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University of Pennsylvania Physician Co-Chief- Division of Community Care and Wellness- CHOP in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Associate or Full Professor position in the non-tenure clinician educator track. Expertise is required in the specific area of strategic planning, program development and evaluation, leadership development, and academic mentoring. Applicants must have outstanding qualifications in clinical care, education, and research. Applicants must have an M.D. or equivalent degree.
Teaching responsibilities may include supervising and mentoring child and adolescent psychiatry fellows and psychiatry residents and giving lectures to trainees in psychiatry, psychology, social work, pediatrics, and nursing.
Clinical responsibilities may include assessment and treatment services to children and families, in community, outpatient, and inpatient settings.
Research or scholarship responsibilities may include prevention and intervention development research, as well as services research and implementation science. The incoming Physician Co-Chief will provide leadership to investigators focused on improving access to care, delivery of services in an equitable, culturally humble manner, promoting child and family engagement in care, and disseminating evidence-based practices to clinicians and policymakers to reduce health disparities and improve the health and well-being of children, adolescents, and their families. The department has a strong track record of extramural federal funding for intervention, services, and implementation research.
The Division of Community Care and Wellness is a rapidly growing division dedicated to promoting equity in access to and delivery of evidence-based behavioral health services and advancing innovations in health care. The division supports numerous initiatives including integrated services in primary care and school-based services to improve access to behavioral health care. The successful candidate must demonstrate the ability to collaborate effectively with psychiatry and psychology faculty and clinicians across multiple disciplines. The position requires the ability to forge strategic partnerships with community-based agencies, policy leaders at a local and state level, and faculty and administrators at CHOP and the University of Pennsylvania.
The Physician Chief reports to the Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and works closely with the other Division Chiefs, the Vice Chair for Administration, and Associate Chairs. Division Chiefs are appointed faculty in the Department of Psychiatry in Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
We seek candidates who embrace and reflect diversity in the broadest sense. The University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are EOEs. Minorities/women/individuals with disabilities/protected veterans are encouraged to apply.
The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks talented students, faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected class. Questions or concerns about this should be directed to the Executive Director of the Office of Affirmative Action (http://www.upenn.edu/affirm-action/) and Equal Opportunity Programs, University of Pennsylvania, 421 Franklin Building, 3451 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6205; or (215) 898-6993 (Voice) or (215) 898-7803 (TDD).