state custody placements
• Multidisciplinary approach guides treatment delivery within a structured therapeutic environment
• Case load/PPD: Variable
• Patient population: Children
• Location type: On-Site
• Cases treated: High-acuity child and adolescent psychiatric conditions in a residential treatment setting
• Average length of stay: Variable
• Census: Variable

Responsibilities

• Provide part-time psychiatric care in a residential treatment setting
• Conduct psychiatric evaluations for children and adolescents
• Provide medication management for children and adolescents

Shift & Schedule

• Dates needed: August, ongoing
• Shift type: Day Shift
• Shift hours: Part time (12 hours per week)
• Call required: Yes

Requirements

• Board certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is required