PHYSICIAN - Psychiatry Consult, Duluth, MN

Overview

In-person 0.9 FTE position with a rotation of 7 on/7 off or 14 on/14 off.

Location:

Duluth, MN. Department: 2901200 PSYCHIATRY - EH DC. Psychiatry – Consult Service.

• Manage the care of psychiatric patients in the emergency department, including leading care rounds, triage, and evaluation.
• Provide consultation to Level 1 Trauma Center.
• Telehealth to critical access hospitals in the area.
• Support a 7-day service coverage model; call is 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Overnight and weekend call is shared by the physician pool.

• Join a group of 9 adult and 4 child and adolescent psychiatrists as part of a Behavioral Health Care Team. Other team members include doctoral level psychologists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychotherapists, RNs, and clinical assistants. The Behavioral Health Division provides inpatient psychiatric care, consult-liaison, emergency psychiatry, ECT procedures (not currently provided but goal is to resume), intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization services, and an outpatient behavioral health clinic.
  
  The Division also includes Health Psychology doctorate and master’s level psychologists.
• The Behavioral Health Department provides a spectrum of care for children and adults, including inpatient psychiatric care, consult-liaison and emergency psychiatry, intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization services, and an outpatient behavioral health clinic.
• Integrated pharmacist team includes a Hospitalist and Pharmacist.
• Essentia Health Duluth hospital:
  Adult in-patient unit has 44 beds;
  Child/Adolescent inpatient unit has 16 beds.

• BC/BE Psychiatry
• Interest in ECT would be a plus.

• Duluth, MN – a harbor city located at the westernmost tip of Lake Superior
• 150 miles north of the metropolitan Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul
• Duluth city population: 86,000;
  Regional service area: 460,000

$327,341 for 0.9 FTE. Hired candidates may be eligible to receive additional compensation in the form of bonuses, quality incentives or production-based compensation.

Carri Prudhomme, Recruiter

Phone:

Email: carri.prudhomme

FTE: 0.9