Consult Liaison Psychiatrist

Consult Liaison Psychiatrist (Psychiatry)

Are you ready to practice big-city medicine with a small-city feel? Are you ready to practice at the top of your game, to provide access to the best treatments to all your patients? If we have your attention, read on. 

You.

You bring your mind, body, heart, and spirit to your work as a Consult Liaison Psychiatrist.

You put your patients first, and are generous with your thoughts and voice because you know your opinion matters.

You love what you do, and value having the support, resources, and advanced technology to practice at the top of your game.

You are energized by the feeling that you belong to something bigger, the people around you aren’t just colleagues, they feel like an extended family.

You’re great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.

Us.

SCL Health Medical Group is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. With locations throughout Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, we offer a wide variety of primary and specialty care services. 

St. Mary’s Medical Center is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 346-bed regional medical center is in Grand Junction, one of the most beautiful places on earth. Our mission is to bring health and hope to the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other.

Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage in addition to retirement savings plans. We also offer additional benefits including two times salary basic life insurance, approved time off, CME benefits, malpractice insurance coverage, and license reimbursement. 

To show our commitment to you and to assist with your transition into our organization, we will also offer a $30,000 sign-on and $15,000 relocation assistance when applicable

We.

Together, we’ll improve the health of the people in the communities we serve.

We’ll honor each other’s dignity and surpass the standards we set. 

We’ll encourage joy, demand safety and take pride in our integrity. 

Your day.

You’ll work with one other Consult Liaison Psychiatrist  to provide top-notch care and patient experience. Throughout the day you’ll collaborate with several Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, Nurses, Social Workers and Chaplains.

• You would split your practice between our PET team (psychiatric evaluation team) at St. Mary’s Hospital and our outpatient Primary Care Clinic, Patterson Primary Care.

?In this line of work every day is different, that’s why you’ll need to know how to:

• Diagnose a patients mental health status and help to identify triggers to mental health symptoms and behaviors
• Advise management of patients experiencing acute behavioral disturbances
• Advise management on changes to psychiatric drugs and contraindications with non-psychiatric drugs
• Collaborate with care team to assess a patients capacity to make decisions about their treatment
• Collaborate with care team to formulate a care plan and provide information on how the patient can access further support in the hospital and in the community

Your experience.

We hire people, not words on paper. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:

• MD/DO License

• Residency training in Psychiatry

• Board certification or eligibility with the the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

• Active, unobstructed Colorado medical license, or the ability to obtain one

• Ability to successfully complete St. Mary’s credentialing process

Your next move.

Now that you know more about being a Psychiatrist on our team we hope you’ll join us. At SCL Health you’ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.