Description
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital & The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine currently employ more than 200 psychiatrists and manage more than 500 psychiatric beds across the network. We have more than 390,000 outpatient visits a year and over $180 million in research funding. A leader in the treatment of mental health and addictive disorders, UPMC is consistently ranked among the nation's top hospitals for psychiatry by U.S. News & World Report.
We have an array of opportunities across specialties such as:
- Adult outpatient, including subspecialties in OCD, bipolar, & women's health
- Geriatric outpatient and nursing homes
- Child & Adolescent, including subspecialties in autism & early childhood trauma
- Eating Disorders
- Addiction Medicine & Detox (positions available for non-psychiatrists with addiction training/certification)
- Psychosomatic Medicine (including Oncology)
- Chronic Mental Illness, including ACT Teams
- Emergency Psychiatry, including our community crisis clinic, our hospital-based psychiatric emergency room, and telepsychiatry to medical ERs
- Integrated Clinics (Pediatric, Geriatric, and PCP practices)
- Interventional Psychiatry (ECT, TMS, Ketamine)
UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital is an integrated behavioral health system comprising clinical services, education and training, and research. Together with the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, we provide behavioral health care that is informed by the latest research, for individuals across the life span, who are at all stages in their recovery. Many of our sites are teaching clinics and offer multiple opportunities for training residents, medical students, and other trainees. The Department of Psychiatry offers a Clinician Educator Faculty Development Program and is also actively recruiting physicians who are interested in furthering our robust DEI initiatives, including the University of Pittsburgh Race and Social Determinants of Equity and Well-being Cluster Hire and Retention Initiative.
A Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine faculty appointment at the Assistant Professor Rank (non-tenure) commensurate with experience. To apply for a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Appointment, please submit your materials to the Talent Center at www.join.pitt.edu. Under "Find Positions", select "Faculty" and keyword search position number 25006760.
Duties will include providing psychiatric and behavioral health services to patients across the life span for Western Psychiatric Hospital and its clinics. Faculty will also be required to teach UPMC trainees, such as residents and fellows, as well as UPSOM medical students.
Minimum education requirement: MD or DO degree and completion of a psychiatry residency.
Experience working with diverse communities is preferred.
- Department of Psychiatry Homepage
- UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital Homepage
- Research Equity and Community Health Homepage
- Race and Social Determinants of Equity and Well-being Cluster Hire and Retention Initiative
- Physician Education & CMEs
- UPMC Campus Tour
The University of Pittsburgh is an equal opportunity employer / disability / veteran.
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