The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Pritzker Department of Child and Adolescent of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, seek a full-time non-tenure-eligible Clinician-Educator at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. This position is intended for a child and adolescent psychiatrist who will join a multidisciplinary child and adolescent psychiatry department in a nationally ranked, freestanding children's hospital located on the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine campus.

Lurie Children's Hospital recognizes the impact of systemic, cultural, social, and economic factors on children and families, and values the diverse identities that build and enrich our hospital and the broader Chicago community. We are committed to welcoming staff and faculty from varied backgrounds because we believe that diversity strengthens the collective fabric of our medical center and fulfills our commitment to address the structural health disparities in the medical care of children. We seek employees who share this perspective, consider it important to their professional identity, and are representative of the families and children we serve.

The Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist on the Psychiatry Consult Service at Lurie Children's Hospital will be responsible for providing psychiatric assessments and interventions to children in the medical service areas of the hospital. This recruit's clinical responsibilities will be assessing and intervening with patients with complex medical problems and psychiatric needs residing on medical floors, in the emergency department, as well as those patients awaiting transition to acute care psychiatry services either in or outside of Lurie Children's Hospital. Tasks will include patient care and care coordination, liaising with the medical subspecialists and teams, assisting with the coordination of flow of patients in need of psychiatric care at Lurie Children's including transfers from outside hospitals/agencies. The recruit will work with several multidisciplinary teams (Psychologists, Med/Psych SW, Psych RN, ED RN/Attendings, Floor RN/Attendings) in providing care to psychiatric patients across the spectrum of care. The recruit will participate in teaching responsibilities for McGaw fellows and residents as well as for trainees across disciplines. Scholarly activity is also expected, and time for scholarly work is built into the structure of the position.

Qualified candidates will have experience and have excelled in teaching and a commitment to participating in an academic medical center environment. Crisis evaluation and treatment experience (ideally pediatric hospital-based) and board certified or eligible in child and adolescent psychiatry required. Fluency in Spanish would be a plus. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States and licensure in Illinois. Licensure in Illinois and Lurie Children's medical staff membership are required before starting work.

Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Start date immediate after licensure in Illinois and credentialing. Applications will be evaluated as received. The start date is negotiable and the position will remain open until filled.

This is a position at Lurie Children's Hospital, but initial application is made through Northwestern University. Please provide a CV with a cover letter describing clinical experience and academic interests. Also upload this completed list of references form to suggest the names of individuals who could write letters of reference on your behalf.

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