City/State
Suffolk VAWork Shift
RotatingProvider Specialty
Physician PsychiatryOverview:
General Overview: The consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatrist provides expert psychiatric care for patients within Sentara facilities that have emergent psychiatric issues and/or complex medical conditions. Responsibilities include direct consultation with patients and participation as a vital member of interdisciplinary teams communicating and collaborating with emergency medical and surgical colleagues (i.e.liaisonservices) to optimize patient care. Psychiatrists interdisciplinary team includes coordination of care with licensed BH therapists and BH navigators.
Scope of Work: Psychiatrist is joining a team of interdisciplinary C-L providers. Assignment to one major Sentara Health hospital as a home base for onsite care with virtual consultations to smaller volume facilities. Primary responsibilities include daily co-management of ED BH patients being boarded in coordination with our Psychiatric Emergency Response Service (PERS) daily consultations on med/surg floors including proactive C-L integration with medical hospitalists services as needed C-L on other patients as requested by hospitals medical staff. Admissions to our psychiatric facilities are handled by Sentaras team of on-call inpatient psychiatrists.
Work Structure: There are two types of work structures for our C-L Psychiatrists: traditional and shift model. Availability varies based on local facility needs. Please inquire about which is available.
The traditional structure is a 40-hour workweek with on-call duties required (1 in 4). Compensation for the traditional structure includes: a base salary productivity bonus quality bonus and extra pay for extra call system.
The shift model is designed as a hospitalist shift-based model (7 on/7 off 12-hour shifts). Compensation for the shift structure includes: base salary from expected shifts quality bonus extra pay for extra shifts. There are no on-call duties with the shift structure. Additional pay for voluntary call is available.
Both work structures have access to the robust benefits of Sentaras medical group including CME monies paid licensing retirement funds etc.
Some C-L psychiatrists may have the option to increase earning potential (productivity/shifts) by providing non-C-L services such as rounding in BH units covering PHP/IOP patients covering discharge clinics etc. This can be discussed and prearranged prior to work implementation; however these extra opportunities are not a requirement for the position(s). Please inquire if you are interested in a C-L position with these opportunities.
Key responsibilities:
Team approach: This position will be one member of a larger system psychiatric response team. It will be geographically based in a hospital but have the benefit of the larger teams resources. This will include but is not limited to: other Psychiatric Consult Liaison providers (including third party contracted telepsychiatrists) licensed therapists Behavioral Health navigators case managers and hospital discharge planners.
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