The Department of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine seeks a dynamic physician leader to serve as Section Chief and Medical Director of Psychiatric Emergency Services at Yale New Haven Hospital. This is a key leadership role overseeing the care of psychiatric patients across two emergency room sites and an observation unit at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
This position carries a faculty appointment within the Department of Psychiatry at the assistant or associate professor level depending upon the candidates qualifications and experience.
The successful candidate will be an inspiring and collaborative leader with a demonstrated ability to build and guide high-performing teams. They will have a strong record of partnership across emergency medicine and other medical specialties and will play a central role in advancing clinical innovation education and academic scholarship. Working closely with hospital and departmental leadership the Section Chief will uphold clinical standards drive quality improvement initiatives lead faculty recruitment and retention and foster trainee development with creativity and a clear strategic vision.
The ideal candidate will be board-certified in Psychiatry and will bring a strong record of administrative and clinical leadership. This is a unique opportunity to lead a dedicated acute care clinical team at a world-class academic medical center.
The Psychiatric Emergency Service consists of a locked Crisis Intervention Unit embedded within the Emergency Department as well as a locked psychiatric Observation Unit which specifically services psychiatric emergency patients. 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 provides psychiatric emergency services psychiatric consultation-liaison services and encompasses the Yale Psychiatric Hospital a 118-bed acute care Inpatient psychiatric facility that also provides specialized step-down intensive outpatient/day hospital programs for adolescents and adults and Interventional Psychiatric Services.
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 nations 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 by bus. A free shuttle service provided by Yale covers many areas in the city.
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