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[johnhoedack]

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Anyone know any info about university student health jobs in psychiatry? It seems like it would be an interesting population to work with. Is pay as abysmal as I think it would be? We can rotate through our student health department and it seems like a fun job.

 

[Shikima]

Anyone know any info about university student health jobs in psychiatry? It seems like it would be an interesting population to work with. Is pay as abysmal as I think it would be? We can rotate through our student health department and it seems like a fun job.

I've seen them posted. The one place I did interview, it was obvious that I was going to be taken advantage of including the additional work of doing a forensic evaluation for those placed on diversion due to unsavory behaviors demonstrated on campus and run afoul of the law. I think this particular place was only paying about $85-90/hour.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

Anyone know any info about university student health jobs in psychiatry? It seems like it would be an interesting population to work with. Is pay as abysmal as I think it would be? We can rotate through our student health department and it seems like a fun job.

One local college moved to a psych NP from a psychiatrist I think pretty much for pay reasons. I heard the pay they were offering the NP was ridiculously low, too. So, yes, I'm guessing the pay sucks. There are also a lot of administrative/cultural hassles with those types of jobs. I did a college MH rotation -- I enjoyed it, but I don't think it's something I would want to do full-time.

 

[johnhoedack]

One local college moved to a psych NP from a psychiatrist I think pretty much for pay reasons. I heard the pay they were offering the NP was ridiculously low, too. So, yes, I'm guessing the pay sucks. There are also a lot of administrative/cultural hassles with those types of jobs. I did a college MH rotation -- I enjoyed it, but I don't think it's something I would want to do full-time.

I'm assuming you meant switched from a psychiatrist to a psych NP?

 

[TexasPhysician]

Very low pay.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

I'm assuming you meant switched from a psychiatrist to a psych NP?

Yeah -- did I not phrase that clearly?

 

[FlowRate]

Yeah -- did I not phrase that clearly?

You did.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

You did.

Phrase it clearly or not phrase it clearly? 🙂 "Moved to from" to me sounds equivalent to replaced although admittedly less concise. So yes, they had a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist quit, and they hired an NP for I'm assuming cost containment reasons. And the NP pay was well below market NP pay at that. Well below RN pay, too.

 

[SmallBird]

Phrase it clearly or not phrase it clearly? 🙂 "Moved to from" to me sounds equivalent to replaced although admittedly less concise. So yes, they had a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist quit, and they hired an NP for I'm assuming cost containment reasons. And the NP pay was well below market NP pay at that. Well below RN pay, too.

I think these jobs can be great, although likely quite variable - I spent a year at our college mental health service and it was great - lots of opportunity to do therapy as a psychiatrist and very little administrative work. 85% of my time spent with patients.

Pay I have seen around 140-160k...

 

[birchswing]

The university I attend has specifically allocated funding in its budget for a full-time psychiatrist, and they have recently received a donation to build an entirely new integrated health center which will combine the student health center and counseling center. They have not had a psychiatrist in years. This school in particular has had national attention due to very tragic events surrounding mental health. Having said that, the students are probably the nicest population you could imagine working with. If anything they are perfect to a fault. It's in a beautiful, quaint town in southeastern Virginia. I can give you the details of the college if anyone is interested; just PM me. This area in general needs an infusion of psychiatrists.

 

[FlowRate]

Phrase it clearly or not phrase it clearly? 🙂 "Moved to from" to me sounds equivalent to replaced although admittedly less concise. So yes, they had a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist quit, and they hired an NP for I'm assuming cost containment reasons. And the NP pay was well below market NP pay at that. Well below RN pay, too.

You did phrase it clearly 🙂

 

[johnhoedack]

Yeah -- did I not phrase that clearly?

Sorry just misread it.

 

[vistaril]

this is a unique job because there arent going to he a lot of them in the country. only the larger flagship universities are going to have one. The college I went to had a nurse practitioner serving as the main health care provider period at the student health center....there was certainly no mental health prescribers. Although most smaller colleges will have therapists.

The pay is going to be low. Probably 140-150k or so for 40 hours a week.

 

[birchswing]

this is a unique job because there arent going to he a lot of them in the country. only the larger flagship universities are going to have one. The college I went to had a nurse practitioner serving as the main health care provider period at the student health center....there was certainly no mental health prescribers. Although most smaller colleges will have therapists.

The pay is going to be low. Probably 140-150k or so for 40 hours a week.

The school I attend has about 5,000 students and had a psychiatrist for many years, whom I believe was let go. They are actively hiring, so it doesn't seem to be just the larger schools. This school also has a student health center with several doctors.

Smaller schools that are more commuter based probably tend to have fewer healthcare resources, but when a large number of students come from out of state, I think they try to cater to the needs of those students, especially if the school is rurally located without access to medical care nearby.