Assistant Professor

Essential Functions (Principal Duties and Job Responsibilities):

·       Clinical Care: Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with psychiatric and behavioral health conditions; develop treatment plans; prescribe and manage medications when applicable; provide inpatient, outpatient, consultation-liaison, or specialty psychiatric services; maintain appropriate clinical documentation; and participate in quality and patient-safety initiatives.

·       Medical & Graduate Medical Education: Teach and supervise medical students, psychiatry residents, fellows, and other trainees; provide clinical precepting and mentoring; deliver lectures, conferences, case presentations, and other educational activities; evaluate learner performance; and participate in curriculum development.

·       Research & Scholarship: Participate in clinical, translational, educational, or health-services research appropriate to the faculty track; contribute to peer-reviewed publications, presentations, abstracts, or other scholarly products; collaborate with faculty investigators; and pursue external funding when required by the appointment.

·       Faculty & Institutional Service: Participate in departmental and medical school committees, faculty meetings, recruitment activities, accreditation initiatives, strategic planning, and community engagement; support departmental performance and institutional priorities.

·       Professional Development: Maintain board certification/eligibility, medical licensure, continuing medical education, and required credentials; participate in faculty development; and demonstrate progress toward promotion to Associate Professor.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Exceptional interpersonal communication skills
• Abilities to lead collaborative inter-organizational programs
• Knowledge about design of adult learning and active learning educational experiences
• Commitment to professional excellence and innovation in medical education
• Documented scholarship in the respective clinical area and/or medical education
• Ability to work effectively in an interdisciplinary environment

Education and Experience Required:

• Terminal Degree (MD, MD/PH.D., DO) from an LCME-accredited medical school
• Documented accomplishments as a clinician and clinician educator
• Experience and documented accomplishments in teaching medical students
• Must meet qualifications for a faculty appointment as Assistant Professor
• Completed an ACGME-accredited Residency Program and/or Fellowship

Licensure, Certification or Registration Required:

• Board Certification in respective clinical specialty or sub-specialty
• Unrestricted TN medical license
• DEA