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Faculty - Outpatient Psychiatry
Educator-first jobs (>/= .2 FTE for teaching/supervising)
Application Deadline: December 30, 2023
Overview:
The
Department of Psychiatry at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D.
School of Medicine (WMed) seeks a board eligible or board-certified
psychiatrist to join its growing academic department in its outpatient
psychiatry clinic.
Department:
The
Department of Psychiatry, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School
of Medicine (WMed) employs 18 full-time academic employed faculty members. The
psychiatry residency program is a fully accredited program, currently with 24
residents (6 per year with accreditation up to 8 per year). WMed is looking to
expand and enhance psychiatric clinical services, research, and both medical
student and resident training. There are significant clinical and research
partnerships with Ascension Borgess, Community Healing Centers of Kalamazoo,
Integrated Services of Kalamazoo (ISK), Southwest Michigan Behavioral Health
(SWMBH), the Veterans Battle Creek Health Care system (VA) as well as other
community organizations/agencies. WMed Psychiatry is practicing the
“Collaborative Care Model” (CoCM) with Bronson Healthcare and anticipating
continued growth in the primary care practices of Family Medicine, Pediatrics
as well as OB/GYN.
Mental Health Clinic:
In
the last two years, the WMed Health Psychiatry Clinic has experienced
significant growth, tripling its patient volume while refocusing on
high-quality patient care, patient and provider safety during COVID with robust
tele-psychiatry services and excellent learning opportunities for trainees.
The
optimal candidate will work in collaboration with the WMed Psychiatry
Outpatient Medical Director and the WMed Psychiatry Department Chair to provide
patient care and supervision of psychiatry residents and medical students and ensure
an outstanding academic outpatient clinic experience which sets the standard
for patient care in the region.
Responsibilities:
We
are seeking board certified or eligible psychiatrists who are interested and
passionate about teaching. Faculty rank is commensurate with experience
and qualifications of the candidate.
This
opportunity features:
·
The ability to practice with a growing
collegial team currently consisting of psychiatrists and psychologists, social
workers and nursing personnel focused on quality patient care.
·
Clinical time incorporated with supervision of
medical students and psychiatry residents in their ACGME-accredited residency
program.
·
Be part of a department that is fully
supportive of growth and change for any academic interests with potential for
leadership.
·
Interested candidates will enjoy protected
academic time for administrative and research endeavors.
·
Excellent salary and comprehensive benefits
package.
·
Mentorship and strong support for
individualized career planning and development.
Candidates
with additional training in geriatrics, child and adolescent, addiction
medicine or forensic psychiatry are all welcome to apply. Based on training and
career interests, specific clinical and other academic responsibilities will be
negotiated.
Qualifications:
·
Practicing
Physician (M.D. or D.O.).
·
Licensure
to practice medicine in Michigan.
·
Board
certified or eligibility for board certification.
About Western Michigan
University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
We are committed to
excellence and health equity through transformative medical education,
high-quality, patient- and family-entered care, innovative research, and
community partnerships within a just culture of diversity, equity, inclusion,
and belonging. Our vision is health equity for all in Southwest Michigan
through innovation in the practice and study of medicine.
The medical school is a
collaboration of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo's two teaching
health systems, Ascension Borgess and Bronson Healthcare. The medical school is
a private nonprofit corporation supported by private gifts, clinical revenues,
research activities, tuition, and endowment income. Building upon a $100
million foundational gift in 2011, WMed is a recipient of the Empowering
Futures Gift, a philanthropic commitment of $300 million to support the mission
of the medical school. WMed contributes to the economic vitality of Southwest
Michigan through the services we provide as well as the creation of 1,600 new
jobs and an annual estimated economic impact of $353 million in Kalamazoo and
Calhoun counties.
WMed is fully
accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Higher
Learning Commission. The medical school offers a comprehensive, innovative
four-year Doctor of Medicine degree program and two Master of Science degree
programs in Biomedical Sciences and Medical Engineering. We train physicians in
10 residencies and five fellowships accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education. To support our educational mission, we have Joint
Accreditation for interprofessional continuing education, which incorporates
accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
WMed Health is the
clinical practice of the medical school with more than 300 providers offering
comprehensive primary care and specialty services in several locations
throughout Kalamazoo, Portage, and Battle Creek. The Department of Pathology
faculty serve as the Office of the Medical Examiner for counties throughout
Michigan and northern Indiana.
The W.E. Upjohn M.D.
Campus located in downtown Kalamazoo serves as the primary educational facility
with faculty and administrative offices, student study and social spaces,
team-based learning halls, a state-of-the-art Simulation Center accredited by
the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, basic science research labs, as well
as toxicology and forensic pathology labs.
WMed is building upon
Kalamazoo’s century-long foundation of drug discovery and medical device
development with a strategic investment in clinical, laboratory, community, and
educational research. The Center for Immunobiology, Center for Clinical
Research, Research Histology Lab, Innovation Center, and Human Research
Protection Program contribute to the medical school’s advancement of knowledge
through innovation and discovery.
Western
Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is an Equal
Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer of females, minorities,
individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans, and actively strives to
increase diversity within its community. We provide a drug- and tobacco-free
workplace.
EEO
Minorities/Women/Disabled/Protected Veterans.
Contact Information:
Eric Achtyes
Program Chair
eric.achtyes@wmed.edu
1717 Shaffer, Suite 010
Kalamazoo, MI 49048
269-337-4431
