Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Faculty Physician

Consultation Liaison Psychiatry

Dignity Health Medical Group

Common Spirit Health System

Phoenix, Arizona

Dignity Health Medical Group - Arizona is seeking a Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist to join our team in Phoenix, AZ.

Dignity Health Medical Group works in partnership with St Joseph Hospital Medical Center (SJHMC), the oldest ACS-verified Level I trauma center in central Phoenix. Our team’s focus is driven around being leaders in education, centered on evidenced based medicine while ensuring consistent collaboration and communications within the team. 

OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTS:

• Provide consultation-liaison psychiatric services to a broad variety of patients at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (SJHMC)
• Coverage includes emergency department, intensive care unit, medical-psychiatric unit, and neurorehabilitation patients.
• SJHMC is home to the Barrow Neurological Institute, an internationally recognized center for neurosurgery and neurology, providing extensive opportunity for care of patients with complex neuropsychiatric illness.
• 5 days/week inpatient general hospital coverage with rounding one weekend per month (weekdays exchanged for weekend coverage)
• Academic appointment at the Creighton University School of Medicine commensurate with experience

REQUIREMENTS:

• MD/DO License
• BC/BE in Psychiatry (ideally with additional certification/eligibility in consultation-liaison psychiatry, brain injury medicine, or neuropsychiatry)
• Completion of an ACGME accredited residency
• A passion for providing clinically excellent care
• Must have or be eligible for Arizona state medical licensure

What We Offer:

Competitive Salary & Benefits Package

CME Benefits

Sign-on Bonus

Relo

403(b) w/ Match

Pension Fully Funded by DHMG

Student Loan Repayment (for those who qualify)

Tail Insurance

Group Description

Dignity Health, one of the largest healthcare systems in the nation, is a growing organization with well-resourced, modern facilities and diverse practice opportunities. With more than 39 acute care hospitals in three states and 9,000 physicians, Dignity Health touches the lives of thousands of people and provides nearly $2 billion in charity care to the communities it serves.

Dignity Health Medical Group is the employed physician group serving the Arizona Service Area. Covering over 45 practice sites, complementing clinical services with translational and bench research, our integrated medical group employs in excess of 250 healthcare providers throughout the valley. Dignity Health Medical Group is continuously expanding in order to meet the needs of the growing patient population in Arizona. With a unified vision of becoming an organization where physicians, care teams and staff come to do their best work--and patients come for the best care--Dignity Health Medical Group is searching for exceptional talent that is patient focused and team-oriented, who can become a part of our mission-driven organization.

Community Description

Like its legendary namesake rising out of the ashes, the greater Phoenix area has emerged as one of the bright metropolitan areas of the 21st century. The Phoenix area encompasses more than 20 incorporated cities, including Glendale, Scottsdale, Tempe, and Mesa, and all serve as a timeless Southwestern backdrop to the spirit of Puebloans, cowboys, miners, and visionaries. Recently, the Census Bureau named Arizona’s Maricopa County, which includes the greater Phoenix metro area, the county with the nation’s highest annual population growth. Home to more than 4 million residents where everyone has a sunny disposition, the Phoenix area also ranks as the sixth-largest city in the United States. Phoenix is a premier destination offering the best of both worlds: a growing and diverse economy and a great place to live with more than 300 sun-filled days a year and an almost endless supply of attractions including:

• 189 city parks, 33,000 acres of desert preserves, and 200 miles of trails
• Host to MLB Spring Training and the annual Fiesta Bowl
• Home of the “Phoenix Open” and 200 golf courses
• Professional sports teams including the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Arizona Cardinals.
• Host to 5 Fortune 500 company headquarters
• The “Best Mexican Food North of the Border”
• Affordable housing and cost of living
• A family-friendly area, with the Children’s Museum of Phoenix, ample youth sports and athletic leagues, the Challenger Space Center Arizona, a wide variety of school options, including public, private, magnet, and charter, the Phoenix Zoo, large water parks, SEA LIFE Arizona, and many more!

The Phoenix area is also a destination for people from all over the world to receive outstanding healthcare.  This is particularly true of Dignity Health’s St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center – home to the world-renown Barrow Neurological Institute and The Norton Thoracic Institute - #1 lung transplant program in the U.S. - as well as many other world-class healthcare services and teaching programs

DIGNITY HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP OVERVIEW:

With over 300 physicians and 1000 total employees, Dignity Health Medical Group – Arizona is a comprehensive, integrated, multispecialty, academic medical group that serves Dignity Health St. Joseph’s and Westgate Medical Centers, Chandler Regional Medical Center, and Mercy Gilbert Medical Center. The physicians of DHMG – AZ are regularly involved with clinical duties, as well as academics and translational bench research, keeping the enhancement of care and the patient experience at the forefront of the work that they do.

ABOUT THE CULTURE OF DIGNITY HEALTH:

Dignity Health, as part of CommonSpirit Health—the largest not-for-profit healthcare organization in the nation.  The mission of Dignity Health Medical Group is consistent with Dignity Health's mission and guiding principles with a focus on innovative clinical care and the pursuit of excellence through scholarly activities. As part of the Dignity Health hospital system, DHMG has full access to the staff and all facilities on our hospital campuses. This unique relationship with our hospital allows Dignity Health Medical Group to provide its patients with state-of-the-art patient services including care of the poor and disenfranchised.

CREIGHTON MEDICAL SCHOOL - PHOENIX:

Creighton medical school – phoenix is the sister medical school based in Nebraska,  As of summer of 2021, the medical school has 900 medical students in a beautiful 8 story building on campus.  It has a revolutionary “Knowledge Donor Program” providing life-like cadaveric dissection and learning.  You will earn an academic ranking commiserate with work and achievement.  Creighton provides full CME, research, and publication support.  Future goals will be an orthopedic residency and orthopedic trauma fellowship programs in combination with Chandler Regional Medical Center.

St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center is consistently named an outstanding workplace and one of Arizona’s healthiest employers.  Grow your career with one of Arizona’s Most Admired Companies.

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Dignity Health Medical Group - Arizona is seeking a Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist to join our team in Phoenix, AZ.

• Provide consultation-liaison psychiatric services to a broad variety of patients at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (SJHMC)
• Coverage includes emergency department, intensive care unit, medical-psychiatric unit, and neurorehabilitation patients.
• SJHMC is home to the Barrow Neurological Institute, an internationally recognized center for neurosurgery and neurology, providing extensive opportunity for care of patients with complex neuropsychiatric illness.
• 5 days/week coverage with rounding one weekend per month (weekdays exchanged for weekend coverage)
• Academic appointment at the Creighton University School of Medicine commensurate with experience

• MD/DO License
• BC/BE in Psychiatry (ideally with additional certification/eligibility in consultation-liaison psychiatry, brain injury medicine, or neuropsychiatry)
• Completion of an ACGME accredited residency
• A passion for providing clinically excellent care
• Must have or be eligible for Arizona state medical licensure

We Offer:

• Very competitive salary
• Generous benefits package that includes a matched 403b, employer-funded pension plan,
• Relocation allowance for applicable physicians
• CME benefits with protected time
• Excellent malpractice insurance

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible employees may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit https://www.commonspirit.careers/benefits.

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.