Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist | 7-On/7-Off | Penn Medicine | Lancaster, PA

Description

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Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health is seeking a full-time Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist to join our hospital-based Behavioral Health team in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

This position offers a 7-on/7-off schedule with 10-hour day shifts, providing a predictable schedule and approximately 26 weeks off annually, along with compensated call coverage.

The psychiatrist will join an interdisciplinary team caring for medically complex patients throughout Lancaster General Hospital and practice within an integrated behavioral health model that includes our Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT), modeled after the Yale New Haven approach.

Our BIT embeds behavioral health expertise within the hospital to help identify and assess patients with behavioral health needs and support medical and nursing teams in caring for patients whose psychiatric or behavioral conditions may complicate their medical care.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• 7-on/7-off schedule with 10-hour day shifts

• Compensated call coverage

• An established Behavioral Intervention Team embedded within the hospital

• Practice within Penn Medicine

• Diverse CL practice across medical, surgical, ICU, emergency, and specialty services

• Strong collaboration with Addiction Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Hospital Medicine, nursing, social work, and other specialties

• Opportunities for resident and interdisciplinary education

• Opportunities to participate in quality improvement and program development

• Comprehensive benefits including PSLF eligibility, retirement benefits, dependent tuition benefits, CME, and paid time off

The Role

The Consultation-Liaison Psychiatrist provides psychiatric consultation for adult patients across the hospital, including evaluation and treatment of mood disorders, psychosis, anxiety, delirium, suicide risk, behavioral complications of medical illness, and co-occurring substance use disorders.

The psychiatrist works closely with medical and surgical teams, the Behavioral Intervention Team, and other behavioral health services on assessment, treatment planning, medication management, safety planning, disposition, and transitions of care.

Physicians also participate in a compensated call structure supporting hospital consult services, the PATH unit, and Emergency Department coverage.

Qualifications

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school

• Completion of an accredited Psychiatry Residency

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Psychiatry

• Eligible for an unrestricted Pennsylvania medical license

• Consultation-Liaison fellowship training welcomed but not required

Interested candidates may apply online or submit CV to Dave Phillippe, Specialty Physician Recruiter at [email protected]

Why Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health?

Join a growing Behavioral Health service within Penn Medicine where behavioral health is integrated into the broader medical system. This is an opportunity to practice hospital psychiatry while helping advance innovative approaches to caring for medically complex patients with behavioral health needs.

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

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