Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist

The University of Kansas Health System

$200K — $250K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • MD, DO or equivalent degree
  • Graduate of an ACGME-accredited Psychiatry Residency program
  • ABPN board certified or board eligible in General Psychiatry
  • Eligible for medical licensure in Kansas and Missouri
  • 1-3 years in an academic medical center preferred

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Director of Consult-Liaison Services to deliver psychiatric care
  • Provide comprehensive consult-liaison services for complex inpatient cases
  • Offer telepsychiatry consultations to affiliated facilities
  • Supervise and educate psychiatry residents and medical students
  • Work with multidisciplinary teams for coordinated patient care
  • Engage in departmental and academic conferences and quality initiatives
  • Participate in weekend on-call duties and ECT rotations, with opportunities for procedural expertise

Benefits

  • Overall compensation package improvement, including call pay and incentives
  • Generous retirement contributions
  • Relocation assistance offered
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • CME allowance provided
  • Coverage for LTD/STD and life insurance
  • Includes professional liability insurance
Full Job Description
Position Title

Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist

Days - Full Time

Cambridge Tower A

Position Summary / Career Interest:
Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The University of Kansas Health System is seeking a Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist to join a dynamic and expanding academic practice located at the 39th and Rainbow campus in Kansas City, Kansas.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Collaborate closely with the Director of the Division of Consult-Liaison Services to provide high-quality psychiatric care within a dynamic academic medical center.
  • Deliver comprehensive consult-liaison psychiatric services for medically complex patients, with a primary focus on the inpatient hospital setting.
  • Provide telepsychiatry consultation services to affiliated facilities.
  • Supervise and teach psychiatry residents and medical students in both inpatient and outpatient settings while maintaining a faculty outpatient clinic practice.
  • Partner with multidisciplinary healthcare teams and external agencies to ensure coordinated care, seamless transitions, and continuity of treatment across the healthcare continuum.
  • Participate in departmental conferences, faculty meetings, quality improvement initiatives, and hospital and School of Medicine committees that support the academic mission.
  • Share in weekend call responsibilities and participate in the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) rotation, with opportunities to develop expertise in additional interventional psychiatry procedures based on individual interests.


Required Qualifications:
  • MD, DO or equivalent degree
  • Graduate of an ACGME-accredited Psychiatry Residency program
  • ABPN board certification or board eligibility in General Psychiatry with plans to complete certification within two years
  • Eligible for medical licensure in Kansas and Missouri


Preferred Qualifications:
  • 1 - 3 years of work experience in an academic medical center and providing consultative liaison work


Benefits and compensation
  • Recent increase in overall compensation package, including call pay and incentive plan
  • Generous retirement contribution
  • Relocation assistance
  • Health, dental, vision insurance
  • CME allowance
  • LTD/STD and Life insurance
  • Professional liability insurance


For more information, please provide CV and letter of interest to:

Darci Deskin, Senior Physician Recruiter

[email protected]

Cell 913.951.7748

Time Type:
Full time

Job Requisition ID:
R-55320

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