Consult-Liaison Psychiatry (Riley Children's Hospital)

The Department of Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Children’s Hospital is seeking a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist to join a highly collaborative, team-based service providing inpatient consult-liaison psychiatric care to medically hospitalized children and adolescents.

This role is ideal for a psychiatrist who enjoys complex, medically integrated cases, values academic engagement and team-based care, and seeks an intellectually rewarding position with manageable volume and strong institutional support.

Typical patient presentations include:
•    Psychiatric evaluation following suicide attempt or significant self-injury
•    Psychiatric care requiring inpatient medical monitoring (IV meds, G-tubes, wound care)
•    Eating disorders requiring medical stabilization
•    Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder (FNSD) impacting safe discharge
•    Trauma-related behavioral dysregulation or TBI-associated symptoms
•    Chronic pain syndromes (e.g., CRPS) with functional impairment
•    Medical nonadherence requiring inpatient intervention
•    CNS-involved medical conditions contributing to psychiatric symptoms (e.g., autoimmune encephalitis)

Avg patient volume is approximately 2–4 patients/day

Key Responsibilities
•    Provide C-L psychiatric care to medically hospitalized pediatric patients
•    Collaborate closely with hospitalists, subspecialists, nursing, social work, psychology, and case mgt
•    Supervise and teach medical students, residents, and fellows as part of the IUSoM academic mission
•    Contribute to committees, program development, and improvement initiatives
•    Engage in scholarly activity as desired (research not required, but opportunities available)

Schedule & Call
•    Current schedule: M-F, approximately 8:30a – 4:30p
•    Future opportunity: Potential transition to a 7-on / 7-off model that would include inpatient unit rounding on weekends
•    Call: Low commitment (approximately 2 weekends every 6 months)
•    Nighttime and overflow coverage supported by a designated team, supporting predictable end-of-day departures

Ideal Candidate Profile
•    MD or DO (or foreign equivalent)
•    BC/BE in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
•    Comfortable with in person, bedside psychiatric care in medically complex patients
•    Interest in C-L psychiatry and interdisciplinary teamwork
•    Willingness to teach / work with learners

Compensation & Benefits
•    Base salary: ~$281,200, with opportunity to approach $300,000+ total compensation
•    Quality and academic incentives
•    Internal moonlighting opportunities
•    External moonlighting and locum work permitted with approval
•    Comprehensive benefits package including: 

• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401(k) with employer match
• Occurrence-based malpractice coverage
• $5,000 CME allowance
• PTO
• Relocation assistance

Physicians are protected from RVU pressure; higher-volume/wRVU-based models

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