Licensed Psychiatrists for Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services (PBHS) clinic at HSC Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences (Clinician Educator)

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The Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC is seeking a full-time board certified (preferred) or board eligible Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist to care for Keck Medicine of USC patients. We are seeking candidates to join a diverse and dynamic multidisciplinary team who are strongly committed to providing excellent, multiculturally competent, clinical treatment (including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), intra-nasal ketamine in addition to traditional Pharmacotherapeutic and Psychotherapeutic modalities) to Keck Medicine patients and training to psychiatry residents. We are seeking candidates who are reflective of our diverse adult population and who have strong clinical skills, are familiar with the duties associated with an outpatient mental health clinic within the Keck Medicine of USC medical system, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, collegial, professional environment. 

This is a full-time clinical-educator faculty position with an academic appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and clinical service assignment in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services clinic at Health Sciences Campus (PBHS@HSC). A generous benefits package includes: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term care, disability, malpractice coverage and more (information about benefits can be found here); significant retirement benefits (USC makes a 10% contribution when you contribute 5%); tuition assistance for you and your family; paid professional days and parental leave; access to free continuing education credits through our Grand Rounds lecture series; and generous paid time off.

Description of PBHS at HSC

PBHS at HSC is an outpatient mental health clinic within the Keck Medicine of USC medical system and is comprised of a multidisciplinary team of clinical psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and case managers that provide mental health services to Keck Medicine patients.

Essential Functions:

• Report to and work closely with the Medical Director of Psychiatric Services.
• Provide direct outpatient psychiatric care including psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, and medication treatment of mental disorders for Keck Medicine patients. This includes up to 32-35 hours per week of patient care.
• Provide treatment using neuromodulation modalities, as indicated.
• Facilitate higher level of care referrals and hospitalizations, when needed.  
• Support medication treatment with brief supportive therapy and motivational interviewing when indicated, with the provider’s role and expertise primarily relating to the biological treatment of the student.  
• Cover on-call emergencies, as assigned. This includes being available for urgent medication issues of patients on assigned workdays, and for your outpatient clinic patients.
  • Currently there are rotating Consultation and Liaison (CL) weekend on-call duties for psychiatrists. On-call duties are assigned based on clinical needs and distributed evenly amongst psychiatrists, based on FTE.

• Attend weekly multidisciplinary faculty and staff meetings. 
• Collaborate and consult with other mental health providers, especially related to high-risk patients, and with primary care medical providers who may also provide psychiatric medication management to patients.   
• Participate in yearly merit review and performance evaluations, peer review, quality improvement activities and other unit, departmental, and division teams and committees.  
• Provide supervision of psychiatry residents (PGY 2-4s).
• Attend Psychiatry Department Grand Rounds, Social Justice Forums, and Department Matters meetings.
• Position is a hybrid of telemedicine and in-person clinic.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be a State of California Licensed Physician and a board certified (preferred) or board eligible psychiatrist.
• Experience in short term medication treatment, stabilization, and crisis intervention.
• Multicultural competency in working with patients of color, patients from all economic classes, LGBTQ patients, and international patients.
• Resilient, self-aware, and able to thrive in a fast paced, demanding environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with TMS, Ketamine, ECT, etc.
• Experience working with issues encountered in early and emerging adulthood, including identity issues (e.g., sexual identity, gender identity, racial/ethnic identity, etc.), sexual trauma, eating disorders, and substance use disorders.
• An advanced practice clinician possessing well-developed clinical and psychopharmacological skills and the willingness to support the development of evidence-based clinical guidelines for patients.  
• Effectively works in a highly diverse and multicultural patient population and LGBTQ affirmative environment.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards of professional practice and to professional integrity.
• Desire to continue to grow as a professional and committed to excellence and lifelong learning.
• Additional language skills are welcome.

Application Deadline: Until position is filled.

Starting Date: Negotiable

The annual base salary range for this position is $215,250-$300,000.  When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

USC is one of the world’s leading private research universities with approximately 48,500 students from all 50 states and boasts one of the largest international student bodies in the country. USC is located in the heart of Los Angeles, a culturally rich metropolitan city with a large ethnic and economically diverse population and is close to both beach and mountains with wonderful outdoor recreation opportunities. The mild temperatures along with the city’s average of 329 days of sun per year makes Los Angeles a wonderful city to live and work.

The Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences is committed to attracting and nurturing a diverse community dedicated to providing culturally informed, high-quality behavioral healthcare to a multicultural population. Both in our work environment and clinical practice, we embrace diversity across multiple dimensions. We aim to provide a safe, inclusive environment for our faculty, staff, residents, fellows, trainees, volunteers, patients, colleagues, and the multitude of stakeholders with whom we work. Through our clinical services, educational programs, research studies, and policy initiatives, we are committed to addressing health care disparities for historically underserved groups; to combating racism and anti-Blackness at all levels; and to promoting and ensuring social justice.

USC strongly values diversity, equity, and inclusion and is committed to equal opportunity in employment. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status. All genders, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, veterans, bicultural/multicultural and bilingual/multilingual individuals are encouraged to apply.