Psychiatrist: Adult Consultation Liaison

Company: MultiCare Health System
Location: Puyallup
Posted on: October 19, 2024

Job Description:

You Belong Here. At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve. The Opportunity: MultiCare is seeking candidates to participate in the development and deployment of an innovative hub-and-spoke consultation model and teaching service. We are deploying a central hub of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry team members to provide consult services through onsite, telepsychiatry and telephonic interventions. The use of the hub-and-spoke delivery design sets the stage for MultiCare to cast a vital behavioral health lifeline to our network of hospitals. This 1.0 FTE (Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, no afterhours or weekend call) combined consult liaison psychiatrist & faculty role will work with a multidisciplinary team to provide service to 5 locations in the MultiCare Puget Sound region. The goal is to offer a collaborative work environment while serving a broad variety of patients in various inpatient and emergency department settings. The qualified candidate would lead the care team in providing psychiatric consultation-liaison services for patients in the acute care setting and emergency departments through assessments, diagnostics, consultations, and treatment recommendations. There will also be teaching opportunities and protected time provided for faculty duties related to teaching psychiatry residents in a new psychiatry residency training program. Requirements:

• MD or DO degree from accredited medical school
• Completion of ACGME or AOA accredited adult psychiatry residency
• Current ABPN board certification in psychiatry
• Completion of ACGME accredited consultation-liaison psychiatry fellowship is a plus Our Values As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other. Why MultiCare?
  • Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers
  • Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
  • Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
  • Employee-centric: Named Forbes "America's Best Employers by State" in 2023
  • Technology: "Most Wired" ? health care ? system 15 years in a row
  • Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
  • Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn. Pay and Benefit Expectations We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits, paid time off medical school loan reimbursement, and much more. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The starting range is $270,633-$300,703. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant's years of experience align. Associated benefit information can be viewed here .

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