Consult-Liaison Psychiatry; Riley Children's Hospital

The Department of Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Children’s Hospital is seeking a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to join a highly collaborative, team-based service providing inpatient consult-liaison psychiatric care to medically hospitalized children and adolescents.

This role is ideal for a psychiatrist who enjoys complex, medically integrated cases, values academic engagement and team-based care, and seeks an intellectually rewarding position with manageable volume and strong institutional support.

Typical patient presentations include:

• Psychiatric evaluation following suicide attempt or significant self-injury

• Psychiatric care requiring inpatient medical monitoring (IV meds, G-tubes, wound care)

• Eating disorders requiring medical stabilization

• Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder (FNSD) impacting safe discharge

• Trauma-related behavioral dysregulation or TBI-associated symptoms

• Chronic pain syndromes (e.g., CRPS) with functional impairment

• Medical nonadherence requiring inpatient intervention

• CNS-involved medical conditions contributing to psychiatric symptoms (e.g., autoimmune encephalitis)

Avg patient volume is approximately 2–4 patients/day

Key Responsibilities

• Provide C-L psychiatric care to medically hospitalized pediatric patients

• Collaborate closely with hospitalists, subspecialists, nursing, social work, psychology, and case mgt

• Supervise and teach medical students, residents, and fellows as part of the IUSoM academic mission

• Contribute to committees, program development, and improvement initiatives

• Engage in scholarly activity as desired (research not required, but opportunities available)

Schedule & Call

• Current schedule: M-F, approximately 8:30a – 4:30p

• Future opportunity:
Potential transition to a 7-on / 7-off model that would include inpatient unit rounding on weekends

• Call:
Low commitment (approximately 2 weekends every 6 months)

• Nighttime and overflow coverage supported by a designated team, supporting predictable end-of-day departures

Ideal Candidate Profile

• MD or DO (or foreign equivalent)

• BC/BE in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

• Comfortable with in person, bedside psychiatric care in medically complex patients

• Interest in C-L psychiatry and interdisciplinary teamwork

• Willingness to teach / work with learners

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: ~$281,200, with opportunity to approach $300,000+ total compensation

• Quality and academic incentives

• Internal moonlighting opportunities

• External moonlighting and locum work permitted with approval

• Comprehensive benefits package including:

• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401(k) with employer match
• Occurrence-based malpractice coverage
• $5,000 CME allowance
• PTO
• Relocation assistance

Physicians are protected from RVU pressure; higher-volume/wRVU-based models

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