CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR-CLINICAL PROFESSOR

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Direct Inquiries To:

Office of the Chair 
Department of Family Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
300 North Ingalls Street, NI4C06
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5435 

Interested applicants should sent a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to:  Blythe Bieber ([email protected] ). 

Summary

General Description: 

Under the direction of the Resident Director, the Director of Behavioral Health serves as a clinician educator, ensuring high-quality teaching, scholarship, and patient care in support of ACGME accreditation and the care standards of the University of Michigan.   Committee service, curriculum development and oversight, wellness facilitation, resident advising, research and scholarship, and attendance at all residency events is expected. This faculty member will provide integrated behavioral healthcare to the patients within residency continuity clinics. The Director of Behavioral Health is expected to function as a full-time/core faculty member and to support the success of the residency program mission, goals, and objectives, with 55% FTE clinical effort, and 45% administrative and educational effort.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as coordinator of a longitudinal behavioral medicine curriculum for family medicine residency program including development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Implementation of integrated clinical services, such as diagnostic assessment, psychotherapy, crisis assessment and intervention, brief psychoeducation and intervention as part of integrated care visits, and health and behavior coaching.
• Teaching, clinical and didactic, on behavioral health topics.
• Behavioral precepting.
• Shadowing (visits, rounding, video data, or other) family medicine residents with focus on teaching patient centered communication skills and assessment of behavioral health issues. Assess residents' interaction and problem-solving skills through direct observation of resident's clinical work and communication. Help residents develop individual education plans to optimize their effectiveness in communication and professionalism.
• Provide instruction to residents on basic counseling skills such as motivational interviewing and CBT.
• Participation in resident evaluation and milestone-based competencies.
• Collaborate with Wellness Committee in planning and facilitating resident wellness activities.
• Service on residency Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) to review resident performance, in order to provide support to residents with coaching or mentoring.
• Participate in residency administration, including attending Principal Faculty (core residency faculty) meetings and committees.
• Attend faculty, medical staff, and clinic meetings, with participation in and development of faculty development activities.
• Participate in recruitment and interview of residency applicants.
• Perform other activities related to administrative, clinical, and teaching roles.
• Service on other committees and administrative assignments as needed.
• Conduct scholarly activity according to ACGME requirements, including research as appropriate and time permits, including mentoring resident scholarly activity.
• Mentor and advise residents.

Required Qualifications*

• PhD or PsyD in psychology, marital and family therapy, or related field.
  
• Licensed or eligible for licensure as psychologist or therapist in the state of Michigan.
  
• Experience providing psychological assessment and intervention.
  

Desired Qualifications*

• Experience in providing integrated care with a team of physicians and working with teams of health care providers.
  
• Experience with family medicine residency education.
  
• Experience conducting research in primary care and behavioral health.
  

Underfill Statement

This is posted for Clinical Asst Professor/Clinical Assoc. Professor/Clinical Professor.  Rank is determined on qualifications.  

Additional Information

Michigan Medicine seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the diverse people of Michigan and to maintain the excellence of the University. We welcome applications from anyone who would bring additional dimensions to the University's research, teaching, and clinical mission, including women, members of minority groups, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. The Department of Family Medicine, like the University of Michigan as a whole, is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all persons and will not discriminate against any individual because of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status.   The University of Michigan is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.