Psychiatry Physician - Emergency & Consult Liaison, Inpatient

American Geriatrics Society; Scranton (Lackawanna County); On-site; USD 260,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Geisinger is seeking physicians to participate in developing and deploying a hub-and-spoke consult model within Emergency Psychiatry and Consultation Liaison services. The initiative aims to provide a central hub of psychiatrists to support rural hospitals and ensure continuity of psychiatric care across the network.

The role involves working with a team to serve six locations in Geisinger's service area, delivering care in inpatient and emergency department settings.

Qualifications

• MD or DO required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy an innovative hub-and-spoke consult model delivering emergency psychiatry and consultation liaison services.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to serve 6 locations within the Geisinger service area; position is onsite only.

Education

Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

Job description

Job Summary

Geisinger Emergency Psychiatry and Consult Liaison Service

Job Duties

• Geisinger is seeking candidates to participate in the development and deployment of an innovative hub and spoke consult model. We are deploying a central hub of Emergency Psychiatry and Consultation Liaison Psychiatry providers to provide consult services. The use of the hub-and-spoke delivery design sets the stage for Geisinger to cast a vital psychiatric lifeline to neighboring rural hospitals, affording relatively seamless integration and assimilation of partner facilities into its network, ensuring continuity of services in remote regions.

  This consult liaison role will work with a team of providers to provide service to 6 locations in the Geisinger service area. The goal is to offer a collaborative work environment while serving a broad variety of patients in various inpatient and emergency department settings.

• Onsite practice only.

Education

Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine- (Required)

About Geisinger

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.