ER Psych CA (esp NorCal)

[clement]

Anyone know anything about John George in San Leandro? (they seem to always have ER psych openings). Sounds like Wild West county ER psych.

In the past year Burlingame (Vituity) and Santa Clara County were recruiting, but filled.
Any good leads on CA ER psych w/ decent pay?

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[comp1]

I've never worked there, but I have certainly taken patients as transfers from John George and had some of my non-MD staff worked there previously. Wild west sounds somewhat accurate. It's a very highly acute patient population, often coming from or going to a correctional setting, with limited support and likely to get less support as Medicaid gets gutted nationally. Full time ED psychiatrist positions are quite rare in California. Most community ED work is done by social workers or in a fancy place, an NP. You might have more luck with academic places or just going to inpatient with some included ED work.

 

[clement]

I've never worked there, but I have certainly taken patients as transfers from John George and had some of my non-MD staff worked there previously. Wild west sounds somewhat accurate. It's a very highly acute patient population, often coming from or going to a correctional setting, with limited support and likely to get less support as Medicaid gets gutted nationally. Full time ED psychiatrist positions are quite rare in California. Most community ED work is done by social workers or in a fancy place, an NP. You might have more luck with academic places or just going to inpatient with some included ED work.

This is true. Cpeps don’t really exist. CSU fulltime work exists but a lot are 12hr gigs a shift. As luck would have it, I’m only looking for 24-32 hours.

 

[jbomba]

Anyone know anything about John George in San Leandro? (they seem to always have ER psych openings). Sounds like Wild West county ER psych.

In the past year Burlingame (Vituity) and Santa Clara County were recruiting, but filled.
Any good leads on CA ER psych w/ decent pay?

There's no PES openings here despite whatever they are advertising for. Docs constantly fight over shifts here. Not literally, everyone is kind, but you know what I mean.

But yes, this place is wild. The docs are good, there is fine nursing and social work support.

 

[clement]

There's no PES openings here despite whatever they are advertising for. Docs constantly fight over shifts here. Not literally, everyone is kind, but you know what I mean.

But yes, this place is wild. The docs are good, there is fine nursing and social work support.

Interesting. I’d think it’s the odds and ends shifts no one wants. I still can’t understand why ER psych is so competitive/desirable compared to other regions of the country (including other high saturation cities).