Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences (Clinician Educator)

Licensed Psychiatrist for USC Counseling and Mental Health

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences (Clinician Educator)

Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC

The Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC is seeking a board certified (preferred) or board eligible Adolescent/Adult Psychiatrist to care for USC students. We are seeking an experienced psychiatrist to join a diverse and dynamic multidisciplinary team who are strongly committed to providing excellent, multiculturally competent, clinical treatment to USC students and training to medical residents. We are seeking candidates who are reflective of our diverse student population and who have strong clinical skills, are familiar with the duties associated with a university counseling center, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, collegial, professional environment. 

This is a clinical 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 assignments in USC Student Health, Counseling and Mental Health Services. 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 Counseling and Mental Health

USC’s Counseling and Mental Health Services provides mental health services to students to help them best achieve their academic and personal goals. Services include: individual and group counseling; assessment and referral to other professionals and institutions; crisis intervention (including some after-hours coverage); case management; psychiatric evaluations and medication follow-up; consultation; outreach and prevention; and training and supervision. Our students benefit from multidisciplinary collaboration, and we adopt a bio-psycho-social approach in our work whenever appropriate.

We are committed to providing quality mental and educational services in accordance with the ethical and legal standards of our profession. We appreciate and honor diversity and work with all students with compassion, respect, and dignity. We advocate for and empower our students in pursuing their goals and personal development.

Training is an important function in our center. We are committed to providing professional training opportunities for trainees in psychology, social work, family medicine, and psychiatry (i.e., medical student and residency electives). The entire faculty is involved in our training programs including individual supervision, group supervision, case consults, and/or seminars. The training also includes participating in and promoting self-reflection.

We are committed to creating a work environment characterized by respect, mutual support, and teamwork, and the sharing of diverse opinions among our faculty. We value and honor the diversity of the students we serve as well as the diversity of our faculty and the unique contributions of each member. Faculty are committed to ongoing learning, self-awareness, and cultural competency. 

Essential Functions:   

• Report to and work closely with the Associate Director of Student Psychiatric Services.
• Provide direct outpatient psychiatric care including collaborative evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders for USC students. This includes up to 32 hours per week of direct face-to-face patient care.
• Work assignment will include several 4-hour Saturday shifts via Telemedicine during each semester between September through May that will be distributed equally among the psychiatry team.
• Work assignment will also include one late weekday night per week (until 7pm).
• Facilitate higher level of care referrals and hospitalizations, when needed.  
• Support medication treatment with brief supportive therapy and motivational interviewing when indicated.
• Cover on-call emergencies, as assigned. This includes being available for urgent medication issues of patients on assigned workdays.
  • Currently there are no overnight on-call duties for psychiatrists, but on-call duties may be assigned based on clinical needs and will be distributed evenly amongst psychiatrists based on FTE.