Assistant Professor at Pennsylvania Hospital - AC Track

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Vor Ort; USD 150.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure academic clinician track, with expertise in emergency psychiatry and leadership in clinical care. Applicants must hold an M.D.

or equivalent and be ABPN board certified or eligible. Clinical duties include care in the Crisis Response Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, supervising trainees, and collaborating with emergency

Qualifikationen

• MD or equivalent degree required; ABPN board certified or eligible.
• Expertise in emergency psychiatry focusing on suicidality, homicidality, agitation, and acute mood/anxiety presentations.
• Experience teaching medical students and residents in psychiatry.

Aufgaben

• Teach clinical psychiatry to medical students and residents, including didactic sessions.
• Provide clinical care in the Crisis Response Center at Pennsylvania Hospital and lead the treatment team.
• Collaborate with ED clinicians and engage in quality and safety initiatives.

Kenntnisse

Emergency psychiatry

Suicidality assessment

Clinical leadership

Teaching residents

Ausbildung

MD or equivalent

ABPN board certified or eligible

Jobbeschreibung

University of Pennsylvania: Perelman School of Medicine: Perelman School of Medicine - Psychiatry

Location

Philadelphia, PA

Open Date

Jan 20, 2026

Deadline

Jan 20, 2028 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Description

The Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure academic clinician track. Expertise is required in the specific area of emergency psychiatry, especially the evaluation and management of suicidality, homicidality, behavioral agitation, and acute presentations of mood, anxiety, psychosis, and substance use disorders. Applicants must have an M.D. or equivalent degree. American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certified or eligible.

Teaching responsibilities may include clinical supervision of medical students, psychiatry residents, and emergency medicine residents in emergency psychiatry; didactic teaching of psychiatry residents in emergency psychiatry.

Clinical responsibilities may include delivery of care in the Crisis Response Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, including serving as physician leader of the interdisciplinary treatment team; assessment of patients in crisis; medication management of psychiatric emergencies; ensuring of safe disposition; and collaboration with advanced practice practitioners. Additional responsibilities will include collaboration with emergency department providers and engagement in quality and safety initiatives.

Candidates with relevant qualifications and interest may also be considered for clinical leadership responsibilities.