Physician - Consultation Liaison & Geriatric Psychiatrist (Inpatient and Outpatient)

Psychiatrist Position

This position serves as a psychiatrist located in Louis Stokes VA Medical Center. The psychiatrist provides psychiatric consultation to a vulnerable population of veterans in a variety of settings such as acute non-mental health medical floors, Community Living Centers (CLC), and Emergency Department as well as in the outpatient psychiatric clinic. Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Makes appropriate referrals to specialty programs, including community resources.
• Participates in team meetings and treatment planning conferences and collaboration with multidisciplinary team members.
• Coordinates preventive health care needs according to guidelines established by the Department of Veterans Affairs and sound psychiatric practice.
• Works in collaboration with primary teams, nursing services, social workers, and other services involved in the clinical care of patients in Emergency Department and acute medical-surgical floors, intensive care units, and the CLC.
• Establishes interdisciplinary liaisons within the hospital and CLC.
• Diagnoses psychiatric disorders as specified in the DSM-V by means of observation, interview and mental status examination, medical examination, and integrated interpretation of the results of psychological tests, laboratory tests, radiologic procedures, and personal and family history.
• Refers patients to other medical specialists, surgical specialists, and allied health professionals when special skills are necessary for diagnostic and/or treatment procedures which are not within the scope of general medical or psychiatric training.
• Performs on-call duties and perform directly-related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm