Universal Health Services

Inpatient General Adolescent Psychiatrist - Houston, Texas - Independent Contractor

Posted on: 16 Feb 2021

Houston, TX

Job Description

Job Description

Inpatient General / Adolescent Psychiatrist| Houston, TX

For over 25 years, Cypress Creek Hospital has been faithfully serving Houston and its surrounding communities. We offer psychiatric care and treatment to adults and adolescents experiencing mental health and substance abuse issues.

Cypress Creek Hospital is a fully accredited, 128-bed acute care psychiatric facility in Houston, Texas. We offer a broad range of inpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient services for adolescents (ages 12 - 17) and adults suffering from mental illness or substance abuse.

Our physician-directed staff of registered nurses, social workers, therapists, mental health technicians, and certified alcohol and drug abuse counselors brings skill and compassion to individualized treatment programs for both patient and family. We offer individual and group therapies including family, recreational, activity, and art therapy. We also provide partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient services that include an adult therapy program, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and a substance abuse intensive outpatient program.

We are currently seeking to add an Inpatient General / Adolescent Psychiatrist Unit Director to our well-established & dynamic medical staff team.

DETAILS:

* Provide care to primarily inpatient acute psychiatric patients ages 12+.
* Additional ECT &/or PHP volume optional.
* Highly flexible schedule - ability to leave after patients are seen each day.
* Monthly stipend for Unit Directorship.
* Full time independent contractor.
* Collaborative, supportive, & dynamic team.
* Manageable caseload, with call split among team.
* Days only.

EDUCATION/TRAINING/EXPERIENCE:

1. MD/DO degree from an accredited program required.
2. BE/BC General Psychiatry required.
3. BE/BC Child & Adolescent Psychiatry preferred.
4. Current Texas Physician/Medical license (MD or DO only), in good standing, or ability to obtain licensure.

Cypress Creek Hospital is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services (UHS), one of the nation's leading hospital management companies. The hospital's website is accessible at www.uhsinc.com or www.cypresscreekhospital.com.

Feel free to reach out to me for additional details!

Daniel Wilson

In-House Physician Recruiter

Cypress Creek Hospital

Subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc.

Cell: (615)554.0073

Email: Daniel.Wilson@uhsinc.com

Universal Health Services

King of Prussia, PA

Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected healthcare management companies, operating through its subsidiaries, behavioral health facilities, acute care hospitals and ambulatory centers throughout the United States, the United Kingdom and Puerto Rico. UHS was founded in 1979 by Alan B. Miller, Chairman and CEO, and today has more than 87,000 employees. UHS maintains one of the strongest balance sheets and is rated among the highest in the hospital services industry by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. This strong capital position has enabled the company to develop and acquire many new facilities over the past few years. 

The UHS strategy is to build or purchase healthcare properties in rapidly growing markets and create a strong franchise based on exceptional service and effective cost control. UHS owes its success to a responsive management style and to a service philosophy that is based on integrity, competence and compassion.

The healthcare industry remains a place of rapid change and uncertainty. But with strength, experience and foresight to chart its own course, UHS has every reason to face the future with optimism.