Adult Psychiatrist

Company: Comprehensive Mental Health Center
Location: Tacoma
Posted on: February 20, 2021

Job Description:

The Adult Psychiatrist will work as part of multidisciplinary teams including nursing, case management and therapists caring for an urban, safety-net population with a high prevalence of serious mental illnesses (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, complex trauma) across different care settings. An important focus for the psychiatrist in our multidisciplinary care teams is improving psychiatric and overall health outcomes utilizing evidence-based practices as well as a willingness to participate in outreach visits. The specifics of the position include: 1) 0.5 FTE seeing patients in our adult outpatient clinic; 2) 0.5 FTE seeing patients at our adult residential treatment facility. There is also potential flexibility to work with our Assertive Community Treatment program as well as possibility to provide consultation to primary care providers as part of our development of Collaborative Care programs if these are areas of interest for the candidate. There are also teaching opportunities through supervision of Family Medicine residents from the Community Health Care Family Medicine residency program. This position is Monday through Friday with no on-call responsibilities. The position reports to CLR's Chief Medical Officer. Eligible candidates should have completed residency training in general psychiatry and be board certified or eligible and possess experience and/or interest in working with patients with serious mental illnesses and substantial medical comorbidity as well as a DEA-waiver to prescribe buprenorphine. Candidates with fellowship training and sub-specialty board eligibility or certification in addiction psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, forensic psychiatry and/or community/public psychiatry are especially encouraged to apply and are eligible for additional compensation. General Information Candidates for this position--will be offered a competitive salary and benefits packages that include 403b, health/dental/vision/life insurance and reimbursement for CME/licensure/board certification expenses. While both positions advertised are full-time, part-time status (minimum 0.4 FTE; minimum of 0.8 FTE is necessary for health/dental/vision/life insurance benefit eligibility though pro-rated CME/licensure/board certification reimbursement is available) is negotiable depending on qualifications and experience. Comprehensive Life Resources is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Women, ethnic minorities, persons of disability, persons over 40 years of age, Vietnam Era Veterans and disabled veterans are encouraged to apply.

Keywords: Comprehensive Mental Health Center, Tacoma , Adult Psychiatrist, Healthcare , Tacoma, Washington