Posting Information
Department Emergency Medicine-Psychiatry - 411202
Posting Open Date 01/04/2023
Application Deadline
Open Until Filled Yes
Position Type Permanent Faculty
Working Title Clinical Instructor
Appointment Type Fixed Term Faculty
Vacancy ID FAC0004386
Full-time/Part-time Full-Time Permanent
Hours per week 40
FTE 1
Position Location North Carolina, US
Hiring Range
Proposed Start Date 01/24/2023
Position Information
Be a Tar Heel!
Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care.
Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve.
We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability.
We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine.
We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding.
Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve.
We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education.
We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources.
We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research.
We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
Position Summary
The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina is seeking a fully-licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) to work in the Emergency Department on a full-time basis.
The provider is responsible for the screening, ongoing evaluation, and treatment of patients presenting with mental health or substance abuse complaints.
This professional will augment the primary emergency department care team in making psychiatric diagnosis and providing psychiatric treatment including but not limited to: giving a psychiatric diagnosis, responding to behavioral emergencies, providing supportive therapy, recommendations regarding involuntary commitment and providing resources and disposition collaboration with the multidisciplinary crisis team.
Applicants are responsible for documenting psychiatric consult reports that outline assessment/medical decision making, treatment recommendations (level of care recommended), patient history, diagnosis and mental status exam.
Applicant should have strong written, oral and organization skills and ability to manage in a fast-paced environment.
This position always functions in the emergency department and is a set-rotating schedule.
This position qualifies for shift-differential (evening and weekend shifts).
This position qualifies for CME (continuing medical education) reimbursement through the Department of Emergency Medicine.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Licensed Mental Health Counselor ( LMHC) or Fully-licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Applicant should have strong written, oral and organization skills and ability to manage in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Emergency department/crisis experience and 1st commitment certification.
Special Physical/Mental Requirements
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities
Not Applicable.