Assistant Professor - Psychiatry

Duties: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center seeks Assistant Professor in Cincinnati, OH to train and teach medical students, residents, fellows and other trainees, and to provide safe and effective clinical patient care, in the areas of psychiatry and child & adolescent psychiatry. Participate in research projects, either independently or in collaboration with other researchers. Participate in the service/administrative activities of the Department/Division. Develop a local and regional recognition by peers and patients as an authority in the field. Develop a local or regional referral base for subspecialist. Develop clinical skills or programs that are locally or regionally distinctive. Document patient care on appropriate records. May implement innovative approaches to patient care. Provide disease-specific expert consultation. Examine patients and coordinate services for their care. Perform procedures, collect data, analyze data and make decisions regarding patient care, including initial screening, assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, care, reassessment and discontinuation of care. Formulate, maintain, support, monitor and modify a patient-specific plan for care, treatment and rehabilitation based on the patient's assessment. Plan and coordinate care, treatment and rehabilitation for discharged patients. Monitor appropriateness of therapeutic management and care to assure that it occurs in a timely fashion. Promote patient care outcomes on ongoing basis. Teach and supervise the patient care of assigned medical students, residents and fellows, monitoring the medical care of medical to assure care provided is safe and effective. May serve as consult to other faculty and community physicians. May prepare, organize and provide lectures for residents. Prepare and regularly teach at bedside in the Division. Participate in all divisional/departmental educational activities. Maintain currency in field through continuing education, literature and seminars. Participate in service and/or administration as evidenced by one of the following: contribute to the development of programs for patient care of educational purposes; or take a role in the direction of an academic division; or provide consultation on a specific program development; or participate in performance improvement programs; or participate on divisional, departmental, or Medical Staff committees. Provide faculty coverage as needed within the department. Complete evaluations for students, residents and peers. Participate in scholarly activities as evidenced by participation in research and quality improvement efforts, such as: publication of clinical investigation, clinical observations, reviews, chapters or books; participation in clinical trials, and/or clinical investigations; reviews manuscripts. Design and conduct clinical research on various areas of clinical specialty. Publish and/or co-author findings and conclusions resulting from research in a timely fashion. Present findings internally. Assist in the design and implementation of programs which evaluate the efficacy of treatment. Recommend approaches for improvement activities, recommend and perform new processes, collect and measure data, develop processes based on performance and communicate results. Assist in obtaining funding from outside sources for research and teaching programs.

Requirements: M.D., D.O. or equivalent degree. Completed an ACGME accredited program in general psychiatry and advanced training in child & adolescent psychiatry. Professional knowledge and administrative ability sufficient to provide psychiatric care for infants, children and adolescent patients. Demonstrated skills in psychiatric assessments, diagnosis, medical management, clinical consultation, research and education. Demonstrate excellence in the care of patients. Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills. Capable of relating to diverse age and demographic backgrounds. Ability to teach medical students, residents and fellows. Organizational ability to work effectively within a highly matrixed and complex medical center. Current active medical license issued by the State of Ohio and DEA or eligible for license and DEA. Board eligible for both general psychiatry and child & adolescent psychiatry boards, and must become board certified within three years of hire.

To apply: Qualified candidates who are interested should send a resume to Michael Sorter at michael.sorter@cchmc.org with “Assistant Professor / 0733623” in the subject line. EOE AA M/F/Vet/ Disability.