ED/CL Psychiatrist

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Greenwich Hospital is seeking a dedicated Per Diem, oncall Emergency Department / ConsultationLiaison Psychiatrist to join our collaborative and patientcentered Psychiatry team. The psychiatrist will provide psychiatric coverage for the Emergency Department as well as ConsultationLiaison services for patients on the medical floors.

Why Choose Yale School of Medicine:

Excellent work environment - Greenwich Hospital is a 206-bed regional medical center serving Fairfield County in Connecticut and Westchester County in New York. It is a major academic affiliate of Yale School of medicine and a member of Yale New Haven Health. Since opening in 1903, Greenwich Hospital has evolved into a progressive medical center and teaching institution with an internal medicine residency program. The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Greenwich Hospital comprises four services. The Outpatient Clinic provides medication management and individual therapy to adult and geriatric patients who contend with a wide range of psychiatric diagnoses including depressive, anxiety, bipolar, psychotic disorders and those facing challenges unique to the aging process. The Addiction Recovery Center (ARC) is a group-based outpatient program serving those with substance use disorders. ARC offers a 3-day per week IOP program as well as less intensive levels of care. Medication-Assisted Treatments including buprenorphine-naloxone are offered in addition to medication management for co-morbid psychiatric diagnoses while patients are enrolled in the program. The Center for Behavioral and Nutritional Health is an outpatient program offering individual and group therapy to promote sustainable psychological, behavioral, and nutritional changes necessary for overall health management and reduction in the risk of developing complications associated with acute and chronic medical conditions

• Provides diagnostic assessment and psychiatric treatment to individuals who present themselves to the Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment Center, Hospital Emergency Room or Inpatient Unit, with symptoms of mental illness or emotional distress
• Functions as an effective member of the mental health team.
• Skilled and proficient in electronic medical record documentation for management of patients under psychiatric treatment.
• Contributes to the productivity and efficient operation of the Psychiatric Treatment Center.
• Responsible for maintaining positive patient and guest relations.
• Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and process the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the unit's / area's / department's policies and procedures.
• Participation in academic training of medical house staff and Yale medical students

• Doctorate in Medicine/Psychiatry

• Experience working an ED/CL service inclusive of fast paced Emergency department setting performing the full range of therapeutic interventions referenced above.

Licensure

• CT MD License and DEA Required NY license will be required within 6 months of hire (cost covered by hospital)

Special Skills

• Board certification in Psychiatry preferred (will consider board eligible) Addiction experienced preferred

Physical Demand

• Moderate amount of walking; moderate stress from working with patients and families, as well as interfacing with team members.

Application Instructions:

Excited to join our team?

Please contact our recruiter Chasity LaPlante at View email address on click.appcast.io

All final candidates will need to provide three letters of reference.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Please note: Greenwich Hospital does not have an inpatient psychiatric unit.

In this consultative role, the psychiatrist will deliver a broad range of therapeutic interventions to a diverse patient population. Responsibilities include:

• Conducting psychiatric diagnostic assessments
• Medication evaluation and management
• Suicide risk assessments
• Crisis intervention
• Close interdisciplinary collaboration with ED and medical teams to support patients with acute and complex psychiatric needs

Patients requiring inpatient psychiatric admission are transferred to partner hospitals in Connecticut and New York, with Case Management coordinating all transfers

Coverage consists of:

• Monday-Friday: 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 a.m.
• Weekends: 8:00 a.m. Saturday - 8:00 a.m. Monday

Key Details:

• This is not daily or continuous coverage.
• Shifts are intermittent and scheduled only on an asneeded basis.
• Coverage may be requested for:
  • Faculty/staff vacations
  • Leaves of absence
  • Unexpected schedule gaps
• This is not a permanent or fulltime role.
• The position exists solely to provide asneeded oncall coverage.