The Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine seeks a full-time psychiatrist to join our interdisciplinary team of professionals providing inpatient psychiatric consult services to patients at the Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital.
Yale Cancer Center is Connecticut's only cancer center designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute—and one of only 57 in the nation. Smilow Cancer Hospital provides patients with novel, state-of-the art cancer detection and treatment options within the context of patient-centered expert care.
The position involves the provision of direct patient care, collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, and participation our proactive consultative model and growing Psycho-Oncology program within the Psychological Medicine Section.
The Psychological Medicine Section consists of traditional and proactive psychiatric consult services on medical and surgical inpatient units and 17 integrated psychiatry and behavioral health programs in diverse medical and surgical outpatient settings at Yale New Haven Hospital. Yale New Haven Hospital is the primary teaching and clinical research facility of Yale School of Medicine and consistently ranks among the best hospitals in the United States. Additional opportunities include teaching medical students, residents, and fellows.
This position includes up to a full day per week of protected administrative/academic time. The position also carries a full-time faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor within the Department of Psychiatry, a depending upon the candidate’s qualifications and experience.
Yale University offers Yale Signature Benefits, including but not limited to:
·Medical coverage through Yale Health and Aetna
·Dental coverage through Delta Dental
·Vision coverage options through Eyemed
·Yale University Retirement Account Plan
·Paid time off
·Disability coverage
·Life insurance
·Mortgage loan program
·Commuter benefits
·Yale Homebuyer program
·College tuition benefit plan Yale
·Advantage discount program (Discounts for Activities, Travel, services, shopping, etc.)
Living in/near New Haven
New Haven is recognized as a city of innovation, culture, diversity, and prosperity. It is located between Boston and New York on Long Island Sound, and has outstanding cultural amenities (museums, theater, music, and sports), award-winning restaurants (including several of the nation’s best pizza parlors), boutique shops and national brands, quaint neighborhoods and bustling downtown areas with a variety of living options.
New Haven is accessible by plane, train, and automobile, and is easy to navigate on foot, by bicycle, or bus. A free shuttle service provided by Yale covers many areas in the city.
Candidates must be license eligible within the State of Connecticut and have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to function well as part of a collaborative multi-disciplinary team of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and nurses.
Please apply through Interfolio using this link http://apply.interfolio.com/161874 You will be asked to upload a cover letter, curriculum vita, and three letters of recommendation.
If you have questions about this job opportunity, please contact Ariadna Forray, MD, Section Chief of Psychological Medicine, via email at ariadna.forray@yale.edu for more information.
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
The University is committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education, and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities and seeks to attract to its faculty, staff, and student body qualified persons from a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives.
Additionally, in accordance with this Policy and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment against any individual on account of that individual’s sex; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions; race; color; national or ethnic origin; religion; age; disability; protected veteran status, or other protected classes as set forth in federal and Connecticut law.
Professional Conduct Review for New Faculty Hires
The final candidate, upon acceptance of a contingent offer of employment/faculty appointment, may be required to disclose whether they are, or have been, the subject of any disciplinary proceeding (investigation, hearing, etc.) at previous institutions or employers, and may also be subject to a background screening. Candidates who materially misrepresent information on their resume or other application materials are ineligible for hire/appointment. Final candidates may also be required to sign a release to allow Yale to solicit information regarding any substantiated conduct violations from current and/or past employers.
