Medical Director of Outpatient Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

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Medical Director of Outpatient ConsultationLiaison Psychiatry

A member of the Mayo Clinic Network WellStar Health System is the largest health system in Georgia recognized as one of the most integrated in the United States and in the top 10 of all systems nationally in the provision of charity care. WellStar is committed to investing in the communities we serve. We continue to develop innovative care models focused on improving quality and access to healthcare. To this end the WellStar Medical Group is excited to announce an opportunity for a Medical Director of Outpatient ConsultationLiaison Psychiatry who functions as a clinical and administrative leader developing and providing CL psychiatry services to expand access to needed services for patients receiving services in primary care obstetrics and gynecology cardiology cancer and other medical specialties. Aims of this integrated care model are oriented around the quadruple aim and include the following:

• Improve access to expedient and quality psychiatric care

• Improve clinical outcomes and patient experience by providing biopsychosocial care

• Reduce clinical burden on physicians in primary care and various medical specialties

• Provide costeffective care by reducing unnecessary healthcare utilization

Medical Director of Outpatient ConsultationLiaison Psychiatry

Wellstar has multiple locations in which behavioral health is colocated and integrated into the workflows of primary and specialty care clinics. Whereas Wellstar has clinical directors that oversee programs such as Primary CareBehavioral Health Integration (PCBHI) Health Psychology and Neuropsychology these clinical directors have oversight of the nonmedical aspects of care. The new Medical Director of Outpatient ConsultationLiaison Psychiatry is a physician leader who will work alongside these other clinical directors overseeing all medical aspects of these programs. With direct oversight of other psychiatrists and advance practice professionals (s)he will ensure that evidencebased medicine is employed to manage psychiatric symptoms that can be treated effectively in primary care and specialty settings. (S)He will work as a collaborator with other clinical directors to establish and fulfill program aims developing effective relationships with nonpsychiatry physician colleagues and functioning as a core member of the Behavioral Health Service Lines leadership team. In this role the Medical Director will develop processes and workflows to provide timelimited medication management and physiciantophysician (curbside and econsult) services to support patients receiving care within WMG primary and specialty care clinics. (S)He will partner closely with Wellstars other psychiatry medical directors to establish seamless and coordinated care across the continuum to optimize patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Wellstars PCBHI Program

Minimum Requirements

• Holds a MD/DO degree
• Is a licensed psychiatrist with a minimum of 3 years postresidency experience
• Boardcertification in general psychiatry
• Fellowship training (or Boardcertification) in ConsultationLiaison Psychiatry

Clinical Responsibilities 80

Anchored in quality patient and familycentered care the psychiatrist provides the following clinical services:

• Review patient referrals to identify patients needing psychiatric care in collaboration with psychologists mastersprepared therapists and integrated behavioral health consultants
• Provide initial psychiatric evaluations and treatments (inperson or virtually) for patients referred from primary care and other medical specialties
• Gather clinical information via multisource data including psychiatric interviews collateral interviews screening tools labs and imaging and consultations with other members of the healthcare team
• Render diagnoses to drive evidencebased treatment decisions
• Develop monitor and modify treatment plans as needed in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team
• Provide medication management and/or behavioral interventions as appropriate to meet patients needs
• Provide routine and adhoc and econsultations to adult primary care and specialty care physicians consulting on recommended medication protocols to facilitate psychiatric symptom remission
• Lead/Participate in regular interdisciplinary team meetings/huddles
• Lead case reviews and consultations with the interdisciplinary healthcare team
• Provide education and training to adult primary care providers specialists and other healthcare professionals
• Document all patient care activities using Epic Wellstars electronic health record
• Participate in quality improvement activities including data collection analysis and reporting

Administrative Responsibilities 20

Leader as Collaborator

• Works as a clinical dyad with psychology directors through the Behavioral Medicine division
• Works closely with the directors of PCBHI Health Psychology and ambulatory Psychiatry to ensure clarity of roles/responsibilities
• Meets with Behavioral Health Service Line leaders to develop and ensure fidelity to processes that improve patient flow optimize patient access and improve patient and provider satisfaction
• Collaborates with WMG operational leaders to accomplish program aims
• Builds effective relationships with clinical leads/medical directors in other service lines
• Gives presentations at Lunch & Learns and other didactic forums for physicians and APPs regarding firstline treatments for various psychiatric illnesses
• Works effectively with WMG practice managers and operational leaders
• Develops tactics to support the wellbeing of direct reports
• Provides mentorship to psychiatrists and advanced practice providers
• Holds crucial conversations with team members with performance improvement opportunity

Leader as Creator

• Designs effective workflows to support integrated psychiatric care for the Wellstar Medical Group
• In concert with other clinical directors and Epic leadership develops patient registries to help manage the care of patients with psychiatric illnesses within a primary care setting
• Works with WMG clinical and operational leaders to plan fiscal year scaling of consultationliaison psychiatry services to adult and specialty care practices across all Wellstar submarkets

Leader as Competitor

• Establishes service utilization goals
• Establishes goals to measure and improve clinical outcomes
• Establishes annual performance goals related to quality and safety
• Establishes annual productivity goals for outpatient consultationliaison psychiatry providers
• Disseminates performance updates to BH Service Line leaders at a monthly cadence (or as requested by BH Service Line Chief and/or AVP of WMG/BH Service Line)
• Meets regularly with Wellstars Chief Behavioral Health Officer to discuss program performance
• Leads recruitment efforts for outpatient consultationliaison psychiatrists and APPs attracting the top talent and positioning the program for longterm success and brand recognition
• Meets regularly (at least monthly) with the Behavioral Health leadership team to establish annual quality and performance goals that raises the standard of behavioral health care in greater Atlanta

Leader as Controller & Monitor

• Establishes population parameters to define scope of patients appropriate for referral to the consultationliaison psychiatry service
• Establishes clear and measurable programmatic aims
• Monitors clinical outcomes
• Monitors annual performance goals related to quality and safety
• Monitors annual productivity goals for outpatient consultationliaison psychiatry clinicians
• Identifies and removes barriers to patient access
• Optimizes processes and workflows to improve efficiency in Epic
• Develops and standardizes protocols and clinical workflows in effort to reduce practice variation
• Leads regular meetings with outpatient consultationliaison psychiatry team

Other

• Participates consistently in the WMG BH Clinical Leadership development forum
• Serves as a BH Service Line cabinet member with voting eligibilities
• Attends all Behavioral Health Service Line cabinet meetings
• Presents program updates at Behavioral Health Service Line cabinet meetings
• Participates as needed on Primary Care and other Service Line cabinets
• Makes recommendations to CBHO and WMG senior leadership (e.g. SVP Medical Group) regarding strategic growth opportunities innovative technologies to enhance PCBHI etc.
• Sits on Wellstars Service Line quality committee

Additional Position Details

Operational support for this position will originate within the WellStar Medical Groups Behavioral Health services. The Medical Director of Outpatient ConsultationLiaison Psychiatry will have the support of a practice manager and other resources to support scheduling needs staffing supplies ordering and other daytoday operational needs.

The Wellstar Medical Group will provide and furnish office space sufficient to deliver clinical care and access to technology needed to leverage care virtually.

To apply please visit or reach out to Provider Recruiter Leslie Roberts .

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