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Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Department:
SOM Wichita Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

Position Title:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Job Family Group:
Academic

Job Description Summary:
The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the KU School of Medicine in Wichita is looking for a child and adolescent psychiatrist who will teach residents to practice child and adolescent psychiatry in an outpatient and inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry setting. This person will train medical students to understand psychiatric diagnosis, treatment options, and how mental health relates to the health of the whole person.

Job Description:

Required Qualifications:

• Board Certified or eligible in Psychiatry
• Board Certified or eligible in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Licensed or eligible to be licensed to practice medicine in the State of Kansas
• Current DEA certificate
• Good standing with the Board of Healing Arts

Preferred Qualifications:

• Clinical experience in an academic psychiatry setting

Teaching & Education 0.23 FTE

• Supervise, instruct and evaluate psychiatry residents and medical students on assigned educational clinical rotation(s) in accordance with department policies
• Prepare and present formal lectures for psychiatry residents, psychology trainees, and medical students as required by the department
• Prepare and update the educational goals and expectations of assigned educational rotation(s)
• Engage in education committees as assigned
• Complete GME time studies as assigned

Clinical Services, Inpatient or Outpatient 0.75 FTE

• Participate in weekend call rotation
• Participate in coverage for other faculty, at the goal set annually by the Chair
• Supervise psychiatric services in the resident child and adolescent outpatient clinic at KUSM-W
• Specialty clinics may be developed with the approval of the Chair
• Provide psychiatric services in the faculty outpatient clinic at KUSM-W. Services may include group sessions, medicine checks, and therapy sessions and a wide variety of clinical services
• Accurate and timely completion of electronic medical record entries for each patient encounter
• Actively collaborate in clinical productivity and initiatives designed to meet RVU and financial benchmarks

Research & Scholarship 0.02 FTE

• Department will support the development of a research program in their area(s) of interest, potentially in collaboration with the KUMC-W Center for Clinical Research
• Meet research and scholarly activity requirements for promotion. Examples of promotable activities include: publishing research in peer-reviewed journals; presenting study results at regional/national conferences; applying for grants; publishing case reports; and involvement in health policy development.

Required Documents:

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter

If selected as a final candidate for this position, you may be required to complete the Association of American of Universities Representations and Warranties document and sign a release of records that will allow the University of Kansas Medical Center to conduct a further background check with former employers. A copy of the Representations and Warranties document can be found here.

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Employee Type:
Regular

Time Type:
Full time

Application Instructions:
To learn more and apply online, please visit https://kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-jobs/job/Wichita-KS/Child-and-Adolescent-Psychiatrist_JR007992 or go to https://careers.kumc.edu/ and search for position number JR007992.

Applications must be submitted directly through the KU Medical Center website to be considered for this position. Any applications submitted via email or this website will NOT be reviewed or considered.

About KU Medical Center:
The University of Kansas Medical Centers mission is to educate exceptional health care professionals through a full range of undergraduate, graduate, professional, postdoctoral and continuing education programs in the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions. KU Medical Center also advances the health sciences through world-class research programs; provides compassionate and state-of-the-art patient care in an academic medical center environment; and works with communities in every Kansas county to improve the health of Kansans. Learn more at www.kumc.edu.

Benefits:
KUMC offers a range of great benefits that support employees and eligible family members. Our health insurance benefits begin on hire date and KUMC offers other exciting benefits such as paid parental leave, generous employer retirement contributions and other resources to improve health and well-being. For more information, please visit https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Kansas Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, age, protected veteran or disability status, marital status, parental status, or genetic information. http://policy.ku.edu/IOA/nondiscrimination

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