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Psychiatry Physician Assignment Details • Location: Dallas, Texas • Start Date: October 5, 2026 • Duration: 13 weeks • Provider Type: Physician • Specialty: Psychiatry • Practice Setting: Acute Care Hospital / Psychiatric Emergency Services • Coverage Type: Scheduled • No Call • EMR: Epic • Local providers will receive priority Compensation: $240/hr Schedule • Night Shift: 7:00 PM–7:00 AM • 12-hour shifts • Work any 2 days per week, Tuesday–Saturday • Provider will be onsite • No call required Patient Population • Primarily adults • Infrequent psychiatric consultations for pediatric patients in the Main Emergency Department Clinical Details • Two psychiatric emergency units: PED and PEU • Psychiatric ER consult team responds to consultations in the Main ED and psychiatric intake area • Providers assigned to psychiatric ER units manage up to 10 patients per shift • Consult team averages approximately 5–6 patients per 12-hour shift • Multidisciplinary team environment Clinical Responsibilities • Complete initial psychiatric evaluations • Complete follow-up psychiatric evaluations • Coordinate care with the multidisciplinary team • Communicate recommendations to consulting teams • Place appropriate orders • Complete physician-to-physician communication for transfers between PED/PEU and the Main ED • Consult other services as clinically indicated, including hospitalist medicine • Complete legal documentation for involuntary psychiatric hospitalization, including OPC applications • Complete physician-only tasks for APPs, including restraint orders, face-to-face examinations, and required physician signatures • Admit patients to psychiatric observation when indicated Requirements • Board Certified in Psychiatry – REQUIRED • Board Eligible candidates will NOT be accepted • Must be comfortable providing psychiatric emergency care • Must be comfortable with occasional pediatric psychiatric consultations • Epic experience preferred based on facility EMR