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Position Title	Interim Chair, Psychiatry
Position Type	Faculty
Department	Psychiatry
Full or Part Time	Part Time
Pay Grade	5

Position Summary Information

Department Specific Information
Summary	Responsible for setting the vision, priorities and goals for the Department of Psychiatry aligned with the goals of the College of Medicine and NEOMED. Ensures compliance with accreditation standards and participates in teaching medical students. The Interim Chair fosters a strong research environment, supporting grant applications, publications and scholarly activity.
Principal Functional Responsibilities	Education: Engage with students and prospective students, serving as a model of medical professionalism. Work with the Clinical Experiential Director to assure a high-quality psychiatry clerkship experience for all students at all clinical sites, including appropriate statewide didactics. Maintain regular contact with all students during their psychiatry clerkship. Build and maintain strong ties with our psychiatry residency partners. Advise, upon request, students seeking a career in psychiatry. Build and maintain strong ties to the community of mental health care professionals. Administrative Leadership: Recruit, retain and mentor faculty with expertise in teaching, research, and clinical practice in psychiatry. Recruit, develop, and maintain additional clinical partners and preceptors who will provide high quality educational experiences for COM students. In conjunction with the administrative director, participate in the monitoring and evaluation of departmental operations, operating budgets, extramural funding, performance of faculty and staff. Serve on other University and College committees as needed and perform other duties as assigned. Strategic Vision: Responsible for carrying out the mission of NEOMED by providing faculty and staff opportunities for education, research, clinical care and scholarship. Develops shared departmental vision in alignment with NEOMED’s mission and growth-oriented vision. Provide innovative, inspiring leadership to the faculty, students, staff, clinical preceptors, affiliate organizations, and the community. Provide leadership in refining and advancing NEOMED’s unique approach to interprofessional education, incorporating increased opportunities for interdisciplinary practice. Departmental Research: Support existing departmental research efforts. Advise on potential opportunities in research. Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications	M.D. or D.O. degree Board Certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Minimum ten years’ experience in the practice of psychiatry, preferably in academic, public or community settings Eligible for appointment as Chair with a faculty appointment consistent with a full professor designation. Experience in a university setting with multiple health professional programs and with interdisciplinary care models A record of success as a leader, (e.g. as vice chair; institute, center, or program director), in a higher education and clinical environment, including experience in successfully growing a program, department, center or institute or equivalent leadership in public/community mental health settings affiliated with an academic institution Experience with curriculum development and assessment and its implementation at an institutional level
Preferred Qualifications
Physical Requirements	Must be able to utilize a phone, computer and other office equipment.

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NEOMED Campus Safety Guidelines	In an effort to keep our campus community as healthy and safe as possible, NEOMED may require vaccinations as a condition of attendance and employment. This policy will allow for exemption of the vaccination requirement for those individuals with valid medical reasons, sincerely held religious beliefs and matters of conscience.
Close Date	01/23/2026

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