Psychologist - GROW (Family Medicine) | Detroit, MI

Henry Ford Health System is one of the country's largest health care systems and a national leader in clinical care, research and education. Our system includes the 1,200-member Henry Ford Medical Group, six hospitals, Health Alliance Plan, 32 primary care centers and many other health-related entities throughout Southeast Michigan. Founded in 1915 by auto pioneer Henry Ford, we continue to be committed to improving the health and well-being of a diverse Michigan community. In 2014, Henry Ford provided $317 million in uncompensated care. The health system also is a major economic driver in Michigan and employs more than 23,000 employees. Henry Ford is a 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient. To learn more, visit HenryFord.com.

The General Internal Medicine Academic Patient Centered Team Care (A-PCTC) clinic is an innovative Detroit-based patient-centered medical home for medically and socially complex adult patients and families. Its dual mission is to advance the health and well-being of our community and to educate tomorrow's healthcare leaders via direct patient care, clinical training programs, research, and quality improvement. We help patients and their families maintain health, manage chronic diseases, and live with complex conditions.

Internal medicine faculty physicians and residents lead interdisciplinary care teams. The teams seek to address each patient's medical, behavioral, and social needs. The A-PCTC clinic's daily work and educational curricula are focused on improving the patient and community's health outcomes and clinical experiences.

Responsibilities:

Clinical responsibilities include providing psychological evaluations and brief treatment for outpatients utilizing the Primary Care Behavioral Health Model in the Academic Internal Medicine Primary Care clinic. Reasons for consultation requests include depression, anxiety, pain management, weight management, adjustment to life stressors, nonadherence with medical regimens, substance use, suicidal ideation, and psychosis. Most of these patients also have co-occurring chronic illnesses. Consults are typically received with the "warm-handoff" model from the patients' primary care physicians. It is expected that the psychologist will implement team-based population health approaches to address behavioral health issues that impact chronic disease management. The psychologist will collaborate with all clinic providers in patient care. There are also opportunities for group therapy and other program development. The psychologist will also have the opportunity to provide supervision for psychology trainees (i.e., psychology interns and/or fellows) on the service.

In addition to the clinical responsibilities, the psychologist will be expected to engage in educational activities for psychology trainees, medical residents, and staff. Research activities are highly encouraged.