We are seeking a Psychiatrist for an inpatient behavioral health consultation locum assignment in Eugene, Oregon, beginning January 2027. This position provides consultative psychiatric services for adult hospitalized patients with a flexible two-weeks-per-month coverage model.
Assignment Details
- Start Date: January 4, 2027
- Initial assignment approximately 6 months
- Coverage needed 2 weeks per month
- Preferred schedule is a 7-day stretch every other week
Schedule
- 10-hour day shifts
- 7:00 AM 5:00 PM
- Coverage stretches may run Monday Sunday
- No call
Practice Setting
- Inpatient Psychiatry / Consult-Liaison Behavioral Health
- Adult patients
- 32-bed inpatient setting
- Provider works collaboratively with an established team
- No procedures required
Patient Volume
- Approximately consults/encounters on busy days
- May see up to 20 patients per day
Clinical Responsibilities
- Provide inpatient psychiatric consultations
- Behavioral health evaluation and management
- Rounding
- Admissions
- Collaborate with the inpatient care team
Requirements
- MD or DO
- Inpatient/consultative Behavioral Health experience
- BLS required
- Active state license preferred, but not required
- Must demonstrate inpatient or consultative services for at least 30 patients within the previous 24 months, unless qualifying through recent residency/fellowship
- COVID-19 vaccination required; no exemptions
Credentialing
- Recent residency graduates must provide residency case logs
- Other candidates must provide a hospital quality profile demonstrating clinical activity over the previous 24 months
Ideal Candidate
A Psychiatrist with Consult-Liaison or inpatient behavioral health experience who can consistently provide two weeks of coverage per month, ideally in alternating 7-day blocks. This assignment offers daytime-only coverage with no call and does not require an active Oregon license at presentation.
