Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist

We are recruiting for a motivated Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist to join our team!

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Department

Adult Psychiatrists

With over 700 employees, Behavioral Health Services (BHS) at Denver Health is a large and rapidly expanding department that provides psychiatric care for patients in community, emergency, inpatient, justice, medical, mobile, and outpatient settings. As a non-profit committed to meeting community needs and promoting health equity, Denver Health offers psychiatrists a practice full of meaning and purpose. All physicians at Denver Health have an academic appointment at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. As such, Denver Health is an excellent place to work for physicians with an interest in clinical education.

Job Summary

Under minimal supervision, provides psychiatric care as a member of our multidisciplinary consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry team throughout Denver Health Hospital, which includes general medical floors, medical and surgical intensive care units, surgical step-down units, labor & deliver/mom-baby/ob-gyn services, pediatrics, and the correctional care medical facility. Diagnose and treat children and adults, including patients with complex and co-occurring medical, psychiatric, and substance use disorders.  Provides expert assessment and evidence-based, trauma-informed clinical care. Provides teaching and supervision to multi-disciplinary and multi-level learners and trainees including psychiatry residents, psychology interns, APPs, and medical students. Opportunities will be available to be involved in quality improvement projects, data monitoring, and scholarly work (e.g. publications, grant proposals, research). As needed, will perform administrative support functions and assist in dispositional planning. As needed, may be asked to temporarily cover other inpatient psychiatry services (e.g. the adult inpatient psychiatric unit, the integrated medicine and psychiatry unit).

Essential Functions

• Provide high quality clinical services to individuals currently hospitalized, often for co-occurring complex medical and psychiatric conditions, that is diversity-equity-inclusion-informed and trauma-informed as well as developmentally appropriate.
• Works on a 7-on / 7-off schedule (Monday thru Sunday) with responsibilities to cover medication for opioid use disorder consults on weekends.
• Obtains relevant medical histories, makes appropriate diagnoses, implements effective, evidence-based treatments.
• Conducts risk assessments for suicide and violence among patients at risk due to psychiatric illness, including schizophrenia, bipolar, depressive, anxiety, substance use disorders, and personality disorders.
• Applies treatment statutes for involuntary psychiatric and/or substance use disorder treatments.
• Consults with providers who are part of the primary medical/surgical team and generates recommendations, referrals, and case management as indicated.
• Interprets the results of relevant laboratory and imagining studies and applies them to the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric symptoms.
• Generates documentation of assessment and intervention in the medical record in a timely manner.
• Provides teaching and supervision to multi-disciplinary trainees and medical students.
• Participates in quality improvement projects and academic efforts in research and professional writing.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in additional trainings, educational programs, reviewing current literature, and attending in-service meetings and workshops.
• Adheres to, complies with, and demonstrates support for the mission and values of Denver Health.
• Has regular and predictable attendance

Education

• Doctorate Degree Graduate of an accredited medical school. Required
• Completion of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship is preferred.

Work Experience
 

• 1-3 years of work experience preferred.

Licenses

• MD or DO-Physician - State Medical Board Required and
• BLS-Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) - AHA - American Heart Association Required
• Certification in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Preferred, but Not Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of and ability to apply professional medical principles, procedures, and techniques.
• Thorough knowledge of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment.
• Able to effectively manage and direct medical staff activities while providing quality medical care.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, listening, and social skills.
• Able to interact effectively with people of varied educational, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, skill levels and value systems.
• Performs work duties in a professional manner.

• Knowledgeable and compliant with all regulatory standards, including specialty level requirements.
• Knowledge of major concepts, principles, and theories related to psychiatric disease processes (including serious and persistent mental illness, eating disorders, and trauma disorders), traumatic brain injury, intellectual disability, and recovery from polytrauma across the lifespan.
• Ability to thoughtfully assess different psychiatric conditions co-occurring with complex medical conditions, ability to liaise with medical teams and advocate for patient needs.
• Must have training in topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and be willing to voice these values throughout work duties. This includes, but is not limited to, work with the underserved and unhoused population, social justice-oriented work, and trauma-informed, inclusive work.
• Ability to respond to feedback and incorporate it into practice.
• Prior formal research publications and presentations is appreciated but not required.
• Proficient in the use of computers and computer systems and Microsoft Office Suite; Excel, Outlook, and Word.
• Knowledge of electronic health record preferred.

Shift

Work Type

Regular

Salary

$237,900.00 - $280,700.00 / yr

Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5%, and generous medical plans

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program 

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community.

Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.