Primary Care Integrated Tele-psychiatrist - Open Rank

Primary Care Integrated Tele-psychiatrist - Open Rank-31532Faculty

Description

University of Colorado CU Anschutz Medical Campus

The Department of Psychiatry

Job Title (Working and / or Official) Primary Care Integrated Tele-psychiatrist Open Rank-Instructor, Sr. Instructor, Assistant, Associate, Professor

Position #00816852 Requisition #31532

Job Summary :

The Department of Psychiatry has an opening for part-time or full-time Faculty Primary Care position.

The Community, Population, and Public Division Psychiatrist will provide clinical coverage of services as an Integrated Tele psychiatrist within family medicine.

They will be part of a psychiatric team that includes addiction and child services. They will provide virtual consultative services to family medicine physicians and work with an interdisciplinary team of psychology, nursing, and other staff.

They serve clinics in Family Medicine across the front range including : UCHealth Lone Tree Primary Care, UCHealth Family Medicine Boulder, UCHealth Family Medicine Westminster, UCHealth AF Williams Family Medicine Central Park, CU Family Medicine Landmark, CU Family Medicine Centennial, CU Family Medicine Depot Hill.

This position will be a fully telehealth role has a primary family medicine clinic location to serve and will be a combination of and telework, including tele-consultations supporting primary care providers.

We strive for whole person care and support the PCP team until the patient is stable and progressing or support appropriate bridging to establish with longer term mental health care.

While the daily work is all virtual, a single or annual in-person visit may be encouraged to support comfort and trust within the team.

Patients served include all communities including underserved populations in the Denver metropolitan area.

Key Responsibilities :

The duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to :

• Perform psychiatric consultations and evaluations that include assessment, diagnostic clarification, and bio-psycho-social conceptualizations
• Provide psychoeducation around diagnosis, next steps, and treatment options
• Clear communication with patient and team regarding assessment, next steps, and treatment recommendations
• Thorough Documentation that can be easily understood and executed by Family Physician and Care team that includes assessments, clinical decision making, and treatment recommendations
• Professional and Respectful Coordination with Interdisciplinary Team and Staff
• Discuss Complex Patient Cases
• Support Efficient Clinical and Team Processes
• Daily work is fully virtual
• Participate in performance improvement activities; quality improvement and patient safety activities; assists in maintaining compliance with JCAHO accreditation and other internal and external regulatory standards including the code of conduct.
• Actively contributes to academic advancement of his / her / their discipline
• Maintains eligibility for SOM faculty appointment
• Help with medical student, resident and fellow education in both clinical and didactic settings
• Participate in the attending call rotation for only 2 weeks / year

This description is a summary only and is describing the general level of work being performed, it is not intended to be all-inclusive.

The duties of this position may change from time to time and / or based on business need. We reserve the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of the supervisor and / or hiring authority.

Why Join Us