Herc-Higher Education Recruitment Consortium

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Pritzker Department of Child and Adolescent of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, seek a full-time non-tenure-eligible Clinician-Educator at the rank of Instructor, Assistant, or Associate Professor. This position is intended for a child and adolescent psychiatrist who will join a multidisciplinary child and adolescent psychiatry department in a nationally ranked, freestanding children’s hospital located on the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine campus.

Lurie Children’s Hospital recognizes the impact of systemic, cultural, social, and economic factors on children and families, and values the diverse identities that build and enrich our hospital and the broader Chicago community. We are committed to welcoming staff and faculty from varied backgrounds because we believe that diversity strengthens the collective fabric of our medical center and fulfills our commitment to address the structural health disparities in the medical care of children. We seek employees who share this perspective, consider it important to their professional identity, and are representative of the families and children we serve.

Responsibilities include acute care services on the inpatient, partial hospital and intensive outpatient settings and teaching duties, as well as shared coverage of other clinical services. Scholarly activity is expected.

Qualified candidates will have completed a child and adolescent training program that includes experience in acute care services and demonstrated ability in teaching/supervision and a commitment to participating in an academic medical center environment. Board certified or eligible in child and adolescent psychiatry is required. Fluency in Spanish would be a plus. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States, licensure in Illinois and Lurie Children’s medical staff membership before starting work.

Full-time position. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Start date is negotiable after licensure in Illinois and Lurie Children's credentialing is completed. Applications will be evaluated as received. The position will remain open until filled.

This is a position at Lurie Children's Hospital, but initial application is made through Northwestern University. Please provide a CV with a cover letter describing clinical experience and academic interests. Also upload this completed list of references form to suggest the names of individuals who could write letters of reference on your behalf. Questions can be addressed to the Chair of Lurie Children's Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, John T. Walkup, MD, jwalkup@luriechildrens.org, 312 227-3413

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