Service Chief for Eating Disorder

We are seeking a board-certified psychiatrist to join a highly specialized team providing comprehensive eating disorder treatment for adults and adolescents.

The Center for Eating Disorders Inpatient Unit provides a hospital-based setting where patients receive around-the-clock support and medical monitoring in addition to structured meals and a range of therapeutic opportunities throughout the day. 

Psychiatric Providers are a critical part of our multi-disciplinary teams and possess unique expertise and a strong focus on providing quality mental healthcare in the highest level of outpatient care setting. This position will serve individuals who have one or more serious and persistent mental illnesses and have received previous psychiatric treatments. 

What can you expect?

The unit is comprised of 23 inpatient beds and provides the opportunity to do in-depth work with complex patients and be instrumental in helping patients make meaningful progress towards recovery. The ideal candidate is passionate about working with patients with eating disorders, has experience and expertise managing acute psychiatry care services, work well in an interdisciplinary team, and will have the ability to focus on both quality care and continuity of care.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Providing clinical leadership.
• Developing and implementing treatment protocols.
• Ensuring compliance with all regulatory standards.
• Participating in strategic planning initiatives to enhance the scope and quality of services.
• Supporting professional growth and development for unit staff.

What you’ll get from us.

At Sheppard Pratt, you can expect:

• Physician-led organization
• Generous compensation package with comprehensive benefits and ample leave
• Relocation assistance
• Sign-on bonus
• Opportunities for student loan forgiveness
• Grand rounds, CME opportunities, and on-site lectures
• State-of-the-art research and technology
• Cross-discipline collaboration

What we need from you.

• Must have a current license to practice in Maryland at time of hire.
• Must be board certified.
• Participating in a call schedule.
• Experience providing clinical care in an inpatient setting.
• Experience providing clinical care to patients with eating disorders.
• Preferred 3 - 5 years of experience treating patients with eating disorders in an acute setting.

Sheppard Pratt’s impact, care, and services span hospitals, special education schools, residential programs, outpatient centers, and more. We are mission-driven and create an environment where our employees can explore what motivates them both professionally and personally. Through continuing education, tuition reimbursement, and career development programs, we team with our employees to facilitate growth that puts purpose to work.

With numerous inpatient units conveniently housed on the Towson campus, Sheppard Pratt offers a high-level of care that serves children, adolescents, adults, and older adults with a wide variety of diagnoses. We are also proud to offer the intensive, specialized care and world class expertise needed to address difficult-to-treat diagnoses like eating disorders, neuropsychiatric conditions, treatment-resistent depression, and co-occurring disorders through our inpatient programs and specialty services. 

Learn more about what programs and services are offered HERE.