The Psychiatric - Mental Health Physician at MultiCare provides consult liaison psychiatry services across multiple hospital locations using a hub-and-spoke model incorporating onsite and telepsychiatry interventions. The role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to assess, diagnose, and treat patients in acute care and emergency settings while also participating in teaching psychiatry residents. This full-time position operates on a weekday schedule without afterhours or weekend call, emphasizing a supportive and mission-driven healthcare environment.
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The Opportunity: MultiCare is seeking candidates to participate in the development and deployment of an innovative hub-and-spoke consultation model and teaching service. We are deploying a central hub of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry team members to provide consult services through onsite, telepsychiatry and telephonic interventions. The use of the hub-and-spoke delivery design sets the stage for MultiCare to cast a vital behavioral health lifeline to our network of hospitals.
This 1.0 FTE (Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm, no afterhours or weekend call) combined consult liaison psychiatrist & faculty role will work with a multidisciplinary team to provide service to 5 locations in the MultiCare Puget Sound region. The goal is to offer a collaborative work environment while serving a broad variety of patients in various inpatient and emergency department settings. The qualified candidate would lead the care team in providing psychiatric consultation-liaison services for patients in the acute care setting and emergency departments through assessments, diagnostics, consultations, and treatment recommendations. There will also be teaching opportunities and protected time provided for faculty duties related to teaching psychiatry residents in a new psychiatry residency training program. Additional Requirements:
FTE: 1.0, Shift: M-F 8-5, Schedule: Day
Starting Compensation Range: $270,633-$300,703
Contact Kate Loos at for more information.
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