Chair, Psychiatry (Assistant/Associate/Professor of Clinical Psychiatry)

Position Summary
The Chair of the Department of Psychiatry shall provide leadership of the Department, including all educational, clinical, research, and outreach activities of the Department. The Chair will represent the Department in College leadership to the University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine and with the Community.

The Chair will oversee the education of our medical students in the pre-clinical and clinical phases of their education primarily through guidance of the clerkship director and recruitment of community-based faculty to participate in medical education. The Chair will oversee the research activities of the community-based department. The Chair will provide leadership in developing new programs to assure quality in meeting the clinical and educational commitments of the Department. The Chair will recruit, advise, and develop high-quality faculty and encourage research, curriculum development, and other scholarly activities. The Chair will interact with other department heads/chairs to facilitate inter-departmental programs involving other clinical disciplines and other health professions within this College and internationally. The Chair will have ongoing clinical responsibilities at a partner healthcare institution.

Duties & Responsibilities

• In administering the academic activities of the Department, the Chair will be responsible to the Regional Dean of the College of Medicine at Rockford. For activities based at a partner healthcare facility, the Chair will be responsible to the Chief Medical Officer of the health system.
• The full-time position is structured so that the candidate will maintain and build a clinical practice at one of the partner institutions in a part-time role and will develop clinical teaching for the medical students at that site.
• The Chair shall be responsible for the Departmental budgets and, in consultation with appropriate committees, be responsible for all Departmental staff, the allocation of facilities, the care and distribution of Departmental property, and the expenditure of Departmental funds.
• The Chair shall annually consult with and counsel each faculty member of the Department regarding the nature and scope of his/her work, academic and professional development, and career goals.
• The Chair shall serve as a member of committees of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, the College of Medicine, the University, and committees in the community, as appropriate.
• The Chair shall work with other disciplines and units in the promotion of interprofessional education as well as community-based education, research, and service to effectively serve the local community.
• The Chair will work with community and state-wide psychiatrists to participate in the clinical education and training of medical students.
• The Chair must qualify for appointment to the medical staff of partnering health system(s).