How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

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How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Medical Director of Outpatient Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

A member of the Mayo Clinic Network, WellStar Health System is the largest health system in Georgia, recognized as one of the most integrated in the United States and in the top 10 of all systems nationally in the provision of charity care. WellStar is committed to investing in the communities we serve. We continue to develop innovative care models, focused on improving quality and access to healthcare. To this end, the WellStar Medical Group is excited to announce an opportunity for a Medical Director of Outpatient Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry who functions as a clinical and administrative leader, developing and providing C-L psychiatry services to expand access to needed services for patients receiving services in primary care, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiology, cancer, and other medical specialties. Aims of this integrated care model are oriented around the quadruple aim and include the following:

• Improve access to expedient and quality psychiatric care
• Improve clinical outcomes and patient experience by providing biopsychosocial care
• Reduce clinical burden on physicians in primary care and various medical specialties
• Provide cost-effective care by reducing unnecessary healthcare utilization

Medical Director of Outpatient Psychiatry

Wellstar has multiple locations in which behavioral health is co-located and integrated into the workflows of primary and specialty care clinics. Whereas Wellstar has clinical directors that oversee programs such as Primary Care-Behavioral Health Integration (PCBHI), Health Psychology, and Neuropsychology, these clinical directors have oversight of the non-medical aspects of care. The new Medical Director of Outpatient Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry is a physician leader who will work alongside these other clinical directors, overseeing all medical aspects of these programs. With direct oversight of other psychiatrists and advance practice professionals, (s)he will ensure that evidence-based medicine is employed to manage psychiatric symptoms that can be treated effectively in primary care and specialty settings. (S)He will work as a collaborator with other clinical directors to establish and fulfill program aims, developing effective relationships with non-psychiatry physician colleagues and functioning as a core member of the Behavioral Health Service Line’s leadership team. In this role, the Medical Director will develop processes and workflows to provide time-limited medication management and physician-to-physician (curbside and e-consult) services to support patients receiving care within WMG primary and specialty care clinics. (S)He will partner closely with Wellstar’s other psychiatry medical directors to establish seamless and coordinated care across the continuum to optimize patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Wellstar's PCBHI Program

• Innovative Care Models: Wellstar integrates behavioral health services into adult primary care locations and specialty clinics including cardiovascular medicine, gastroenterology, and OB/GYN.
• PCORI Study: Five original Wellstar integrated practice locations participated in a 5-year Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) study. The study evaluated integration elements most correlated with patient outcomes.
• National Collaboration: Participation in the PCORI study has allowed Wellstar to build relationships with national leaders in behavioral health integration.
• Behavioral Health Consultants: Wellstar’s integrated locations feature Behavioral Health Consultants (BHCs) or clinical psychologists who provide screening, assessment, and brief evidence-based treatments for patients with primary psychiatric disorders or medical conditions exacerbated by emotional or behavioral issues.
• Expansion of Services: Building on PCORI research, Wellstar is expanding its behavioral health integration services into additional primary care and specialty clinic locations.
• Challenges in Primary Care: Despite documented benefits, primary care providers often handle most psychiatric care and face challenges accessing psychiatric consultation for severe mental health conditions.
• Ambulatory Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: Wellstar plans to enhance its infrastructure with ambulatory consultation-liaison psychiatry, using a population health approach and elements of the Collaborative Care (CoCM) model.
• Collaborative Care Model: The new service will use patient registries and stepped-care, with a team of psychiatrists and advanced practice providers under the Medical Director of Collaborative Care Psychiatry, to transform mental health care at Wellstar.

Minimum Requirements

• Holds a MD/DO degree
• Is a licensed psychiatrist, with a minimum of 3 years post-residency experience
• Board-certification in general psychiatry

Clinical Responsibilities (80%)

Anchored in quality patient- and family-centered care, the psychiatrist provides the following clinical services:

• Review patient referrals to identify patients needing psychiatric care in collaboration with psychologists, masters-prepared therapists, and integrated behavioral health consultants
• Provide initial psychiatric evaluations and treatments (in-person or virtually) for patients referred from primary care and other medical specialties
• Gather clinical information via multi-source data, including psychiatric interviews, collateral interviews, screening tools, labs and imaging, and consultations with other members of the healthcare team
• Render diagnoses to drive evidence-based treatment decisions<…