CoCM Psychiatrist Opportunity - Maximize Your Work-Life Balance: Outpatient Psychiatry Role, No Call, at the Beach - Sentara Health

The psychiatric consultant supports the collaborative care teamprimary care provider, patient, and behavioral health care managerthrough regular consultation on an assigned caseload of patients. The psychiatric consultant advises the primary care provider on appropriate medications and other treatment strategies, also providing the care team with educational support on diagnosing and managing behavioral health conditions.

Duties and Responsibilities
1. Provide regularly scheduled (usually weekly) caseload consultation to behavioral health care managers. Case review consultations focus primarily on patients who are new to the caseload or who are not improving as expected under their current treatment plan. Case reviews may be conducted by telephone, video, or in person.
2. Work with behavioral health care managers to oversee the status and population health of their assigned patient caseload. The psychiatric consultant uses a registry to track all assigned patients and prioritize patients for case review and treatment adjustment. Registry functions can be accomplished through an EHR build on a spreadsheet used in conjunction with an EHR or can be built into a stand-alone clinical management tracking system that may or may not be linked to an EHR.
3. Recommend any treatment adjustments through the case review process or in ad hoc consultations, including medication recommendations and other interventions, within 24 hours of consulting with a behavioral health care manager or other team members.
4. Advise on treatment for patients who may need more intensive or more specialized mental health care, supporting treatment in the medical setting until patients can be engaged in specialized care as appropriate.
5. Clearly communicate the limitations of the case review consultation and treatment recommendations if the patient is not evaluated in person. The following disclaimer statement is an example of how to acknowledge these limitations in consultation notes in an EHR:
The above treatment considerations and suggestions are based on consultation with the patient's behavioral health care manager and a review of information available in registry. I have not personally examined the patient. All recommendations should be implemented with consideration of the patient's relevant prior history and current clinical status. Please feel free to call me with any questions about the care of this patient.
6. Be available to provide occasional ad hoc telephone consultation to primary care providers for very complex patients or challenging patient situations. Respond to telephone calls from primary care providers and behavioral health care managers within one business day. Respond to urgent telephone calls within one hour, if available. Coordinate with other psychiatric consultants for vacation coverage.

Sentara Medical Group is seeking an innovative Psychiatrist to join their flourishing Outpatient program in Virginia Beach, VA. Be part of a healthcare system that not only cultivates strong partnerships within primary care and behavioral health, but pioneers new and accessible ways for patients to get quality care in the right venue, at the right time. Our dedicated physicians are integral members of our planning, growth, and development process. Join Sentara and help us accomplish our mission of improving health every day.

Highlights:

• Guaranteed and Competitive Base Compensation
• Sign on Bonus
• Commencement Bonus
• No Call
• Retirement Package with Matching Contribution
• 3% Additional Company Contribution to Retirement Plan
• Comprehensive Benefits Package including Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and more
• Physician Time Off
• Malpractice and Tail coverage
• $5500 CME expense reimbursement
• Fully integrated EHR (Epic)
• PSLF eligible, Non-Profit

Sentara Healthcare is an award-winning, nationally recognized, innovative, nonprofit healthcare system. Our physician-led organization is a top-tier, high-performing multi-specialty group that brings together over 2,000 providers to deliver quality and compassionate care to our communities.

Life in Virginia Beach provides rich and diverse cultural offerings with endless recreational activities. Located in the Coastal Virginia region, our unique districts are open and thriving year-round from the lively hustle and bustle of the oceanfront and Town Center to the remote and calming areas of Sandbridge and the Chesapeake Bay. Virginia Beach's diverse community houses some of the best school systems in all of Hampton Roads, with Old Donation School/Brickwell Academy for the gifted serving as a leader in top tier education.

Contact me today at mxheadri@sentara.com to hear more about this position and how it could be the career you've been looking for!