Morehouse School of Medicine
The role combines clinical care, teaching, scholarship, and administrative service in psychiatry and behavioral sciences. It includes work in a behavioral health crisis center, resident teaching, NP supervision, and medical student teaching, with an emphasis on advancing mental health equity.
Key Responsibilities
- • Engage in teaching, scholarship, and clinical service in psychiatry and behavioral sciences consistent with the department’s needs and the faculty member’s interests.
- • Participate in select administrative duties such as serving on departmental, UME and/or GME, and/or institutional committees.
- • Provide care in a mental health crisis unit.
- • Serve on department, institutional, and community-based committees.
- • Provide medical student, resident, and/or fellow teaching and supervision.
- • Contribution to scholarly activities.
- • Participation in faculty development programs.
Required
- • board-certified or board-eligible in General Psychiatry
- • MD degree
- • Georgia Medical License or ability to obtain one
- • Board Certification in Psychiatry
- • Strong interpersonal, clinical, and professional skills
- • Acute Psychiatric Care Administration Experience
Preferred
- • Acute Psychiatric Care Experience
- • Psychiatry Resident and Nurse Practitioner Supervision Experience
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Morehouse School of Medicine seeks an Adjunct Instructor, Assistant or Associate Professor of Psychiatry who is board-certified or board-eligible in General Psychiatry. The successful candidate should be community-oriented with a demonstrated interest in and commitment to advancing mental health equity through clinical care, education, and scholarship. This position includes clinical experience at a behavioral health crisis center, as well as resident teaching and NP supervision. The appointment also allows for medical student teaching. General Responsibilities: Engage in teaching, scholarship, and clinical service in psychiatry and behavioral sciences consistent with the department’s needs and the faculty member’s interests. Participate in select administrative duties such as serving on departmental, UME and/or GME , and/or institutional committees. Reports to: Department Chairperson
Minimum Qualifications
MD degree Georgia Medical License or ability to obtain one Board Certification in Psychiatry Strong interpersonal, clinical, and professional skills Acute Psychiatric Care Administration Experience
Preferred Qualifications
Acute Psychiatric Care Experience Psychiatry Resident and Nurse Practitioner Supervision Experience
Description of Job Duty
Provide care in a mental health crisis unit. Serve on department, institutional, and community-based committees Provide medical student, resident, and/or fellow teaching and supervision Contribution to scholarly activities Participation in faculty development programs * The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified .*
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