Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences (Part-Time)

About the role

The Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC is seeking a board certified (preferred) or board eligible Adolescent/Adult Psychiatrists to care for USC students.

Responsibilities

• Report to and work closely with the Associate Director of Student Psychiatric Services.
• Provide direct outpatient psychiatric care including collaborative evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders for USC students.
• This includes up to 16-17.5 hours per week of direct face-to-face patient care.
• Facilitate higher level of care referrals and hospitalizations, when needed.
• Support medication treatment with brief supportive therapy and motivational interviewing when indicated, with the provider's role and expertise primarily relating to the biological treatment of the student.
• Cover on-call emergencies, as assigned. This includes being available for urgent medication issues of patients on assigned workdays.
• Schedules reflect a hybrid of telemedicine and in-person clinic. THIS IS NOT A REMOTE POSITION.

Requirements

• Must be a State of California Licensed Physician and a board certified (preferred) or board eligible psychiatrist.
• Experience in short term treatment, including stabilization and crisis intervention.
• Multicultural competency in working with students of color, students from all economic classes, first generation students, LGBTQ students, and international students.
• Resilient, self-aware, and able to thrive in a fast paced, demanding environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working with university students, LGBTQIA populations, and international students.
• Experience working with issues encountered in early and emerging adulthood, including identity issues (e.g., sexual identity, gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, etc.), sexual trauma, eating disorders, and substance use disorders.
• An advanced practice clinician possessing well-developed clinical and psychopharmacological skills and the willingness to support the development of evidence-based clinical guidelines for student-patients.
• Effectively works in a highly diverse and multicultural student population and LGBTQ affirmative environment; experience and commitment to working with minoritized individuals.
• Interest and skill in an integrated approach to care.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards of professional practice and to professional integrity.
• Desire to continue to grow as a professional and committed to excellence and lifelong learning.

Skills

Foreign language skills are welcome.

Benefits

• A generous benefits package includes: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term care, disability, malpractice coverage and more (information about benefits can be found here).
• Significant retirement benefits (USC makes a 10% contribution when you contribute 5%).
• Paid professional days and parental leave.
• Access to free continuing education credits through our Grand Rounds lecture series.
• Generous paid time off.