Assistant/Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Yale School of Medicine · New Haven, CT · 1 wk ago
On-siteEducationFull-time
Company Description Yale School of Medicine, founded in 1810, is a globally respected institution for biomedical research, education, and advanced clinical care. The school encompasses 33 academic departments across basic sciences, clinical specialties, and public health, and is home to distinguished centers such as the Yale Cancer Center and the Child Study Center. Faculty collaborate with major affiliated institutions, including Yale New Haven Hospital, the Connecticut Mental Health Center, and VA Connecticut Healthcare System. Yale is consistently among the top recipients of National Institutes of Health research funding and is a member of leading academic medical organizations. Its distinctive curriculum emphasizes small-group teaching, independent thinking, and original research, preparing graduates for leadership across medical and related fields. The Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, Psychological Medicine Section is recruiting a full-time psychiatrist to join our nationally recognized Psychological Medicine Section at Yale New Haven Hospital, the birthplace of proactive Consultation-Liaison (C-L) psychiatry. The position is for general C-L psychiatry at Yale New Haven Hospital. The Psychological Medicine Section includes an inpatient psychiatric consultation service providing psychiatric consultation to Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH), a busy medical center with 1,541 beds and16 integrated psychiatry and behavioral health programs in diverse medical and surgical outpatient settings. Yale New Haven Hospital is the major teaching hospital for the Yale School of Medicine and the Yale School of Nursing, a Level I trauma center and a Magnet hospital, which consistently ranks among the best in the US. A 204-bed brand-new Adams Neuroscience Center is scheduled to open in 2027. Yale New Haven Hospital includes the Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, a 118-bed acute-care psychiatric facility with emergency services, inpatient programs, specialized step-down intensive outpatient/day hospital programs for adolescents and adults, and Interventional Psychiatric Services. Role Description The Assistant/Associate Professor of Psychiatry is a full-time, on-site position based in New Haven, CT. The successful candidate will serve as an attending psychiatrist on the Psychiatry Consult Service, providing expert consultation to medically and surgically hospitalized patients at YNHH. Clinical work is grounded in team-based care and close partnership with consulting services, with opportunities to contribute to both traditional and proactive C-L models. This faculty role is ideal for a clinician-educator who thrives in a highly collaborative academic environment with robust teaching opportunities across medical student, resident, and fellowship levels. Requirements: We seek a board-certified/board-eligible psychiatrist with fellowship training in C-L psychiatry or addiction psychiatry with experience in consult psychiatry.