Job ID: 8318

Practice Details

• Seeking a BE/BC Child Psychiatrist to join "100 Best Places to Work in Health Care".
  
  
• 100% inpatient to cover psych units and just kids in ED, Monday through Friday.
  
  
• 15 bed kids unit and daily/Monday through Friday morning staffing to establish/direct treatment planning and discharges/admissions.
  
  
• Currently, call is every fourth weekend, round on all 41 inpatient psych patients (kids and adults), approximately 7 days per month.
  
  
• State-of-the-art facility:  Child and Adolescent Services includes a 15-bed unit treats children and teens (ages 5 through 18) is part of the new Moorman Pavilion and offers:
  
         *  Private or semi-private rooms, each with a private bathroom
         *  Activity room for group programs and other activities
         *  Day room, where children spend much of their time
         *  Dining room, where everyone eats together
         *  Indoor and outdoor recreational spaces, including a basketball court
         *  Classroom for completing school assignments
         *  Secure entrance and monitoring throughout

• Specialized staff:  Be part of a team including 3 board-certified child psychiatrists and 7 full-time therapists. Our staff of nurses helps coordinate each child’s care, which includes one-on-one therapy – including music therapy, pet therapy and group therapy. 

• Tutoring: A teacher from the Quincy public school system works with children each day, helping them complete homework assignments (we contact the school to get your child’s lessons). This way, your child will not fall behind during his/her stay with us.

• Careful coordination of discharge and after-care: We work very closely with the family, the school and your child’s pediatrician and other therapists to coordinate discharge. We want to make sure your child has the support at home and in the community to be able to transition back to school. This planning includes making sure everyone is aware of the medication plan. We also try to schedule all follow-up appointments before your child leaves, so parents and teachers know the next step in the care plan.

• Quincy Hospitality House: Parents traveling to Quincy to visit a child receiving treatment in the inpatient unit are welcome to stay at the Quincy Hospitality House.  

• In our inpatient care unit, our specialized team provides a wide variety of services for children and teens, whose average length of stay is 7 to 10 days. We help young people cope with behavioral problems and issues such as:

          *  Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
          *  Depression, anxiety and other mood disorders
          *  Physical and emotional abuse

About Employer:

• 70+ member group of employed physicians, advanced practitioner and allied health providers offering services in 17 different specialties.
• The largest provider of medical care in the 300,000 population Tri-State Area composed of West Central Illinois, Northeast Missouri, and Southeast Iowa.
• The System also operates a 307-bed regional referral center in Quincy, and Illini Community Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Pittsfield, Illinois, (population 4,300).
• As a not-for-profit system, we accept all patients regardless of their economic condition or insurance coverage.
• The System was named one of the "100 Best Places to Work in Health Care" by Modern Healthcare magazine, and it ranks among the Country's top 8% of hospitals in its level of Information Technology development.

Community Details

• Enjoy a community with a diverse educational system, including Public/private schools, technical, community college and four year private university.
• Gorgeous riverfront to historic neighborhoods, plenty of restaurants, and abudant shopping

Compensation Details

•  Starting Salary of $300,000 to $325,000

• $150,000 of school loans forgiven over five years

• $50,000 sign on bonus, for candidates who do not have school loans, sign on bonus of up to $100,000.
  
  
• Total guaranteed compensation between $325,000 to $360,000
  
  
• Up to a $15,000 relocation package
  
  
• Benefits: Health, life, vision, dental, disability, and AD & D insurance, malpractice coverage with tail, 403(b) pension plan plus 457(b) tax-deferral option, employee child care center, four weeks annual paid time off plus one week of CME time with paid time off increasing to six weeks after two years employment, $5,000 annual professional expense allowance, and more.

Top Five Things to Do

1. All Wars Museum 
2. Villa Kathrine 
3. Quincy Museum 
4. John Wood Mansion 
5. 9/11 Memorial