Psychiatry Behavioral Health MD Position - Portsmouth VA

The Bon Secours Psychiatry and Behavioral Health team is adding a Psychiatrist to the team at Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth, VA - Part of the "757" Coastal Hampton Roads/Tidewater Region!

This is a great opportunity to join a growing program committed to serving the needs of an underserved community.

• Licensed MD/DO - Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry
• Full time position - M-F 8 hour days
• Inpatient Adult Psychiatry coverage providing behavioral health units, consults on medical floors, review of admissions from the ED and external hospitals or providers. 
• Call coverage:
  • 1:5 Weekend Rounding (1 weekend every 5 weeks) 4:00 PM Fri - 8:00 AM Mon.
  • 1 to 2 week nights per week 4:00 PM - 8:00 AM 
  • Both include cross coverage from units and admission calls
• Practice Support:  1:8 - One RN to every 8 patients and 1:6 - One Behavioral Health tech to every 6 patients
• Great Support and Resources for you and your patients - LCSW, LPC, BSW, Art Therapist, Music Therapist, Recreation Therapist, RN Clinical Coordinators and Nurse Manager.
• Average 8-12 patients per day
• Patient ages - 18+ and approx. 70% adult, 30% geriatric
• Opportunity to mentor medical students
• Mentorship available by Medical Director

We're looking for a compassionate provider who is sensitive to a patient population which includes homelessness, poverty, substance abuse and high recidivism.  The ideal new member of our caring provider team will be positive, adaptable, innovative and a collegial team player.

Bon Secours Mercy Health offers an attractive compensation package which includes a base compensation and multiple opportunities for bonus. Relocation reimbursement - $10,000 CME allowance annually - 35 days ATO - Sign On Bonus, Med School Debt Assistance. Full and comprehensive benefits including life insurance 2x base, company-paid short/long term disability, up to 8 weeks paid-parental time off, medical/dental/vision/Rx/FSA/403b plus matching. Company paid Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan up to $25,000 per year.

Hampton Roads is situated in the middle of the Eastern seaboard where the Chesapeake Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean, with 29 miles of oceanfront shoreline. It is the second largest metro area between Atlanta and Washington, DC and is home to 1.8 million people in our 7 cities (Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Newport News, Hampton) making up "The 757." We have beaches, waterways, rolling rural countryside, history, culture, diverse ethnicity and a vibrant food and beverage scene. National corporate headquarters, great schools and centers of higher learning, and comfortable year round temperatures make it a welcoming place to live!

Hampton Roads is named after the Earl of Southampton, a leader in the London Company that financed English colonization in Virginia between 1607- 1624. The "roads" refers to a place where a ship can ride at anchor, relatively safe from displacement by strong currents or storms. Today Hampton Roads is a cultural region. Hampton Roads is the East Coast epicenter of military activity. Every branch of the armed services is represented here. From the largest Navy base in the world to one of the most secretive facilities used by the CIA.

For nearly 200 years, the historical founders of Bon Secours Mercy Health have been providing care to those in need. Today, the ministry is one of the top 20 health systems in the United States and part of the top performing quartile of Catholic health systems for lowest cost per case for patient care. This quality care is provided by more than 60,000 employees serving communities throughout Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia and Ireland.

The health care ministry provided care for patients more than 10.3 million times in 2017 through its network of more than 1,000 care sites, including 50 hospitals, more than 50 home health agencies, hospice agencies, and skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Consistent with its commitment to serve each patient with dignity, Bon Secours Mercy Health provides nearly $2 million per day in community benefit.

Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center
As part of the Bon Secours Mercy Health System, Maryview Medical Center is a 346-bed not-for-profit, acute care facility licensed in the state of Virginia and serving approximately 282,790 residents primarily in Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, and counties of Isle of Wight and Southampton

Maryview Medical Center is the #1 referral source for colon and rectal surgery, ranked best for surgical weight loss, and received many accolades for providing high quality care. 

Specialty services offered:

• Orthopedics
• Bariatric Surgery with Surgical weight loss
• Cardiology and Cardiovascular surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Gastroenterology
• Behavioral Health
• Colorectal Surgery
• Oncology
• General surgery
• Neurology and Tele-Neurology
• Urology
• Nephrology
• Infectious Disease
• Pulmonary and Critical Care
• Sleep Medicine

The Mission of Bon Secours Mercy Health is to extend the compassionate ministry of Jesus by improving the health and well-being of its communities and bring good help to those in need, especially people who are poor, dying and underserved. For more information, visit www.bsmhealth.org