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Form of workWomen’s Mental Health and Outpatient Psychiatry
Worcester, MA
Jumpstart your professional career in women’s Mental Health Outpatient psychiatry working with national innovators at the UMass Memorial Health Care and the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. The Department of Psychiatry at UMass Memorial Medical Center is seeking a psychiatrist with interest and experience in Women’s Mental Health. This position will provide opportunities for integrating behavioral healthcare into obstetric and other medical settings through consultation and telepsychiatry. Clinical activities include prescription and management of medications, administration or recommendation of psychotherapeutic treatments, and collaboration with physicians, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, or other professionals.
The position also includes the opportunity to work on population-based statewide programs focused on building the capacity of the medical community to address perinatal Mental Health and substance use disorders in Massachusetts (www.mcpapformoms.org) and other states (www.lifeline4moms.org).
Our faculty are pioneers in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, obstetrics and gynecology (Ob/Gyn), and pediatrics, leading paradigm-shifting work focused on addressing women’s Mental Health. Together, we have collective experience, expertise in women’s Mental Health and parental Mental Health, and deep relationships with community partners, including medical societies and policymakers. In collaboration with these community partners, we support junior faculty in providing evidence-based Mental Health care for families. Throughout our Department and Lifeline for Families Center, we are deeply committed to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into our clinical work. Our prior and ongoing projects focus on:
· Building the capacity of nontraditional settings and developing practical approaches to address Mental Health as part of perinatal, infant, and child health care, no matter what door the family enters.
· Creating feasible and scalable care delivery models, trainings, and tools for women and families to be supported by the professionals they present to, regardless of that professional’s specific discipline.
· Doing work that is scalable, replicable, evidence based, and already implemented nationwide.
· Creating innovative solutions are driven by our research, the voices of community partners, and others’ research.
If of interest, the psychiatrist will be mentored to develop their own independent research with opportunities for publication and presentations. Protected research time is available to qualified candidates. This will include the opportunity to work on existing NIH- and PCORI-funded clinical and implementation studies. Current active research in the Lifeline for Moms Center includes PCORI, CDC, NIMH, SAMSHA, HRSA, and philanthropic and state-funded projects.
The faculty member will have the opportunity to work with Kimberly Yonkers, MD, DLFAPA, the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, DFAPA, FACLP, the Executive Director of Lifeline for Families, Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, DFAPA, FACLP, the Executive Director of Lifeline for Families, Tiffany Moore Simas, MD, MPH, MEd, FACOG, the Chair of the Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jessica Griffin, PsyD, Heather Forkey, MD, Ed Tronick, PhD, Dorothy Richardson, PhD, and Martha Zimmermann, PhD.
UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMHC) is the clinical partner of The University of Massachusetts Medical School. The Department of Psychiatry at UMMHC has a faculty of more than 370 physicians, psychologists and other researchers engaged in a variety of clinical and academic pursuits. UMMHC is the largest provider of psychiatric services in central Massachusetts. We are a national leader in women’s Mental Health, public sector psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, autism spectrum disorders, forensic psychiatry, and neuropsychiatry. Visit: https://www.umassmed.edu/psychiatry/dop/
Centrally located, Worcester is within an hour of Boston and Providence; and a short drive to Cape Cod or the scenic Berkshire Mountains. Worcester offers a unique combination of proximity to outdoor activities and the amenities of an urban environment. Our faculty enjoy a lower cost of living than in coastal cities and all of the benefits of a large urban academic medical center.
Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae addressed to:
Kimberly Yonkers, MD
Chair of Psychiatry
University of Massachusetts Medical School
UMass Memorial Medical Center
c/o: Krystal Vincent, Physician Recruiter
Krystal.Vincent@umassmemorial.org
As the leading employer in the Worcester area, we seek talent and ideas from individuals of varied backgrounds and viewpoints.
