"Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences (Clinician Educator)"

Licensed Psychiatrist for USC Counseling and Mental Health

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences (Clinician Educator)

Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC

The Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC is seeking a board certified (preferred) or board eligible Adolescent/Adult Psychiatrist to care for USC students. We are seeking an experienced psychiatrist to join a diverse and dynamic multidisciplinary team who are strongly committed to providing excellent, multiculturally competent, clinical treatment to USC students and training to medical residents. We are seeking candidates who are reflective of our diverse student population and who have strong clinical skills, are familiar with the duties associated with a university counseling center, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, collegial, professional environment.

This is a clinical faculty position with an academic appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and clinical service assignments in USC Student Health, Counseling and Mental Health Services. A generous benefits package includes: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term care, disability, malpractice coverage and more; significant retirement benefits (USC makes a 10% contribution when you contribute 5%); tuition assistance for you and your family; paid professional days and parental leave; access to free continuing education credits through our Grand Rounds lecture series; and generous paid time off.

Description of Counseling and Mental Health: USC's Counseling and Mental Health Services provides mental health services to students to help them best achieve their academic and personal goals. Services include: individual and group counseling; assessment and referral to other professionals and institutions; crisis intervention (including some after-hours coverage); case management; psychiatric evaluations and medication follow-up; consultation; outreach and prevention; and training and supervision. Our students benefit from multidisciplinary collaboration, and we adopt a bio-psycho-social approach in our work whenever appropriate.

We are committed to providing quality mental and educational services in accordance with the ethical and legal standards of our profession. We appreciate and honor diversity and work with all students with compassion, respect, and dignity. We advocate for and empower our students in pursuing their goals and personal development.

Training is an important function in our center. We are committed to providing professional training opportunities for trainees in psychology, social work, family medicine, and psychiatry (i.e., medical student and residency electives). The entire faculty is involved in our training programs including individual supervision, group supervision, case consults, and/or seminars. The training also includes participating in and promoting self-reflection.

We are committed to creating a work environment characterized by respect, mutual support, and teamwork, and the sharing of diverse opinions among our faculty. We value and honor the diversity of the students we serve as well as the diversity of our faculty and the unique contributions of each member. Faculty are committed to ongoing learning, self-awareness, and cultural competency.

Essential Functions:

• Report to and work closely with the Associate Director of Student Psychiatric Services.
• Provide direct outpatient psychiatric care including collaborative evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders for USC students. This includes up to 32 hours per week of direct face-to-face patient care.
• Work assignment will include several 4-hour Saturday shifts via Telemedicine during each semester between September through May that will be distributed equally among the psychiatry team.
• Work assignment will also include one late weekday night per week (until 7pm).
• Facilitate higher level of care referrals and hospitalizations, when needed.
• Support medication treatment with brief supportive therapy and motivational interviewing when indicated.
• Cover on-call emergencies, as assigned. This includes being available for urgent medication issues of patients on assigned workdays.
• Complete documentation in a timely manner and in compliance with departmental policies (currently within 48 hours).
• Attend weekly multidisciplinary faculty and staff meetings.
• Provide professional consultation to Student Health medical providers, academic, professional and department advisors, and to staff of other campus departments on mental health issues and emergencies.
• Collaborate and consult with other mental health providers (especially related to high-risk students) and with primary care medical providers who may also provide psychiatric medication management to students.
• Attend and contribute to various CMH, Student Health, Psychiatry Departmental and campus meetings, fostering educational objectives and a consultative collegial environment.
• Participate in yearly merit review and performance evaluations, peer review, quality improvement activities and other unit, departmental, and division teams and committees.
• Provide supervision of psychiatry residents (PGY4s).
• Attend Psychiatry Department Grand Rounds, Social Justice Forums, and Department Matters meetings.
• Schedules reflect a hybrid of telemedicine and in-person clinic. THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be a State of California Licensed Physician and a board certified (preferred) or board eligible psychiatrist.
• Experience in short term treatment, including stabilization and crisis intervention.
• Multicultural competency in working with students of color, students from all economic classes, first generation students, LGBTQ students, and international students.
• Resilient, self-aware, and able to thrive in a fast paced, demanding environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with university students, LGBTQIA populations, and international students.
• Experience working with issues encountered in early and emerging adulthood, including identity issues (e.g., sexual identity, gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, etc.), sexual trauma, eating disorders, and substance use disorders.
• An advanced practice clinician possessing well-developed clinical and psychopharmacological skills and the willingness to support the development of evidence-based clinical guidelines for student-patients.
• Effectively works in a highly diverse and multicultural student population and LGBTQ affirmative environment; experience and commitment to working with minoritized individuals.
• Interest and skill in an integrated approach to care.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards of professional practice and to professional integrity.
• Commitment to professional growth through lifelong learning and keeping up-to-date with new psychiatric guidelines, recommendations, and treatment options.
• Foreign language skills are welcome.

Application Deadline: Until position is filled.

Starting Date: Negotiable

The annual base salary range for this position is $215,250-$300,000.