Psychiatrist

This program delivers rapid-response psychiatric care directly to clients in permanent supportive housing or to individuals at risk of homelessness due to acute medical or psychiatric illness. Clinicians will provide full-time outpatient psychiatric care for a high-acuity adult population, working as part of a multidisciplinary rounding team. This is a locum tenens opportunity located in Los Angeles, California.

Practice Info

• Delivers rapid-response psychiatric care directly to clients in permanent supportive housing or to individuals at risk of homelessness due to acute medical or psychiatric illness
• Multidisciplinary rounding team conducts psychiatric evaluations and manages medications, including MAT, for a high-acuity population
• Services delivered across a broad geographic scope
• Serves adults navigating serious mental illness, dual-diagnosis, and housing instability within a mission-driven community mental health framework
• Approximately two-thirds of the day delivered in the field alongside a team member such as an LCSW or LMFT
• Transportation is provided by the team
• Support staff: Therapist, Nurse, and Case Managers
• Patient population: Adults
• Location type: On-Site
• Cases treated: SMI - high acuity; dual-diagnosis; housing instability

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychiatric evaluations
• Manage medications, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT)
• Develop treatment plans for patients presenting with serious mental illness, dual-diagnosis, and housing instability
• Participate as part of a multidisciplinary rounding team delivering rapid-response psychiatric services to clients in permanent supportive housing or those at risk of homelessness

Shift & Schedule

• Dates needed: ASAP - Ongoing
• Shift type: Day Shift
• Assignment type: Outpatient
• Call required: No
• Working 40 hours per week during day shifts structured as five 8-hour days (7:30 AM - 4:00 PM) or four 10-hour days (7:30 AM - 6:00 PM)
• Shift hours: Full time (40 hours)
• Med checks/follow-up per day: 30 minutes per medication management or follow-up visit
• Initial evaluation time: 60 minutes per initial psychiatric evaluation

Requirements

• Board certification required: No
• Credentialing is estimated to take 3 to 5 weeks
• Live-scan is required prior to the start of the assignment