Just curious if I'm looking in the wrong place. I was searching for inpatient psychiatry jobs in California (LA, San Diego, Bay Area) and looking on practice link, practice match, linkedin, I find almost no inpatient jobs. It seems unexpected for an area of such large population there aren't inpatient jobs. There are more inpatient jobs posted in my state than I can find in California.
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A lot of places don't advertise. You just contact them and see what's available. In San Diego most of the hospitals you do your own billing; so as long as they still have beds to fill you could theoretically slide in there. The downside is you are on call 24/7 for your patients. Expected to work every day of the month or find your own coverage. The SD inpatient game is not the best admittedly.
As far as I know the majority of the bay area inpatient jobs are full as far as I know right now. Possibly the hospital in Santa Rosa still needs help or Fremont hospital.
As far as I know the majority of the bay area inpatient jobs are full as far as I know right now. Possibly the hospital in Santa Rosa still needs help or Fremont hospital.
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Last I heard john george, CPMC, mills peninsula, St Francis, contra costa, and valley medical center all need people for inpt
Bear in mind good jobs usually fill quickly and have a low turnover and there are far fewer beds in CA than many other states and of course the vast majority of jobs are outpatient. If you are willing to consider inpatient state hospital and correctional jobs there are always openings
Many CA hospitals are on the old model where they don’t hire physicians so you either contract with them or you work with a group that contracts with them. There are a few companies that contract with a lot of hospitals. Many counties also farm out their positions so they don’t have to pay pensions.
Bear in mind good jobs usually fill quickly and have a low turnover and there are far fewer beds in CA than many other states and of course the vast majority of jobs are outpatient. If you are willing to consider inpatient state hospital and correctional jobs there are always openings
Many CA hospitals are on the old model where they don’t hire physicians so you either contract with them or you work with a group that contracts with them. There are a few companies that contract with a lot of hospitals. Many counties also farm out their positions so they don’t have to pay pensions.
John George, St Francis, contra costa all completely full last I checked.
Yeah, inpatient is pretty sweet, I can understand why there wouldn't be many postings. I don't see any in the VA system right now. I concur you're going to have to beat the bushes and call the hospitals directly. I do see a state mental hospital position open: Senior Psychiatrist (Specialist) - Forensic Services Department - Metropolitan State Hospital
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I'm not in California, but just curious as to what makes a state hospital job great? Never worked in one.
can you comment on salary, job responsibilities,COL?
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I suspect they are a newly minted attending given the start date, let's see how the job satisfaction ages.
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Be interested to hear more details of this as well
