Clinical Professor & Chief, Adult Psychiatry

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership as Chief of Adult Psychiatry, overseeing adult psychiatric services across inpatient, outpatient, consultation liaison, and specialty programs.
• Closely collaborate with the service directors, medical directors, and Department leadership to ensure excellence in clinical quality, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and program performance across all sites.
• Depending on expertise and interest, serve as Chief of Inpatient Psychiatry and Medical Director of UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital.
• Collaborate with departmental, College of Medicine, and UF Health leadership to advance strategic initiatives, program growth, and operational effectiveness.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop faculty and staff while fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and accountability.

Clinical Service

• Maintain an active clinical practice as an outpatient attending psychiatrist, as an inpatient attending psychiatrist at UF Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital, or as a consultation liaison psychiatrist at UF Health Shands Medical Surgical Hospital.
• Provide direct patient care for individuals with complex psychiatric conditions.
• Model excellence in patient-centered, evidence-based psychiatric care.

Specialty Program Leadership

• Support the growth and advancement of new approaches to psychiatric care, including but not limited to neurostimulation and interventional psychiatry services, through innovation, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice.

Academic and Research Activities

• Contribute to the department's educational mission through teaching and mentorship of medical students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty.
• Support clinical, translational, and scholarly activities that advance the department's academic mission and national reputation.
• Participate in departmental, college, hospital, and professional service activities.

Service & Institutional Engagement

• Serve on departmental, college, and hospital committees.
• Contribute to policy development, strategic planning, and institutional initiatives.
• Represent the department in regional, national, and professional organizations as appropriate.

Required Qualifications

• MD or DO degree from an accredited institution.
• Board Certification in Psychiatry.
• Eligible for or able to obtain unrestricted Florida medical licensure.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in academic psychiatry, behavioral health administration, psychiatric hospital operations, or related healthcare settings.
• Record of excellence in clinical care, teaching, and administrative leadership.

Preferred Experience

• Serving as a Division Chief, Medical Director, Service Chief, Vice Chair, or comparable leadership role.
• Experience in inpatient psychiatry operations and psychiatric hospital management.
• Expertise in neurostimulation, interventional psychiatry, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), or related specialty services.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams within complex academic healthcare environments.
• Experience with accreditation processes, regulatory compliance, quality improvement, and patient safety initiatives.
• Evidence of scholarly achievement, educational excellence, and professional leadership.
• Regional or national recognition through academic, clinical, research, or professional contributions.

Compensation & Benefits

As one of the nation’s top public research university, the University of Florida is dedicated to providing robust benefits options to support the wellbeing of its employees. The university offers a range of complementary and affordable benefit options to meet your family’s financial, educational, and health needs. Eligibility varies by position and FTE.

About the Department of Psychiatry

The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Florida College of Medicine engages in groundbreaking projects covering a variety of interests through our Centers, labs, and collaborations with other departments. The Department includes a large outpatient center with various specialty clinics, a very active inpatient service, psychiatry collaborative program for primary care practitioners, school consultation program, and community consultation services. The Department spans services across adult, addiction, and child/adolescent specializations, including a freestanding psychiatric hospital, a large consult liaison service at the main UF Shands Hospital, the Florida Recovery Center operated by our Addiction Division, and multiple research centers including the Center for Addiction Research & Education and the Center for OCD and Related Disorders (COARD).