Hospitalist

Location: Coastal Pines Behavioral Health Hospital, 150 Moon Bay Parkway, St. Augustine, FL 32095

Acadia Healthcare is seeking a Full-Time Hospitalist to lead the clinical team of our newly constructed 144-bed behavioral health hospital in St. Augustine, Florida—just outside Jacksonville.

With an opening date in August, 2026, Coastal Pines Behavioral Health Hospital is a modern, purpose-built facility, designed to meet the growing demand for high-quality psychiatric services in the region.

The hospital offers a full continuum of services including inpatient psychiatric care, Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT).

About the Role

To deliver direct care including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment of medical and mental health problems as defined by professional scope of practice.

Responsibilities

Responsible for providing clinical services to patients at the facility 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.
• Ensure the physical health and care of patients, working constructively and collaboratively with other healthcare professionals is held to the highest standards.
• Review and complete medical information for individual care plans.

Direct services and information in a timely manner, maintaining appropriate confidential documentation, compliance and billing in accordance with the policy and procedures.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required.
• One or more years’ experience as a staff physician with the population served by the facility preferred.
• Licenses/Certifications
• Current license to practice medicine, by the state in which the facility(s) operates.
• Board certification or certificate of admissibility for board certification in a behavioral health specialty.

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

• Additional specific DEA credentials may be required, per state and facility regulations or policy.
• 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.

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