Psychiatrist Needed for Locum Tenens Coverage at Residential Treatment Facilityin Vermont
Remote · Buffalo, New York, United States or Vermont, United States
Job Summary
Part-time telehealth psychiatry for a residential treatment facility in Northern Vermont focusing on young adults with substance use disorder and co-occurring conditions. Responsibilities include conducting psychiatric evaluations, managing medications, and delivering services via telehealth to an approximate caseload of 5 patients per day within a residential model, with a 12-hour per week schedule. Prescriptive authority is required. The setting emphasizes transition to independent living, with a call requirement that is negotiable and a 6–7 month average length of stay. Board-certified psychiatrist, experienced in substance use disorders, co-occurring disorders, anxiety, depression, trauma, and PTSD, is needed for this locum-tenens assignment. Location is primarily telehealth-based with patient contact at the residential facility and potential in-state travel as needed with no fixed relocation requirement. Location-specific hint indicates Buffalo, NY and the Vermont telehealth program. The role operates in a telehealth delivery model and requires licensure to practice in the United States.
Required Qualifications
- Board Certification Required: Yes
- Prescriptive authority required
- Part-time telehealth psychiatry
- Experience with substance use disorders and co-occurring conditions
- Caseload management (approx. 5 patients per day)
- Telehealth delivery of psychiatric care
- Residential treatment setting experience
- Adults as patient population
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