Physician - Psychiatrist

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Apply locations Bend, OR time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id R1015953 ST. CHARLES MEDICAL GROUP
TITLE: SCMG Physician – Consult Liaison Physician/Psychiatrist
Clinical Manager of Psychiatric Assessment Team (PAT) and Hospital Psychiatric Medical Director
Charles Medical Group
Creating America’s healthiest community, together
In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value
The Consult Liaison (CL) Psychiatrist is responsible for providing consultation to the emergency room and inpatient floors for patients with primary psychiatric conditions or psychiatric comorbidities. The CL psychiatrists works in a team environment that includes master’s and PhD level clinicians performing risk evaluations and helping to stabilize patients in acute psychiatric crisis. This position will interface with Inpatient Behavioral Health services, which includes twenty inpatient beds, to coordinate patient care and admissions to the units. This position will provide M-F coverage of Psychiatric Assessment Team (PAT), providing psychiatric consults primarily for northern campuses of Redmond, Madras and Prineville with a combination of telehealth and in person consultation based on patient complexity and presentation. Cross coverage of Bend consults may also occur when Northern campus volumes allow. This position will collaborate with psychiatric leadership to develop and maintain an Electro Convulsive Shock Therapy (ECT) service line that will be new to St Charles.
Charles Health System is the largest provider of medical care in Central Oregon. We take our role in our communities seriously and have pledged to work with our partners to achieve our vision: Creating America's healthiest community, together. Charles Medical Center is a private, nonprofit Oregon corporation-Central Oregon's largest employer with more than 4,300 caregivers in Bend, Madras, Redmond, Prineville, Sisters and La Pine combined. More than 350 active medical staff members and approximately 200 visiting medical staff members also make it possible for St. The division of Behavioral Health (BH) services at St. Charles Health System serves four communities with both inpatient and outpatient services. Each of Bend, Redmond, Madras and Prineville have a hospital system in conjunction with outpatient clinics. Within these systems, the division of BH services is divided into integrated Behavioral Health Consultants into primary care, outpatient specialty services, inpatient services, and PAT consultations that occur in the emergency departments and hospital inpatient medical settings. St Charles Health System includes the only, inpatient, acute care psychiatric beds in Central and Eastern Oregon. The 5 PES beds are contiguous with the ED and the 15 SV beds are on campus but stand alone and adjacent to the hospital. The SV/PES psychiatric group also provide coverage for Bend based consults in the ED/inpatient floors. 
Full time, clinical position divided between CL psychiatry and ECT. Inpatient psychiatry will provide overnight and weekend coverage support for northern campus patients. This position works within a professional team of behavioral health clinicians and learners to provide outstanding behavioral health care to adult patients in SCHS Hospitals. The team members include Psychiatrists, Qualified Mental Health Professionals, Psychiatric Residents, and UME students. Provides consults on primary psychiatric patients and for patients with a psychiatric co-morbidity.
Provides emergency and medical bed psychiatric consult services with the medical model of care.
Proactively assess high risk patients
Assesses and works collaboratively with ED/medical providers and care teams on an appropriate plan of care.
Provides education and assistance with assessment, care planning, treatment, and discharge planning to the care team through psychiatric consultation.
Practices and role models excellence in the Psychiatry domains of psychiatric assessment, diagnoses, medical-psychiatric evaluation, and treatment. To include application of clinical skill sets described above to assess acute psychiatric crisis situations such as management of agitated or violent patients, those at high risk harming themselves or others and those qualifying for intoxication or other holds or lacking capacity.
Educates, counsels, and assists patients and families regarding current health problems, health maintenance activities and preventive behaviors.
Documents clinical services in timely manner and in keeping with clinical and financial standards.
Practices medicine within the scope of license, training, and credentialing. Attends PAT meetings and regular check ins with PAT leadership to improve the quality, safety, and value of the BH care provided at St. Develops subject matter expertise in ECT and assists with program development, implementation, and sustainment.
Completes annual fire/safety, and all education in-services as required.
Attends mandatory educational offerings as described in SCHS policies/procedures and/or as required by other regulatory bodies.
Completes in a timely manner assigned Computer Based Learning modules. 
Be eligible for unrestricted medical licensure in the State of Oregon prior to the start of appointment.
Demonstrates strong team building skills.
Provides demonstrated participation in recent scholarly activity such as peer reviewed funding, publication of original research or review articles in peer-reviewed journals, chapters in textbooks, publication or presentation of case reports or clinical series at scientific society meetings, or participation in national committees or educations organizations.
Charles Health System in all respects.
Contribute as necessary to assist in policy formation for the organization.
Is familiar with the organization structure, communications systems and billing process, completing billing and coding documentation within time assigned.
Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, supporting the health system’s corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violations of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all health system’s investigations and proceedings.
Charles Health System hospital sufficient to permit performance of job duties.
Increases understanding and collaboration throughout the medical community.
Maintain compliance of hospital’s Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules, and Regulations, as required by SCHS Board of Directors
Board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or have specialty qualifications acceptable to the Psychiatry Review Committee of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education.
Valid driver’s license and the ability to meet SCHS driving requirements.
Maintain unrestricted ability to participate in Medicare / Medicaid, or other federal or state governmental health care programs.
Graduation from an accredited medical school.
Candidate should have training and/or experience in psychosomatic medicine; demonstrate strong clinical skills in patient service and demonstrate interest in the teaching and supervision of medical students and residents.
Experience in hospital and outpatient practice environments in Psychiatry
Charles Health System
Experience working in a team environment and proven ability to collaborate, manage facilitation and consensus building among health care professionals and agencies to achieve expected results.
Two or more years of consult liaison and or inpatient adult psychiatry service
Epic EMR software experience
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