The Psychiatrist is part of the Norris Health Center’s University Counseling Service (UCS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. It is part of a team of committed professionals dedicated to supporting and promoting student health and wellbeing as a core institutional value through a multidisciplinary, comprehensive approach. This psychiatrist position resides within the University Counseling Services department, and reports to the Director. The individual in this position is responsible for providing psychiatric services to UWM students and participating in community engagement activities. As a member of the UCS Psychiatry Team, the psychiatrist conducts initial consultations and psychopharmacology evaluations, and provides clinical services including medication management. The psychiatrist also participates in designing and delivering outreach programs to students, serves as a consultant to Norris Health Center staff, and collaborates on behalf of client care with other university and off-campus constituencies. The professional in this role participates regularly in Norris Health Center, psychiatry team, and UCS staff meetings and training, and collaborates closely with a multidisciplinary staff in maintaining a consistently high standard of care.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. MD or DO (Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine)
2. Possess state medical license to practice medicine in the State of Wisconsin or eligible to obtain this license by start date
3. Completed 4 year residency in psychiatry by start date

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Post residency experience in psychiatry
2. Currently board-certified with American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
3. Fellowship training in psychiatry sub-specialty
4. Evidence of experience working with a young adult, underserved, diverse population within a fast paced, Constantly changing environment
5. Evidence of outpatient psychiatry practice experience
6. Demonstrated written communication skills
7. Evidence of work experience in a college mental health setting
8. Demonstrated ability to work with a short-term treatment context and to make referrals of patients to other providers, as needed
9. Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with treatment team colleagues and other professionals who areworking with shared patients
10. Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with treatment team colleagues and other professionals who are working with shared patients
11. Evidence of excellent diagnostic and medication management skills
12. Evidence of multiculturally competent work experience with BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and/or military/veteran patients
13. Evidence of experience with high acuity, psychosis, bipolar illness, substance use disorders, and eating disorders

Application Instructions:

Completed application materials must include A letter of application addressing educational and professional level work experience and knowledge as it relates to all required and preferred qualifications as listed above, A professional resume, and A document listing the names and contact information for three professional references.

In instances where the Search and Screen Committee is unable to ascertain from a candidate’s application materials whether he/she meets any of the qualifications, he/she will be evaluated as not meeting such qualifications.

All application materials will be further evaluated as evidence of excellent written communication skills.

Candidates selected for hire will be required to submit official college transcripts.

This is a continuous recruitment with the initial screening of candidates to begin on April 19, 2021. Applications received after April 18, 2021 may not receive consideration.