Department:

Psychiatry - General - 412202

06/02/2023

Yes

Permanent Faculty

Open Rank

Fixed Term Faculty

FAC0004556

Full-Time Permanent

40

1

North Carolina, US

10/02/2023

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 Psychiatry is seeking a board eligible/certified physician to help in the evaluation and management of emergency room patients presenting with behavioral health concerns. The psychiatrist will be involved in diagnostic evaluations, treatment recommendations, and medication management of patients presenting. This would be an onsite job in the UNC Hospital Emergency Room and require some shift work but primarily be days.

MD or DO; board eligible/certified psychiatrist.

Experience working in the emergency room. The ideal physician would be comfortable working and supervising a multidisciplinary team of clinicians working to the full extent of their licenses to help coordinate care of behavioral health patients.

Not Applicable.

Interested candidates may apply by going to


https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/258466 and attaching a curriculum vitae and letter of application. Please include the names of 2-3 reference writers.