Research Director, Department of Psychiatry

Description

Maine Health Behavioral Health (MHBH) is seeking a full-time (1.0 FTE) Research Director to join our Department of Psychiatry.

• Collaborates closely with the Chief, Maine Health Behavioral Health / Chair, Department of Psychiatry to advance all departmental missions
• Provides strategic leadership for research across Maine Health Behavioral Health and the Department of Psychiatry
• Oversees, supervises and mentors research leaders, faculty, fellows, residents, and medical students in scholarly and academic activities
• Ensures compliance with ethical, regulatory, and institutional research standards
• Maintains an active independent research program while prioritizing the growth of departmental research capacity
• Develops and implements innovative strategies to promote faculty research productivity and achievement
• Builds and sustains a diverse portfolio of research projects engaging faculty and trainees across the department
• Identifies, secures, and maintains extramural funding from governmental and non-governmental sources
• Serves as the department's research representative of the department and work to leverage research opportunities within:
  Maine Health Behavioral Health, Maine Health Institute for Research, Tufts University, and the broader Maine Health community
• Represents the Department of Psychiatry at national governmental and non-governmental organizations to expand research partnerships
• Plays a key role in faculty, staff, and trainee recruitment, with emphasis on research excellence and growth

• Education:
  
  Doctoral degree (MD, PhD, PsyD, ScD, DrPH) in relevant discipline.
• Experience:
  
  Eight or more years of applicable experience within the field and discipline. Completion of post-doctoral training or research fellowship.
• Additional Skills/Requirements
  
  Required:
  
  Excellent written and verbal skills as demonstrated by a strong record of scientific publications and presentations. Eligible or at rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor. Must possess a working knowledge of federal regulations, compliance policy, and human subjects protections as they relate to the conduct of a wide variety of research projects. Demonstrated experience in administration and the supervision of team members.
• Additional Skills/Requirements Preferred:
  Advanced statistical training with working knowledge of multiple analytic programs (SPSS, SAS, R, Stata, Excel, etc.) preferred

This position offers:

• Competitive compensation package including sign-on bonus, relocation assistance, CME expense reimbursement, and malpractice insurance.
• Benefits include Paid Time Off, CME time, retirement with employer match, medical, dental, vision, life/disability insurance, paid family leave, wellness program, and more.

Maine Health Behavioral Health (MHBH), a Maine Health member, is Northern New England's leading integrated behavioral healthcare system. It serves predominantly southern, western, central and Mid-Coast Maine, and is composed of southern Maine's only nonprofit psychiatric hospital, outpatient treatment, crisis services, as well as 5 ACT teams. This fully integrated and growing system of behavioral healthcare makes it a regional and national model for treating people with serious mental health issues.

Maine Health is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, "Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America." Maine Health consists of nine local health systems, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and 1,700 employed clinicians working together through the Maine Health Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, Maine Health provides preventive care, diagnosis, and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.

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For more information, please contact Sarah Evan, Physician and APP Recruiter atsarah.evan

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