Assistant Professor of Clinical - Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

This position reports to the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and is the primary liaison between the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and JMH Child and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic Behavioral Health. The position includes opportunities for participation in research and other academic activities of a rapidly growing Department of Psychiatry with a national reputation for research, teaching and clinical service 

Job Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Evaluation and treatment of child and adolescent patients at the University of Miami Clinics and hospitals

• Teaching of medical students, supervision of psychiatry residents and child psychiatry fellows 

• Evaluation and treatment of patients as a part of the UMMG faculty practice 

• Actively work with departmental chiefs and key department representatives on important patient care issues, including meetings with other department directors/managers as needed

• Coordinate and participates in staff and faculty meetings

• Participate in clinical meetings with administration and Department of Psychiatry to address administrative/clinical issues 

• The Department's Chair or Vice Chair may assign additional duties. 

Additional Role:

Training Director Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program

Training Director Job Duties include:

• Develop, supervise, and monitor the quality of the training curriculum and the ethical and professional conduct of all child and adolescent psychiatry residents

• Supervise and provide academic direction for the execution of all training activities in child and adolescent psychiatry

• ​Organize seminars for the General Psychiatry Training Program to include ongoing didactic instruction in child psychopathology, growth and development, psychotherapy

• Oversee and continued participation of program faculty based on resident evaluations

• Monitor resident supervision

• Ensure compliance with grievance and due process procedures at JHS as set forth in the Institutional Requirements and Implemented by the sponsoring institution

• Monitor the need for and ensure the provision of back up support systems when patient care responsibilities are unusually difficult or prolonged

• Monitor resident stress, including physician and emotional conditions with inhibit performance or learning, as well as drug or alcohol

• Actively participate in and help coordinate the resident selection process.

• Oversee the continued participation of program faculty based on resident evaluations ​Monitor resident supervision

Education: This position requires anM.D. or M.D./Ph.D., board eligibility in psychiatry and an unrestricted Florida medical license.  The individual must demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills 

Mentor: Dr. Barbara Coffey, Professor and Chair will mentor and support this position and help the incumbent adjust to the University and faculty status during their first year of employment.