Peds Psychiatry Section Chief opportunity - Grand Rapids, MichiganDetails:

• Full-time, permanent position
• Excellent opportunity for a BC/BE Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to lead in the role of Section Chief. Reporting to the system division chief of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, the section chief leads psychiatrists and APPs in their inpatient and outpatient roles. As section chief, you would maintain a clinical practice and have dedicated time to lead your team, partner with the operational manager, and collaborate with section chef of pediatric psychology.
• The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience and has practiced within a children's hospital system.
• The growing multidisciplinary team includes child psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, pediatric psychologists, and behavioral medicine physicians among others. The large patient population is served through consult-liaison services, outpatient consult bridge clinic, outpatient practice, and our autism center of excellence. A 12-bed med psych unit is slated to open soon.
• 90-minute evaluations and 30-minute outpatient follow ups with comprehensive psychology, psychotherapy and nursing support for your practice.
• H1b visa sponsorship available
• As the prime pediatric clinical academic partner of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, the hospital offers teaching opportunities and academic appointments for qualified candidates.
Qualifications:
• Required Doctorate MD (Doctor of Medicine) or DO (Doctor of Osteopathy)
• 1 year of relevant experience Skills, knowledge, abilities typically gained through 1+ year of related experience Required
• 1 year of relevant experience to three years experience in clinical practice, preferably in a medical group setting Required
• Experience in leading project teams and a commitment to develop as a physician leader Required
• LIC-Physician (MD) - STATE_MI State of Michigan Upon Hire required -Or- LIC-Osteopathic Physician (DO) - STATE_MI State of Michigan Upon Hire required
• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - AHA American Heart Association 90 Days required -Or- CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - ARC American Red Cross 90 Days required
• CRT-Adv Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - AHA American Heart Association If required by specialty or stress test performed 120 Days required
About the Hospital:
• Ranked in 8 specialties (2020-21) by the US News & World Report Best Childrens Hospitals
• State-of-the-art, globally integrated, 236-bed free standing dedicated childrens hospital located on the main campus.
• Annually, there are approximately 8760 inpatient and 124,600 ambulatory visits, as well as over 55,185 children seen in the Pediatric Emergency Department (Level 1 Trauma rated).
• Has one of the nations largest Level 4 NICUs with 108-beds.
About Grand Rapids:
• Grand Rapids is the second largest city in Michigan with a growing metro area population of over 1 million people. It has been recently identified by Forbes as the best city to raise a family based on cost of living, housing affordability, commute and education. In 2022, US News ranked Grand Rapids 16th best place to live in the United States out of 150 metro areas.
• Grand Rapids is also home to ArtPrize, concert and theater venues, museums, Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, city owned parks, and is located just 30 minutes away from the beautiful west Michigan lakeshore