Friends Hospital is the nation's oldest private psychiatric hospital, located on a beautiful 100-acre campus in Philadelphia, PA. Friends Hospital offers a continuum of care including level of care assessments; specially designed inpatient units for adolescents, adults, and older adults; and a private residential rehabilitation program. Friends Hospital is easily accessed via public transportation and has free, safe, on-site parking.

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Reporting to the Unit Medical Director, the Staff Psychiatrist is responsible for the medical and psychiatric aspects of admitting and treating a patient on a designated unit. The staff psychiatrist is responsible for the initial and continued assessment of patients and for their treatment. The emphasis in this position is ensuring the existence of an up-to-date treatment plan appropriate to the patient’s psychiatric and medical condition and psychosocial background and making sure that treatment...