"Assistant Professor - Psychological Medicine Inpatient Consultation Services"

The Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine is recruiting a full-time psychiatrist to join our nationally recognized Psychological Medicine Section at Yale New Haven Hospital, the birthplace of proactive consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry. The position is for general C-L psychiatry at Yale New Haven Hospital. We seek a board-certified/board-eligible psychiatrist with fellowship training in C-L psychiatry or addiction psychiatry with experience in consult psychiatry.

As an attending on the Psychiatry Consult Service, the responsibilities include managing the multidisciplinary evaluation of patients on medical and surgical units at Yale New Haven Hospital and working collaboratively with a team of advanced practice providers, social workers, trainees, and clinical nurse specialists. Additional opportunities include teaching medical students, residents, and fellows. This position includes up to a full day per week of protected administrative/academic time.

The Psychological Medicine Section consists of traditional and proactive psychiatric consult services on medical and surgical inpatient units and 16 integrated psychiatry and behavioral health programs in diverse medical and surgical outpatient settings. Yale New Haven Hospital is the primary teaching and clinical research facility of Yale School of Medicine and consistently ranks among the best hospitals in the United States. Yale New Haven Hospital encompasses the Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, a 118-bed acute care psychiatric facility that consists of emergency services, inpatient programs, specialized step-down intensive outpatient/day hospital programs for adolescents and adults, and Interventional Psychiatric Services.

This position carries a faculty appointment within the Department of Psychiatry at the assistant or associate professor level, depending upon the candidate’s qualifications and experience. Yale University offers Yale Signature Benefits, including but not limited to:

• Medical coverage through Yale Health and Aetna
• Dental coverage through Delta Dental
• Vision coverage options through Eyemed
• Yale University Retirement Account Plan
• Paid time off
• Disability coverage
• Life insurance
• Mortgage loan program
• Commuter benefits
• Yale Homebuyer program
• College tuition benefit plan Yale
• Advantage discount program (Discounts for Activities, Travel, services, shopping, etc.)

Living in/near New Haven

New Haven is recognized as a city of innovation, culture, diversity, and prosperity. It is located between Boston and New York on Long Island Sound, and has outstanding cultural amenities (museums, theater, music, and sports), award-winning restaurants (including several of the nation’s best pizza parlors), boutique shops and national brands, quaint neighborhoods and bustling downtown areas with a variety of living options.

New Haven is accessible by plane, train, and automobile, and is easy to navigate on foot, by bicycle, or bus. A free shuttle service provided by Yale covers many areas in the city.

To apply to this position, please use the following link http://apply.interfolio.com/143222.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

If you have questions about this job opportunity, please contact Hun Millard, MD, Vice Chief and Deputy Chair of Psychiatry, via email at hun.millard@yale.edu for more information.