What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Professor - Emergency Medicine Psychiatrist position at Medical College of Wisconsin?
Position Description:
The Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Emergency Medicine are seeking a full-time psychiatrist with a focus on Emergency Psychiatry. The qualified candidate will provide patient care; teach fellows, residents, and students; and engage in scholarly and community-based activities—promoting all missions of the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Summary
Successful candidates will help shape the future of Emergency Psychiatry at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin and contribute to the academic mission of the institution. The recruit will hold a primary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and a secondary appointment in the Department of Emergency Medicine. In this role, the recruit will report to the leadership of both departments. Mirroring the Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin (F&MCW) Health Network, the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Emergency Medicine are experiencing unprecedented growth in practice locales and faculty member numbers.
The emergency psychiatrist, embedded in the care team at the F&MCW Froedtert Hospital (FH) Emergency Department (ED), will evaluate, treat, stabilize, and aid in the disposition of patients presenting to the ED with acute psychiatric complaints. The successful recruit will closely collaborate with Emergency Medicine (EM) faculty members, EM residents, ED social workers, and ED nurses to identify and meet the needs of patients presenting the ED with behavioral health needs. The emergency psychiatrist faculty member will also work collaboratively with community partners to facilitate ED-to-inpatient and ED-to-ambulatory clinic transitions of care for patients with behavioral health needs. There are ample teaching and supervision opportunities with accredited 3-year Emergency Medicine and 4-year Psychiatry residency programs, an ACGME-accredited Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry fellowship program, and the 3rd-largest private allopathic medical school in the nation—the Medical College of Wisconsin—located on campus.
The coverage for this full-time position follows an ED-based staffing model of flexible 8-hr shifts (a mix of 1st and 2nd shift hours), including limited weekend and holiday coverage with no additional call responsibilities. Full-time status requires an average of 130 clinical hours per month (16-17 shifts/month). In-person coverage is confined to a single-location work site at the flagship academic medical center, no travel requirements. The team does provide virtual psychiatric assessments to the system’s satellite ED sites as well.
The following summary of duties and responsibilities may evolve as the successful recruit identifies additional areas of need and focus. As with all MCW faculty members, the successful recruit will be expected to devote a portion of his/her effort to teaching, scholarship/research, community engagement, and service.
Duties And Responsibilities
The successful recruit will report directly to the Chairs of the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Emergency Medicine or their respective designees.
To apply please submit CV and Cover Letter to:
Jennifer Scherer, CPRP
jescherer@mcw.edu
Position Requirements:
MCW as an Equal Opportunity Employer and Commitment to Non-Discrimination
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, or military status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the MCW community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.
The Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Emergency Medicine are seeking a full-time psychiatrist with a focus on Emergency Psychiatry. The qualified candidate will provide patient care; teach fellows, residents, and students; and engage in scholarly and community-based activities—promoting all missions of the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Summary
Successful candidates will help shape the future of Emergency Psychiatry at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin and contribute to the academic mission of the institution. The recruit will hold a primary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and a secondary appointment in the Department of Emergency Medicine. In this role, the recruit will report to the leadership of both departments. Mirroring the Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin (F&MCW) Health Network, the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Emergency Medicine are experiencing unprecedented growth in practice locales and faculty member numbers.
The emergency psychiatrist, embedded in the care team at the F&MCW Froedtert Hospital (FH) Emergency Department (ED), will evaluate, treat, stabilize, and aid in the disposition of patients presenting to the ED with acute psychiatric complaints. The successful recruit will closely collaborate with Emergency Medicine (EM) faculty members, EM residents, ED social workers, and ED nurses to identify and meet the needs of patients presenting the ED with behavioral health needs. The emergency psychiatrist faculty member will also work collaboratively with community partners to facilitate ED-to-inpatient and ED-to-ambulatory clinic transitions of care for patients with behavioral health needs. There are ample teaching and supervision opportunities with accredited 3-year Emergency Medicine and 4-year Psychiatry residency programs, an ACGME-accredited Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry fellowship program, and the 3rd-largest private allopathic medical school in the nation—the Medical College of Wisconsin—located on campus.
The coverage for this full-time position follows an ED-based staffing model of flexible 8-hr shifts (a mix of 1st and 2nd shift hours), including limited weekend and holiday coverage with no additional call responsibilities. Full-time status requires an average of 130 clinical hours per month (16-17 shifts/month). In-person coverage is confined to a single-location work site at the flagship academic medical center, no travel requirements. The team does provide virtual psychiatric assessments to the system’s satellite ED sites as well.
The following summary of duties and responsibilities may evolve as the successful recruit identifies additional areas of need and focus. As with all MCW faculty members, the successful recruit will be expected to devote a portion of his/her effort to teaching, scholarship/research, community engagement, and service.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Proactively provide care—including risk assessment—in collaboration with EM physicians, EM residents, ED social workers, and ED advanced practice providers (APPs) to patients in the F&MCW FH ED with primary and/or contributory psychiatric complaints.
- Provide evidenced-based pharmacotherapy treatment recommendations for acute psychiatric symptoms.
- Join ongoing efforts to support clinical workflows focused on initiating medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders in the Emergency Department.
- Devise and implement strategies and tactics to improve the disposition process for psychiatric patients in the Emergency Department.
- Conduct regular clinical and teaching rounds on psychiatric patients in the Emergency Department.
- Provide care to other patients in need psychiatric care in off-site F&MCW Health Network Emergency Departments via telemedicine technology.
- Teach—both didactically and at the bedside—Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine residents and students Emergency Psychiatry-specific topics.
- Initiate, conduct, and participate in Emergency Psychiatry-related scholarship and research.
- Collaborate with departmental leaders to set the vision and goals for and evaluation of a Division of Emergency Psychiatry.
- Perform other duties as identified by the Chairs of the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Emergency Medicine.
The successful recruit will report directly to the Chairs of the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Emergency Medicine or their respective designees.
To apply please submit CV and Cover Letter to:
Jennifer Scherer, CPRP
jescherer@mcw.edu
Position Requirements:
MCW as an Equal Opportunity Employer and Commitment to Non-Discrimination
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, or military status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the MCW community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.
