Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist – Open Rank Posting Information

• Department:
  Psychiatry - General - 412202
• Posting Open Date: 01/05/2023
• Open Until Filled:
  Yes
• Position Type:
  Permanent Faculty
• Working Title:
  
  Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist - Open Rank
• Appointment Type:
  Fixed Term Faculty
• Vacancy
• Full-time/Part-time:
  Full-Time Permanent
• Hours per week: 40
• FTE: 1
• Position Location:
  
  North Carolina, US
• Proposed
  
  Start Date:
  
  09/03/2023

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability.

We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.

OUR VISION Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.

OUR MISSION Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.

Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

The UNC Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry is seeking a psychiatrist to provide inpatient clinical services to children and young adults in the Child & Adolescent inpatient and outpatient programs. This is a full-time fixed‑term (clinical) position. The rank will be based on the qualifications of the applicants. We anticipate hiring a child and adolescent psychiatrist to work in the adolescent inpatient setting and an adult or child‑adolescent psychiatrist on the young adult unit at the new Child & Adolescent Psychiatry facility in Butner, NC.

The position will be at least 50% inpatient with opportunity for up to 100% inpatient. The position can include outpatient work, including in‑person and/or virtual care services. Duties also include teaching/supervising fellows, residents, medical students, and other trainees from a variety of disciplines.

Applicants must have an MD or DO, be BC/BE, and be eligible for North Carolina licensure.

The successful candidate should have strong clinical skills and demonstrated teaching skills necessary to enable them to successfully provide educational and training experiences for medical students, residents, fellows, other health care trainees, and clinicians. Candidates should have clinical experience working with children, adolescents, and young adults.

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Interested candidates may apply by going to  and attaching a curriculum vitae and letter of application. Please include the names of 2-3 reference writers.

• Department Contact Name and
  
  Title:
  
  Morgan Elliston, HR Consultant
• Contact Email: moellist.edu

The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply without regard to age, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.