Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatrist

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Job Summary

The Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry and Substance Use Disorder Medical Provider delivers high-quality clinical psychiatric care within the department of Behavioral Health Services (BHS). This role focuses on direct patient care, interdisciplinary collaboration, teaching, and scholarly activity, without formal supervisory or administrative authority over other clinicians or staff. The provider contributes clinical expertise to support quality, safety, access, and patient outcomes for adolescents with complex psychiatric and substance use disorders.

This role provides expert assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of adolescents with complex, co-occurring medical, psychiatric, and substance use disorders, including patients experiencing homelessness, poverty, and treatment resistance. The provider participates in education and scholarly work within their area of expertise and collaborates closely with multidisciplinary teams to ensure excellent clinical care and a safe, therapeutic environment.

Essential Functions:

• Provide Expert Clinical Care and Scholarship. Deliver evidence-based psychiatric and substance use disorder care while contributing to education, training, and scholarly activities as appropriate. Serve as a clinical resource to colleagues through consultation and collaboration.
• Diagnose and Treat Adolescents. Evaluate, diagnose, and treat adolescents with psychiatric and/or substance use disorders requiring inpatient psychiatric care and/or ASAM 3.7 / 3.7-WM level of substance use treatment.
• Focus on Superior Patient Care by 1) practicing evidence-based, high-quality state-of-the art medicine; 2) encourage increased patient understanding, involvement in care, and treatment decisions; 3) achieve and maintain optimal patient access; 4) insist on departmental focus on superior patient service; 5) assisting with patients who have barriers to disposition; 6) work with community partners (e.g. Signal, CDHS) to improve outcomes and access to community resources; and 7) participate in or support education and research.
• Collaborate on Care Delivery by 1) leading multidisciplinary teams of case managers, discharge planners, nursing, occupational therapy, psychotherapists, physicians, and other professionals to provide clinical care and meeting with non-direct report disciplines' leadership; 2) including staff, other physicians and management in both service and patient care improvements; 3) treating all members with respect; 4) demonstrating the highest levels of ethical and professional conduct; and 5) behaving in a manner consistent with Denver Health values and goals.
• Listen and Communicate by 1) providing clinical information in a clear and timely manner; 2) requesting information and resources needed to provide care consistent with Denver Health goals; and 3) provide and accept feedback in a respectful manner from all staff.
• Provide training by teaching residents, medical students and advance trainees from psychiatric and other health disciplines (including nationally accredited training programs) while supporting these GME training programs so they can continue to have their learners train on site.

Education:

• Doctorate Degree Graduate of an accredited medical school. Required

Work Experience:

Licenses:

• Board Certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Required
• Board Certification in Addiction Psychiatry or Addiction Medicine. Preferred
• BLS-Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) - AHA - American Heart Association Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Thorough knowledge of pharmacological agents, including buprenorphine, used in patient treatment.
• Able to receive detailed information through oral communications; express or exchange ideas by verbal communications.
• Excellent written and verbal communications, listening, and social skills.
• Able to interact effectively with people of varied educational, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, skill levels and value systems.
• Performs in a tactful and professional manner.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite required.
• EPIC experience preferred.

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Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5%, and generous medical plans

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver's 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado's primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community.

Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.