Job Description

Now Hiring: Full-Time Inpatient Psychiatrist (Weekend Coverage) - Adolescent Units

Tower Behavioral Health | Reading, Pennsylvania

New Graduates and Experienced Psychiatrists Encouraged to Apply

Tower Behavioral Health is seeking a Full-Time Inpatient Psychiatrist to provide coverage for our adult and adolescent inpatient psychiatric units. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing behavioral health organization dedicated to delivering high-quality, compassionate, and evidence-based psychiatric care.

Tower Behavioral Health is a 181-bed behavioral healthcare system committed to supporting patients through a comprehensive continuum of care. Our state-of-the-art inpatient psychiatric hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania provides acute psychiatric treatment in a safe, structured, and therapeutic environment.

We embrace a patient-centered, recovery-oriented approach and foster collaboration among psychiatry, nursing, social work, psychology, and allied health professionals to achieve exceptional clinical outcomes.

The Inpatient Psychiatrist will provide psychiatric services for hospitalized adult and adolescent patients during weekends, ensuring continuity of care, medication management, treatment planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration. This role benefits from established weekday provider support and structured patient handoffs.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct psychiatric evaluations and assessments for inpatient adults and adolescents
• Manage psychotropic medications and treatment interventions
• Develop and update individualized treatment plans
• Participate in interdisciplinary treatment team meetings
• Complete timely and accurate clinical documentation
• Coordinate care with nursing, therapy, social work, and medical staff
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory, accreditation, and organizational standards
• Provide clinical leadership and support for patient-centered care initiatives

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school
• Board Eligible or Board Certified in Psychiatry
• Active Pennsylvania medical license or ability to obtain
• DEA registration or ability to obtain
• Interest or experience working with adult and adolescent populations
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• New graduates welcome to apply

Why Join Tower Behavioral Health?

• Full-Time employed opportunity
• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Collaborative multidisciplinary team environment
• Modern, state-of-the-art behavioral health facility
• Strong administrative and clinical support
• Commitment to physician engagement and quality patient outcomes
• Opportunity to treat both adult and adolescent populations

If you are passionate about providing exceptional inpatient psychiatric care and are looking for a supportive organization that values clinical excellence and teamwork, we encourage you to apply today.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing clinical services to patients at the facility.
• Practice within medical protocols defined by federal and state regulations, as well as by corporate, facility policy or procedures.
• Review medical information on patients to ensure medical stability and to offer medical recommendations.
• Evaluate patients for mental, emotional or behavioral disorders.
• Treat or direct treatment of patients, utilizing a variety of psychotherapeutic methods and medications.
• Review and complete medical information for individual care plans, documents services and information in a timely manner.
• Maintain confidential documentation, compliance and billing in accordance with the policy and procedures.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required.
• One or more years’ post graduate degree practice preferred.
• Licensed in the state in which the facility(s) operate.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Board certification in psychiatry
• Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.

Our Comprehensive Treatment Network

~23,500 Employees · ~11,400 Beds · 258 Locations · 38 States · 1 Network

As a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services in the United States and Puerto Rico, Acadia Healthcare operates 258 treatment facilities across 38 states. Our network of treatment facilities offers multiple levels of care for various behavioral health and substance use disorders. At Acadia, our primary goal is to meet patients where they’re at in their treatment process. We do this by providing a multitude of levels of care, including detoxification, residential treatment for substance use, residential treatment for dual diagnosis, acute psychiatric inpatient hospitalization, medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services, and an array of outpatient programming options, ranging from partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) to traditional outpatient services. Our expansive network of treatment facilities creates greater access to care, reduces the stigma associated with mental illness and substance use, and offers those in our communities a safe environment in which to receive the treatment they need.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

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