The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless seeks a Psychiatrist, as a member of a multi-disciplinary clinical team, to provide consultation to Primary Care Medical Providers (PCMPs) and Masters’- and Doctoral-level Behavioral Health Providers (BHPs), as well as provide longer-term psychiatric care. This position will use techniques such as harm reduction and motivational interviewing to engage homeless and at-risk individuals in a culturally appropriate and respectful manner. This position is located at 2130 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado 80205 and reports to the Director of Psychiatry.
- Work collaboratively with our amazing integrated health care team including: Case managers, outreach staff, behavioral health, primary care and addiction medicine specialists.
- Assist us in continuing to develop programming which integrates psychiatric services across our integrated health care clinics as well as among our housed patients.
- Primarily daytime clinical hours.
- Opportunities to teach students and residents.
NOTE: In order to ensure that our consumers receive the best possible care, the candidate chosen to fill this position will be required to complete our internal credentialing and privileging process prior to a start date. The credentialing and privileging timeline is dependent on the selected candidate's submission of documents necessary for clearance. Please note that a start date will be scheduled once credentialing and privileging is complete.
Benefits
- Choice of HMO or PPO health insurance coverage options: full-time employees contribute only 1% of their earnings for their own HMO health coverage and no more than 4% of their earnings for coverage of eligible dependents. We’re proud to offer same-and opposite-sex domestic partner coverage.
- Choice of dental insurance or discount plan.
- Vision insurance.
- Flexible spending accounts for health care / dependent care / parking expenses.
- Free basic life and AD&D insurance coverage.
- Employee Assistance Program, a problem-solving resource available to you and your household members.
- Dollar-for-dollar retirement plan matching contributions up to 5% of earnings with 3-year vesting.
- Extensive paid time-off, including 9 holidays, 12 days of sick leave, and three weeks of vacation for new full-time employees in their first year.
The effective date for your benefits will be the first of the month following your date of hire.
Essential Job Functions
- Provides direct psychiatric care including new patient evaluations, follow-up care, and care coordination, on both a scheduled and walk-in basis.
- Works closely with BHPs to provide phone and face-to-face consultations to PCMPs.
- Provides urgent/crisis care to individuals with severe and persistent illness as coordinated by BHPs.
- Makes diagnostic assessments consistent with DSM5 and/or ICD10, to include consideration of the patient’s economic and housing circumstances, medical conditions, and substance use disorders.
- Makes treatment recommendations which address both substance use disorders and mental health conditions, including consideration of a patient’s trauma history, economic circumstances, and housing status.
- Develops individualized treatment plans to address the patient’s goals and objectives.
- Coordinates care with a patient’s other providers, both within CCH and at outside agencies.
- Evaluates individuals’ psychiatric disability status and prepares reports to facilitate benefit applications.
- Participates in the assessment of dangerousness; places Mental Health Holds and facilitates transfer of care to inpatient setting when clinically necessary.
- Records all clinical services in a timely and complete fashion in the EHR.
- Maintains accurate information regarding client’s insurance status and completes CCARs/DACODs and other clinical authorization documentation as needed.
- Supervises and collaborates with NP staff by co-signing charts, helping direct diagnostic and therapeutic plans in difficult cases, and being available for consultation whenever necessary.
- Follows HIPAA and APA guidelines with regard to patient confidentiality.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications Summary
- Medical Degree or Doctor of Osteopathy degree from an accredited school of medicine.
- Successful completion of a psychiatric residency at an ACGME accredited program.
- Current board certification or board exam eligibility in Psychiatry.
- Active DEA license.
- Experience in working with individuals who live in poverty, especially those who are or have been homeless.
- Previous experience working in an integrated care environment preferred.
$191,816 - $252,950 a year
WHERE A CANDIDATE IS PLACED IN THE COMPENSATION RANGE DEPENDS ON TOTAL RELEVANT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
Employee must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to safety or health of self or others. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Employee will perform job according to applied laws. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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