Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Faculty Physician

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Dignity Health Medical Group - Arizona is seeking a Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist to join our team in Phoenix, AZ.

Dignity Health Medical Group works in partnership with St. Joseph Hospital Medical Center (SJHMC), the oldest ACS-verified Level I trauma center in central Phoenix. Our team’s focus is driven around being leaders in education, centered on evidence‑based medicine while ensuring consistent collaboration and communications within the team.

• Provide consultation‑liaison psychiatric services to a broad variety of patients eph’s Hospital and Medical Center (SJHMC)
• Coverage includes emergency department, intensive care unit, medical‑psychiatric unit, and neurorehabilitation patients.
• SJHMC is home to the Barrow Neurological Institute, an internationally recognized center for neurosurgery and neurology, providing extensive opportunity for care of patients with complex neuropsychiatric illness.
• 5 days/week inpatient general hospital coverage with rounding one weekend per month (weekdays exchanged for weekend coverage)
• Academic appointment at the Creighton University School of Medicine commensurate with experience

• Competitive Salary & Benefits Package
• CME Benefits
• Sign‑on Bonus
• Relocation
• 403(b) w/ Match
• Pension Fully Funded by DHMG
• Student Loan Repayment (for those who qualify)
• Tail Insurance

• MD/DO License
• BC/BE in Psychiatry (ideally with additional certification/eligibility in consultation‑liaison psychiatry, brain injury medicine, or neuropsychiatry)
• Completion of an ACGME accredited residency
• A passion for providing clinically excellent care
• Must have or be eligible for Arizona state medical licensure

DIGNITY HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP OVERVIEW:
With over 300 physicians and 1000 total employees, Dignity Health Medical Group – Arizona is a comprehensive, integrated, multispecialty, academic medical group that serves Dignity Health St. Joseph’s and Westgate Medical Centers, Chandler Regional Medical Center, and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center. The physicians of DHMG – AZ are regularly involved with clinical duties, as well as academics and translational bench research, keeping the enhancement of care and the patient experience at the forefront of the work that they do.

ABOUT THE CULTURE OF DIGNITY HEALTH:
Dignity Health, as part of Common Spirit Health—the largest not‑for‑profit healthcare organization in the nation. The mission of Dignity Health Medical Group is consistent with Dignity Health's mission and guiding principles with a focus on innovative clinical care and the pursuit of excellence through scholarly activities. As part of the Dignity Health hospital system, DHMG has full access to the staff and all facilities on our hospital campuses.

This unique relationship with our hospital allows Dignity Health Medical Group to provide its patients with state‑of‑the‑art patient services including care of the poor and disenfranchised.

CREIGHTON MEDICAL SCHOOL – PHOENIX:
Creighton medical school – Phoenix is the sister medical school based in Nebraska. As of summer of 2021, the medical school has 900 medical students in a beautiful 8‑story building on campus. It has a revolutionary “Knowledge Donor Program” providing life‑like cadaveric dissection and learning. You will earn an academic ranking commiserate with work and achievement. Creighton provides full CME, research, and publication support.

Future goals will be an orthopedic residency and orthopedic trauma fellowship programs in combination with Chandler Regional Medical Center.