Hospital Consult Liaison Psychiatrist Per Diem

Job Summary and Responsibilities

This is a hospital-based position that works cooperatively with the medical, surgical, emergency and social work services to address the complex medical and behavioral health needs of patients receiving care at Virginia Mason Medical Center. It includes providing care for people experiencing delirium, mood, psychotic, anxiety, substance use, and somatic symptom disorders, and other conditions. The Consultation‑Liaison psychiatry service also works closely with patients in the hospital under the Involuntary Treatment Act with Single Bed Certification.

The psychiatrists have an important role in educating clinical teams about behavioral health care, including multiple residency programs. The collaborative nature of this position, and partnership with physicians and advanced practitioners, medical and surgical trainees, nurses, social work and other health professionals in a team‑based environment, is particularly rewarding.

Schedule/Call - The consult psychiatry team works weekdays taking consults from 9‑5:30 pm or 8‑4:30 pm, 5 days per week. There are currently no overnight or weekend responsibilities for team members as this is currently covered by an outside tele psychiatry service.

• Board‑eligible or board‑certified Psychiatrist, Fellowship training and Board‑certified/eligible in Consultation‑Liaison Psychiatry is preferred
• Ability to obtain a medical professional license in the State of WA
• Ability to obtain a DEA license with full prescriptive authority needed for specific practice

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health brings together two award‑winning health systems in Washington State, CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason, as one integrated health system with the most patient access points in western Washington. At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health you will find the safest and highest quality of care provided by our expert, compassionate medical care team at 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites throughout the greater Puget Sound region.

Our integrated health system includes Bailey‑Boushay House, the first skilled‑nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the United States;
Benaroya Research Institute, internationally recognized for autoimmune disease research; and Virginia Mason Institute, a teaching organization which coaches health care professionals and others around the world in the Virginia Mason Production System, an innovative lean management method for improving quality and safety.

We commit to fostering an equitable, diverse and intentionally inclusive environment, we strive for all to feel valued, respected and that they belong. Our unique life experiences and backgrounds make our patient care extraordinary. Our diversity fuels our culture of innovation and transformative health care. Our differences are our strengths and inspire a promising future.

Located in the Pacific NW, Seattle is an area with a mild climate year‑round and close to the great outdoors where we enjoy an abundance of activities with our close proximity to the waters of Puget Sound and surrounding mountains. City life and cultural activities are also thriving. With a variety of neighborhoods and areas to work and live, there are many choices for the type of lifestyle you'd like to enjoy.

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington is recruiting BE/BC Psychiatrists to join our team in the role of Hospital Consultation‑Liaison Psychiatrist.

$193.00 - $193.00 per hour

Entry level

Contract

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Hospitals and Health Care