Senior Hospitalist Psychiatrist - St. Mary's - Behavioral Health Services Prescriber

"Senior Hospitalist Psychiatrist - St. Mary's - Behavioral Health Services Prescriber

St. Mary's, 1 West Broadway Blvd., Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Posted Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM

Salary: $104.04 - $154.68 Depending on experience

Schedule:

TBD

JOB PURPOSE :
The Senior Hospitalist Psychiatrist oversees Psychiatry functions in partnership with inpatient psychiatrists, clinical leadership, and El Rio Psychiatry Residency program providing and improving care for hospitalized patients cared for by El Rio psychiatrists. The Senior Hospital Psychiatrist will participate in coverage of all our hospital-based psychiatric services, to ensure optimal functionality and availability. They will serve as core faculty for the Psychiatry residency, engaging in clinical teaching, didactic teaching, scholarly activities, and other activities of the residency that may include coverage of child and adolescent psychiatric services should the need arise.

The Senior Hospital Psychiatrist will provide quality, comprehensive behavioral health care to a variety of patients, in an efficient and cost-effective manner, for psychiatric treatment in partnership with community hospitals. They will provide care to new and established patients in accordance with the licensure and the highest standards of quality and integrity and deliver high-quality care for the diagnosis and treatment of behavioral health and the physical and emotional support of patients and families.

The completion of these duties, tasks, or assignments requires a high level of independent judgment and decision-making in the execution of the scope or authority and responsibility for the position. The Senior Hospital Psychiatrist must be able to successfully perform all essential functions, duties, tasks, assignments, and responsibilities assigned within the El Rio Health organization at a location assigned by management.

The incumbent in this position works with general direction and review and has discretion and independent judgment authority with respect to matters of significance for the assigned area.

The primary goal of the El Rio Health Senior Hospitalist Psychiatrist is to support El Rio’s Mission of providing comprehensive, quality health care that is affordable and accessible to all who may have healthcare needs, by successfully performing the primary essential functions.

The following functions and responsibilities will contribute to El Rio Health to achieve its KEY RESULTS:

• World Class Experience for staff and patients
• Healthier patients and employees

Essential Job Functions:

• Oversees inpatient psychiatrist coordination and administrative functions in partnership with psychiatrists providing and improving care for hospitalized patients being cared for by El Rio Health Psychiatrists.
• Manages day-to-day care and providing prompt and complete attention to all patient care needs including diagnosis, treatment, and the performance of medical procedures (within scope of practice)
• Works with the current El Rio Medical Director of Hospital Based Psychiatry and Behavioral Health leadership at our partner community hospitals to ensue highest quality of care and efficacy of workflows.
• Works with psychiatric assessment team, hospital liaison, and inpatient psychiatry team to improve follow up and reduce readmission rates.
• Communicates regularly with the inpatient psychiatrists about quality performance as well as workflow/policy changes. Acts as "point person" for day to day clinical issues related to inpatient psychiatric services at El Rio related issues, fielding queries with assistance their supervisor
• Mediates potential conflicts with El Rio Health physicians.
• Onboards new hires for the hospital.
• Updates and improves the onboarding process.
• Provides tours/informational sessions to new applicants.
• Sets an example for performance on hospital quality measures.
• Maintains active staff status and appropriate credentialing/privileging per hospital staff bylaws as appropriate
• Ensures compliance with medical staff bylaws, rules, policies and procedures and regulations on their assigned unit.
• Performs patient histories and physicals, risk factor assessment, ordering of therapeutic and diagnostic tests.
• Evaluates hospitalized patients, performing examinations, and establishing preventive health practices.
• Analyzes reports test results medical records and examinations to diagnose condition of patients and proposes treatment options.
• Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens to treat identified and documented emotional and medical conditions.
• Maintains Medical Records with relevant patient data and case presentations for all services rendered, tests ordered, prescriptions, advice, and communications, in a manner consistent with regulatory agencies, diagnostic, and procedural coding documentation requirements, and the standards of good medical care. Records complete, timely and accurate medical records in the Electronic Health Record…