Assistant/Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry SMS-3816

About the role

The incumbent will function as a faculty member in the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, Division of Medicine Psychiatry. The incumbent will provide psychiatric, internal medicine, and/or medicine psychiatry services in SIU Psychiatry locations which may include sites throughout Springfield and Jacksonville SIU Clinics, SIU Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), partnering agencies, and hospital services at Springfield Memorial Hospital, St. John’s Hospital, and/or Packard Mental Health Center. The ability to provide ECT is essential.

Responsibilities

• Carry out delegated responsibilities concerning the instruction of medical students, residents and fellows in the discipline of Psychiatry, Medicine Psychiatry and Internal Medicine.
  • Participation in and direction of formal rounds, conferences, and seminars.
  • Led and instructed during formal and informal clinic, outpatient and inpatient services.
  • Serve as mentor with second year student small group during neuroscience block once every five (5) years.
  • Present at Grand Rounds or Interdisciplinary conferences.
  • Provide clinical supervision to residents in Psychiatry and Internal Medicine.
  • Moderate Resident Journal Club and case conferences as needed.
  • Serve as a mentor for Psychiatry clerkship and/or Internal Medicine clerkship.
• Maintain professional outpatient practice in accordance with SIU HealthCare policy.
  • Provide inpatient and consultation-liaison coverage at HSHS St. John’s Hospital, Packard Mental Health Center, and Springfield Memorial Hospital including coverage of ECT.
  • Participate in call schedule and other routine faculty coverage duties of inpatient units on weekends and holidays.
• Establish lines of research on own or in collaboration with colleagues.
  • Develop a line of publishable scholarly activity.
  • Supervise resident research as applicable.
  • Maintain certification per Springfield Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (SCRIHS).
• Participate in administrative meetings as assigned.
  • Serve on departmental and school committees as required and represent the department as needed to other organizations.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree.
• Completed approved residency training in psychiatry and internal medicine.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure with the State of Illinois.
• Board certified/eligible in Psychiatry and Internal Medicine.
• Willing to be trained in the provision of TMS, VNS, and Esketamine.
• Experience providing services to multicultural populations; experience dealing with underrepresented minority populations; and be sensitive to the needs of minority populations.