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Position Description: We are recruiting psychiatrist to join HUP Cedar in the crisis response center. HUP Cedar is a longstanding and deeply mission driven hospital serving southwest Philadelphia, a neighborhood with a rich history and culture that is primarily low income. Penn acquired HUP Cedar in 2022, our goal is to retain its strengths with a deeply committed staff and supporting its development by securing additional resources for psychiatry.

Psychiatry has 2 inpatient units, an inpatient detox unit, a crisis response center, and a consultation/liaison service.

The clinical work is primarily Community Psychiatry: the focus is primarily on underserved patients, though the partnership with Penn has brought more patients from middle- and high-income backgrounds.

• The Crisis Response Center is a psychiatric emergency room.
• The CRC serves two populations of patients: those who present voluntarily for treatment, and those who are brought in by police or physicians on involuntary commitments.
• Consequently, the CRC physician is in frequent collaboration with physicians in the HUP Cedar and HUP Spruce EDs as well as Philadelphia Police.
• 1 FTE in the CRC is considered 45 hours for PSP and 40 hours for CPUP.
• The CRC also has a psychiatric APP, 2-3 nurses, 2 crisis clinicians, and a peer specialist.
• There are nursing and advanced practice students who rotate in the CRC, and we are building rotations for Penn medical students and residents.
• There is no required call for PSP-employed physicians who work full time in the CRC; CPUP physicians do not have mandatory call. Both may opt in to paid call.

Schedule: Monday- Friday 8am-5pm

No on call requirement

Minimum Requirements: Board certified/ eligible PA medical license in psychiatry

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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