Princeton Community Hospital opened the Behavioral Health Pavilion. The Pavilion will be located at the former St. Luke’s Hospital campus in Bluefield, WV. The 95 bed Pavilion will include 75 adult and geriatric inpatient psychiatric beds and 20 beds for Adolescent residential treatment. The Pavilion will also provide structured outpatient psychiatric services for an integrated continuum of behavioral health services care.
New Psychiatry positions in Princeton, WV due to tremendous program growth. The opportunity is to become employed by Princeton Community Hospital as a full-time Psychiatrist working at the newly renovated 60,000 square foot Behavioral Health Pavilion in Bluefield, WV. Currently, there are two full-time Psychiatrists including the Medical Director and a 2010 graduating resident. There is also a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and 3 Psychologists in the program. The need is to expand to three full-time Psychiatrists, 2 Nurse Practitioners, and 1 Physician’s Assistant. The Pavilion of the Virginias is a state of the art facility fully equipped to handle all psychiatric needs. It has been designed and constructed specifically for psychiatric function and flow. There is also an in-house pharmacy on site.
There is a verifiable need for service in the community as nearly 50% of the psychiatric referrals are being sent outside of the Pavilion due to lack of physician support. The goal of the Pavilion is to become a “regional system that provides continual care on a local and broad scale basis.”
Princeton is a hub of the Four Seasons Country area of Southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia where a large number of hotels, restaurants, and shopping areas have developed. It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 111,586. The city is home to The Chuck Mathena Center - a 1,000 seat theater hosting plays, concerts, and community gatherings. The town hosts the Princeton Rays baseball club of the Appalachian League and affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. Population approximately 8K.
