Assistant Associate or Professor of Psychiatry
Assistant Associate or Professor of Psychiatry
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The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine is seeking a residencytrained board certified/board eligible Assistant or Associate Professor or Professor. The successful candidate must be committed to excellence in clinical care as well as teaching administration and professional development. Preferred experience includes previous experience in providing psychiatric and addiction medicine services to adults as well as experience in teaching medical students residents and other health professionals. This position will be instrumental to providing ambulatory and inpatient psychiatric services to adults. This position will primarily provide ambulatory psychiatric care and substance use treatment services and will participate in oncall coverage of our Behavioral Health Unit and related inpatient services. This position may also serve as the Director of Substance Use Services for the Department of Psychiatry and may serve as a member of the departments leadership team. This Director role is responsible for working with ambulatory clinic leadership to manage the daily operations of the SMART Clinic and to provide guidance and leadership in the provision of substance use treatment services within the Department of Psychiatry. Our Adult Psychiatry and Behavioral Health programs offer an array of specialized programs including: Adult Affective Disorders Clinic Psychopharmacology Anxiety Disorders Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Clinic and Supportive Medication Assisted Recovery and Treatment Program SMART . In addition to our inpatient behavioral health program we offer outpatient services at our Fountain Court location in Lexington KY. The Department of Psychiatry is comprised of a team of highly skilled clinicians and staff working together to create a Culture of Health. A Culture of Health is based on the premise that everyone has the opportunity to live a healthier life and that as a community we must work together to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to make healthy choices. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Department of Psychiatry is using this framework to harness the power of academic medicine to deliver cuttingedge clinical services with the expertise derived from robust community engagement to provide a platform for educating and training the future leaders of psychiatry. Our work is only as good as the impact we make on the community we live in. The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine strives to provide the highest level of patient care innovative educational programs active research in mental illness and advocacy throughout the state of Kentucky and beyond. These pursuits have helped the department win the American College of Psychiatrists Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education not once but twice. The Department employs physicians psychologists therapists and other mental health professionals to provide a wide variety of behavioral health and substance use treatment services at multiple locations. Our clinicians provide care at our UK Psychiatric & Behavioral Health Care Clinic at Fountain Court Lexington KY Albert B. Chandler Hospital Lexington KY Good Samaritan Hospital Lexington KY Eastern State Hospital Lexington KY as well as various other clinics and departments throughout the UK HealthCare system and outside organizations throughout Kentucky. Our team of researchers are working to advance the understanding of behavioral health and how behavioral health conditions are managed and treated. Our department has five ACGME certified residency training programs which focus on training more than 50 physicians each year to become the future leaders in psychiatry. The Department of Psychiatrys administrative education and research offices are located near the Hamburg area of Lexington at 245 Fountain Ct. Lexington KY 40509. This offcampus location provides free onsite parking for employees and patients as well as a primary care/urgent care clinic and retail pharmacy that is accessible for both patients and employees. Forbes magazine announced in February 2023 that it ranked the University of Kentucky sixth out of 500 total companies on its Americas Best Large Employers list. UK is listed second nationally in the education category. The University of Kentucky provides a comprehensive benefits package including health dental and insurance benefits a competitive 2:1 retirement match up to 5 of an employees base salary discounts to local regional and national businesses paid vacation and temporary disability leave (sick time) and 14 paid holidays each year. For additional information on University of Kentuckys benefits please visit https://hr.uky/insuranceandretirement . If you are interested in joining our team to help transform the behavioral health system of care in the Lexington area and throughout Kentucky please consider applying for this position. To be considered an applicant for the position please submit a CV and cover letter along with application. Please also include the names and contact information for three references when prompted in the application. This information may be used to solicit reference letters within the employment system. Applications will be reviewed immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine is seeking a residencytrained board certified/board eligible Assistant or Associate Professor or Professor. The successful candidate must be committed to excellence in clinical care as well as teaching administration and professional development. Preferred experience includes previous experience in providing psychiatric and addiction medicine services to adults as well as experience in teaching medical students residents and other health professionals. This position will be instrumental to providing ambulatory and inpatient psychiatric services to adults. This position will primarily provide ambulatory psychiatric care and substance use treatment services and will participate in oncall coverage of our Behavioral Health Unit and related inpatient services. This position may also serve as the Director of Substance Use Services for the Department of Psychiatry and may serve as a member of the departments leadership team. This Director role is responsible for working with ambulatory clinic leadership to manage the daily operations of the SMART Clinic and to provide guidance and leadership in the provision of substance use treatment services within the Department of Psychiatry. Our Adult Psychiatry and Behavioral Health programs offer an array of specialized programs including: Adult Affective Disorders Clinic Psychopharmacology Anxiety Disorders Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Clinic and Supportive Medication Assisted Recovery and Treatment Program SMART . In addition to our inpatient behavioral health program we offer outpatient services at our Fountain Court location in Lexington KY. The Department of Psychiatry is comprised of a team of highly skilled clinicians and staff working together to create a Culture of Health. A Culture of Health is based on the premise that everyone has the opportunity to live a healthier life and that as a community we must work together to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to make healthy choices. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Department of Psychiatry is using this framework to harness the power of academic medicine to deliver cuttingedge clinical services with the expertise derived from robust community engagement to provide a platform for educating and training the future leaders of psychiatry. Our work is only as good as the impact we make on the community we live in. The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine strives to provide the highest level of patient care innovative educational programs active research in mental illness and advocacy throughout the state of Kentucky and beyond. These pursuits have helped the department win the American College of Psychiatrists Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education not once but twice. The Department employs physicians psychologists therapists and other mental health professionals to provide a wide variety of behavioral health and substance use treatment services at multiple locations. Our clinicians provide care at our UK Psychiatric & Behavioral Health Care Clinic at Fountain Court Lexington KY Albert B. Chandler Hospital Lexington KY Good Samaritan Hospital Lexington KY Eastern State Hospital Lexington KY as well as various other clinics and departments throughout the UK HealthCare system and outside organizations throughout Kentucky. Our team of researchers are working to advance the understanding of behavioral health and how behavioral health conditions are managed and treated. Our department has five ACGME certified residency training programs which focus on training more than 50 physicians each year to become the future leaders in psychiatry. The Department of Psychiatrys administrative education and research offices are located near the Hamburg area of Lexington at 245 Fountain Ct. Lexington KY 40509. This offcampus location provides free onsite parking for employees and patients as well as a primary care/urgent care clinic and retail pharmacy that is accessible for both patients and employees. Forbes magazine announced in February 2023 that it ranked the University of Kentucky sixth out of 500 total companies on its Americas Best Large Employers list. UK is listed second nationally in the education category. The University of Kentucky provides a comprehensive benefits package including health dental and insurance benefits a competitive 2:1 retirement match up to 5 of an employees base salary discounts to local regional and national businesses paid vacation and temporary disability leave (sick time) and 14 paid holidays each year. For additional information on University of Kentuckys benefits please visit https://hr.uky/insuranceandretirement . If you are interested in joining our team to help transform the behavioral health system of care in the Lexington area and throughout Kentucky please consider applying for this position. To be considered an applicant for the position please submit a CV and cover letter along with application. Please also include the names and contact information for three references when prompted in the application. This information may be used to solicit reference letters within the employment system. Applications will be reviewed immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
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