Join Our Team as a Psychiatric Consultant!
Location: Working at Cascadia's four health centers, all in the Portland Metro area.
Schedule: Full-time, Monday through Friday, typically 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Cascadia Health is seeking a Psychiatric Consultant, either a licensed Psychiatrist or Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), to support our primary care team in delivering integrated behavioral health services. This role offers the unique opportunity to work in two distinct capacities within a primary care setting: as a Collaborative Care Psychiatric Consultant and as a Primary Care Psychiatric Consultant.
Key Responsibilities:
As a Psychiatric Consultant, you will:
- As part of the collaborative care model (CoCM) team:
- provide regularly scheduled consultations to behavioral health care managers, focusing on patients who are new to the caseload or those not improving under their current treatment plan.
- Oversee the status and population health of your assigned patient caseload, utilizing a registry to track and prioritize patients for review and treatment adjustments.
- Recommend treatment adjustments, including medication changes, within 24 hours of consultation, and advise on cases needing more specialized mental health care.
- As part of traditional psychiatric services embedded in primary care:
- conduct direct evaluations of patients with significant diagnostic or therapeutic challenges referred by primary care providers.
- Offer brief episode-of-care medication management with the goal of either referral to specialty psychiatric care or returning the patient to primary care once stabilized.
- Collaborate closely with primary care providers, behavioral health care managers, behavioral health consultants and other team members to ensure comprehensive and effective patient care.
Qualifications:
- Licensed Psychiatrist or Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) with an unencumbered license to practice medicine in Oregon, including active DEA certification and compliance with all maintenance requirements.
- Required: at least 3 years experience as a psychiatric provider.
- Preferred: experience working in primary care or as a psychiatric consultant.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to synthesize medical and psychiatric data quickly and formulate evidence-based clinical recommendations.
Why Cascadia Health?
At Cascadia Health, we are committed to transforming lives through integrated healthcare and housing solutions that foster stability, recovery, and overall well-being. We value diversity and are dedicated to creating a trauma-informed, culturally sensitive environment for both our patients and staff. If you are passionate about making a difference and eager to contribute to an innovative healthcare model, we encourage you to apply.
Compensation:
This is a salaried position, with salary determined by FTE. The hourly equivalent rates are:
- Psychiatrist: $127.95 - $136.11/hr
- PMHNP: $74.46 - $79.22/hr
Benefits:
Cascadia Health offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Paid Time Off: Generous PTO package, including vacation, sick leave, and holidays. (20 hrs/month for 1.0 FTE)
- Healthcare Coverage: Comprehensive medical and dental plans, along with a vision discount plan.
- Retirement Savings: 403(B) plan with up to 8% employer match after one year of employment.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA): Available for healthcare, dependent care, and transportation expenses.
- Disability & Life Insurance: Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
- Supplemental Insurance: Options for voluntary life and supplemental insurance.
- Wellness Benefits: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounted fitness memberships, trauma support services, and bicycle reimbursement.
- Additional Perks: Bereavement and jury duty leave, length of service awards, and more.
Cascadia Health is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
