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Psychiatry job in OK
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Psychiatric-Mental Health
Degree Required MD/DO
Position Type Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment Hospital Clinic/Private Practice
Location Lawton, Oklahoma, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 9/29/21
Psychiatry opening in Oklahoma

Located in Lawton, OK

Service area of 150,000 people



Medical Center in Lawton, OK is seeking a BC/BE Adult Psychiatrist to join its Behavioral Health Campus, seeing patients 18+ in a 19-bed inpatient facility as well as outpatient clinic. Will work with a seasoned interdisciplinary treatment team. Call is 1 week on/2 weeks off. Ability to treat patients across the lifespan a plus, as facility also has child and adolescent units. Robust recruitment package includes guaranteed base, sign on, relocation, student loan assistance, CME allowance, full benefits and more.



Medical Center is a Joint Commission-accredited full-service hospital with 199 beds. The physician staff of 150 provides care in 31 medical specialties. The hospital provides 24-hour emergency services and round-the-clock X-ray and laboratory services as well as comprehensive surgical services and diagnostic imaging. Medical Center also has a 50-bed Med/Surg Unit, an 8-bed ICU and comprehensive Cardiopulmonary, Rehabilitative and Women's Health programs.

- Full time, permanent opening

- Behavioral Health Center



The Community:

- Lawton is the third largest city in Oklahoma. Fort Sill, located just north of the city, is home of the United States Army Field Artillery.



Distances to Major Cities:

- Wichita Falls, TX: 54 miles

- Oklahoma City, OK: 86 miles

- Fort Worth, TX: 171 miles

- Dallas, TX: 190 miles



At the Lawton/Fort Sill Historic Landmark & Museum, visitors can see a large collection of 20th century artillery known as the Cannon Walk, view historic buildings originally constructed by Buffalo Soldiers and visit the famous Native American burial sites of Geronimo and Quanah Parker. The Mattie Beal Home, a 14-room Italian and Greek Revival-style mansion constructed in 1909, sits on a portion of the 160 acres selected by Mattie Beal when her name was drawn in the 1901 Oklahoma Territory Land Lottery. The home has been completely restored and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Holy City of the Wichitas is a replica of the city of Jerusalem with 22 buildings made of native granite stone. The nation's longest-running Easter passion play, The Prince of Peace is held here each year in a natural amphitheatre.



Lawton is located in the heart of the Great Plains Country, an area well known for its lakes and world-class fishing and hunting. Mount Scott, which rises 2,500 feet above the plains, provides some of the most breathtaking scenery in the state and a chance to view free-roaming bison, longhorn cattle, white-tail deer and elk. Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, established in 1901, provides habitat for these large grazing animals on its 59,020 acres. The refuge is also home to almost 400 species of animals, birds, reptiles and amphibians and more than 800 plant species.