The Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine is seeking a clinically engaged psychiatrist to take a leadership role in Quality Improvement across Yale–New Haven Hospital’s acute psychiatric services, while maintaining a strong, patient-facing clinical practice. This is a hospital-based faculty position that combines direct clinical care with a meaningful opportunity to shape how psychiatric care is delivered, evaluated, and improved across the system.
This role is designed for a physician who wants to lead quality, safety, and operational improvement while remaining embedded in frontline care. Effort will be dedicated to serving as Physician Lead for Quality Improvement. Clinical work in inpatient psychiatry and/or the psychiatric emergency department will be based on interest and need.
As Physician Lead for Quality Improvement, the faculty member will partner closely with departmental and hospital leadership to:
Clinically, Yale–New Haven Psychiatric Hospital is a 118-bed acute care psychiatric facility serving adults, geriatric, transitional-age youth, and adolescents, with integrated emergency and step-down programs across two campuses. The successful candidate will be an engaged clinician, educator, and collaborator within this dynamic academic medical center.
Candidates must be board-eligible or board-certified in Psychiatry. Experience or interest in emergency psychiatry, consultation-liaison, and inpatient psychiatry is valued, as is a strong interest in scholarship related to quality improvement and health systems innovation.
This position includes a faculty appointment at the Assistant or Associate Professor level, commensurate with experience, and offers institutional support for clinical excellence, leadership development, and academic advancement.
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 by bus. A free shuttle service provided by Yale covers many areas in the city.
Candidates must be board-eligible or board-certified in Psychiatry.
To apply for this position, please use this link: https://apply.interfolio.com/179712
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. If you have questions about this job opportunity, please contact Hun Millard, MD, Vice Chief and Deputy Chair of Psychiatry, via email at Hun.Millard@yale.edu.
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.
