Psychiatric - Mental Health Physician

Psychiatry Faculty Positions

The Department of Psychiatry, under the new leadership of Dr. John Lauriello, is looking to expand its faculty. The department has openings for faculty of all ranks and welcomes all letters of interest. Strong senior mentorship and interesting clinical, education, and research opportunities are available. Specific positions currently posted include:

Addiction Psychiatry

Full-time position for a psychiatrist with interest in addictions and academic medicine. This position involves providing psychiatric care to patients with substance use disorders within a sophisticated network of established substance use disorder programs, all with experienced multi-disciplinary staffing.

Board eligibility or board certification by the ABPN or ABPM for addiction psychiatry or addiction medicine is preferred.

Consultation-Liaison (CL): Hospital Psychiatric Services / Outpatient Psychiatry

Full-time position focused mainly on inpatient consultation with some outpatient clinical work dependent on candidates' interests and expertise. The Department's Division of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry has an established tradition of clinical excellence and scholarship.

Neuro-Modulation

Full-time position will be focused mainly on providing neuro-modulation services to the Jefferson clinical population and developing an enterprise-wide neuro-modulation program. Services will be provided in the appropriate inpatient and outpatient settings, mainly at the Center City Campus with opportunities at other Jefferson Health divisions.

Outpatient Psychiatry

Full-time position focused primarily on outpatient medical management with some psychotherapy for a diverse population of patients. Significant opportunities to teach medical students and supervise senior psychiatry residents.

All positions include participation in the faculty weekend call schedule, which involves on-site and telephone coverage about every 10-12 weeks as well as weeknight phone coverage 1-2 nights per month.

Community Overview

Jefferson Health delivers state-of-the-art healthcare services to patients throughout the Delaware Valley and southern New Jersey. Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) provides more than 8,400 students from nearly 40 states and 40 countries with 21st-century professional education. Combined, we have over 30,000 employees.

Jefferson Health, with 14 hospitals (seven are Magnet designated by the ANCC for nursing excellence) and 40+ outpatient and urgent care locations, offers a broad range of primary and complex, highly specialized care that touches the lives of more than four million patients annually. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Thomas Jefferson University Hospital among the nation's best in eight specialties. Jefferson Health also includes the NCI designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center; it is one of only 70 such centers in the nation.

Thomas Jefferson University has ten colleges and three schools that offer more than 160 undergraduate and graduate programs. Our university is dedicated to inter-professional and transdisciplinary approaches to learning that offer a vibrant and expandable platform for professional education. Through this unique model, we are preparing our students for current and yet-to-be-imagined careers.

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.