Carbon Health

Consultant

• Participate in regular weekly caseload consultation sessions with Behavioral Health Care Managers
• Review patients who are new to the Collaborative Care program or are not improving as expected
• Provide diagnostic clarification and evidence-based psychiatric recommendations using patient registry and Electronic Health Record information
• Provide concise, actionable recommendations to Primary Care Providers regarding psychiatric treatment
• Recommend medication selection, dosing, titration, monitoring, and management of potential side effects
• Provide guidance on brief, evidence-based behavioral strategies for primary care
• Support the care team in identifying and addressing clinically complex behavioral health presentations
• Conduct systematic, population-based reviews of a designated patient registry
• Use registry data and validated clinical measures, including PHQ-9 and GAD-7, to monitor patient progress and outcomes
• Prioritize patients needing diagnostic or treatment guidance
• Identify treatment adjustments using measurement-based care principles
• Establish priorities and follow-up actions with Behavioral Health Care Managers
• Document recommendations and communicate treatment guidance to the care team
• Identify patients requiring specialty psychiatric referrals or community-based mental health resources
• Support decisions regarding higher or more specialized psychiatric care
• Promote continuity of care and appropriate transitions to specialty behavioral health services
• Partner with Primary Care Providers and Behavioral Health Care Managers as part of an interdisciplinary Collaborative Care team
• Provide education and clinical guidance on psychiatric diagnoses, medications, differential diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment
• Participate in Collaborative Care process improvement initiatives as needed

Psychiatric Consultant – Per Diem