Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Attending

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Inpatient Psychiatric Unit Attending will provide clinical care on the UCHealth Tower 3. The Attending will be a member of a team that covers the 40-bed unit throughout the course of the week. The team will include other inpatient psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, APPs, residents, and medical students. The Attending will oversee the evaluation, treatment, and discharge of their patients during their stay on the unit. They will address their psychiatric and medical conditions as appropriate for their stay. The Attending will collaborate with trainees and carry their own direct care patients. The Attending may also provide ECT for treatment of refractory depression on the adjacent ECT Suite.

Requirements

MD and/or DO
CO Physician License or Eligible for CO Physician License
Board Eligible or Certified in Psychiatry.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship.
Prior experience working with medically complex patients.
Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team model with colleagues, medical specialists, and trainees across disciplines.
Ability to work effectively as part of a team and independently.
Demonstrates culturally accountable mental health practices and values.
Knows and or has knowledge and understands cultural differences.
Able to interact effectively with people of varied educational, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds as well as various skill levels and value systems.
Applies sound clinical experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

Nice To Haves

Ability to interpret age specific developmental, physiologic, and unique care needs by assessment and by observation of care delivery.
Experience in making psychiatric diagnoses and managing psychiatric disorders.
Experience working effectively on a psychiatric behavioral health team.
Experience in telepsychiatry.
Experience in consultation-liaison and/or emergency psychiatry.
Completion of a consultation-liaison psychiatry fellowship.
Interest in developing a collaborative program of research in specialty medical settings, although research interest is not required for this position.
Epic Certification.

Responsibilities

Providing inpatient level of care on the psychiatric unit from admission until discharge.
Developing an appropriate treatment plan, monitoring progress towards goals, and determining disposition upon discharge for the patients under their care.
This position requires familiarity with the use of emergency medications, seclusion/restraint procedures, pharmacology for acute agitation, risk assessment, and treatment of substance intoxication and withdrawal.
The inpatient psychiatrist should be comfortable managing comorbid medical conditions in collaboration with inpatient medicine/surgery attendings as appropriate.
Providing ECT treatment if desired.
Actively Contributes to Academic Advancement of his/her discipline and builds relationships with other departments and campuses
Keeps apprised of the latest developments in field, both academically and through applied skills