Assistant/Associate/Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
UIC Department of Psychiatry
Application
Details
Posted: 08-Nov-24
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Psychiatry
Preferred Education:
MD
Internal Number: 1027071
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Assistant/Associate/Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Hiring Department: Department of Psychiatry Location: 1601 W. Taylor St. Chicago IL 60612 Requisition ID: 1027071 Posting Close Date: 11/8/2024
Combined Psychiatry-Family Medicine Residency Program Director
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is seeking an academic psychiatrist for a clinician-educator position as the inaugural Program Director of Combined Psychiatry-Family Medicine Residency Program. Academic rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor of Clinical Psychiatry is commensurate with experience. This is a clinician-educator position and will be combined with clinical duties. An ideal candidate will have relevant experience including either combined training in both Psychiatry and Family Medicine, or Psychiatry training with related experience in collaborative care, consultation liaison, or other roles with Family Medicine, general medicine, or related combined training. Clinical duties can be additionally tailored to suit the candidate including clinical programs in Collaborative Care, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Psychosis, Mood/Anxiety, Neuropsychiatry, Neuromodulation, Women’s Mental Health and Reproductive Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Candidates with experience in educational leadership and a track record of scholarly activity are especially encouraged to apply. We strongly encourage applications from groups historically underrepresented in medicine and psychiatry, and those with a passion for social justice and serving the underserved. This position requires some overnight (phone) and weekend on-call duties. This is an exceptional academic opportunity for a clinician educator interested in developing their career by running a novel collaborative education program in an academic medical center. The Departments of Psychiatry and Family and Community Medicine share a strong relationship including collaborative care in Federally Qualified Health Care settings, educational, and scholarly initiatives. The combined residency initiative is a key next step in furthering the relationship. Both departments currently host strong categorical residency programs which attract top candidates and are in full continued accreditation status with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. A joint appointment in the Department of Family and Community Medicine is available for qualified candidates.
Qualifications: The candidate must be a Doctor of Medicine or equivalent, and have completed an ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) or AOA (American Osteopathic Association) accredited residency in Psychiatry. The candidate must possess or be eligible for an unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Illinois and an unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration license and must be board-certified or Board-eligible in psychiatry.
Application process: Applicants must apply online at http://jobs.uic.edu and reference Job Requisition #1027071. They should submit a CV and cover letter by November 8, 2024. The application review process will start immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The start date is flexible. The University of Illinois Chicago is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The University of Illinois may conduct background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. About the Department of Psychiatry: The Department of Psychiatry at UIC is one of the largest Psychiatry departments in the Midwest, with a large General Psychiatry Residency Training Program and multiple subspecialty fellowships, including Addiction Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Clinical Informatics, Global Mental Health, and Women's Mental Health and Reproductive Psychiatry. Our general residency is competitive and attracts strong trainees from all regions of the country. We support a research track and an academic clinician-educator track within the residency. Our clinical services focus on diverse and vulnerable patients, serving predominantly minority and economically underserved populations on the South and West Sides of Chicago. We are a nationally renowned enterprise in basic and clinical research, ranked first in Chicago and in the top 20 nationally by NIH funding, with foci in mood and anxiety disorders, women's mental health and reproductive psychiatry, late-life depression, addictions, youth trauma, and mental health services. Faculty have multiple opportunities for collaboration and translation of research towards serving our clinical populations. An important overarching goal at UIC is to attract world-class faculty to enrich the educational experience of our bright and motivated students and trainees, and to provide high quality care to our diverse and vulnerable patient populations. UIC is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment. We strongly encourage applications from women and minorities, and those with a passion for social justice and serving the underserved.
About the Department of Family and Community Medicine
The Department of Family and Community Medicine currently has approximately 50 academic and clinical faculty members who share a mission to provide excellent clinical care, education, and research that meets the primary care needs of a diverse urban population. We are committed to providing full spectrum care to many underserved communities, including treating patients with HIV, substance use disorder, and providing transgender care and reproductive healthcare. The Department partners with Mile Square Health Center, a federally qualified health center with 13 outpatient sites. The Department runs the UIC student health service, serving over 30,000 students. The faculty and residents provide broad-spectrum care in the academic medical center, including pregnancy care at three outpatient clinics and two Family and Community Medicine inpatient services that admit all ages. The Department supports a broad range of clinical interests among its faculty and is committed to supporting and mentoring its members.
We have a top-rated Family and Community Medicine clerkship that trains 180 medical students each year and an outstanding Family and Community Medicine Residency with 27 residents. We have a longstanding history of developing educational innovations to prepare the health workforce to meet the needs of our diverse patient populations. We co-lead one of 48 national Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Programs (GWEPs) funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The department includes the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC), also funded by HRSA.
About the University of Illinois-Chicago:
UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has nearly 260,000 alumni and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.
The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit https://www.hr.uillinois.edu/cms/one.aspx?portalId=4292&pageId=5705 to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.
As an EOE/AA employer, the University of Illinois encourages applications from individuals regardless of an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, and Veteran or disability status.
The University of Illinois conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer of employment. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The Department of Psychiatry is dedicated to outstanding research, education and service focused on major psychiatric disorders and mental well being. We strive to further new, readily useful knowledge in neuroscience, prevention, and social and clinical areas that will benefit people with mental illnesses, their families and communities. We are committed to UIC's urban mission to provide service, education and research that enhances lives. We deliver the highest quality mental health services with sensitivity and respect to the patient and her/his family. We are dedicated to mental health research to ameliorate illness until cure is found and ultimately to prevent illness and disorder. We are dedicated to instilling in our students and trainees cutting-edge knowledge and skills, respect for patients, and the values of a health professional in a just and humane society.
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