Psychiatry Training Program Psychotherapy Faculty-2

Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services • Grand Rapids, MI

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About The Position

We at Pine Rest believe in the power of healing and that everyone in our community has the right to expert care for mental health and substance use disorders. We are much more than just the third largest non-profit behavioral health system in the country, our 220-acre main campus, and our network of clinical sites across Michigan. We are a tight-knit community of healers who witness the impact of our life-changing work each day. Each day, we are closing the gaps in access to care. We are innovating through leading-edge research, testing, programs, and treatment modalities that others replicate across the country. Our services include a state-of-the-art psychiatric urgent care center and a soon-to-be-built pediatric behavioral health center, outpatient, inpatient, partial hospitalization (day programs), assessment and testing, residential, addiction treatment and specialty services such as crisis response, employee assistance programs, forensic psychiatry and psychology, and neuromodulation. On-the-job educational programs for nurses, psychologists, advanced practice providers, psychiatrists, and chaplains are equipping the next generation of care providers. We are passionate about serving and are honored to be a part of this incredible work. The Psychiatry Residency Faculty is responsible for the commitment to developing and integrating the process of psychotherapy into the Psychiatry Residency Program. This includes, but not limited to; educating resident physicians, establishing curriculum, providing supervision in clinical setting, and being committed to the overall purpose of graduate medical education for optimizing patient outcomes and training psychiatrists for future independent practice. The Faculty are dedicated to excellent customer service, enthusiastic about the care we offer, and foster a sense of belonging and empowerment in a diverse workplace.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree (PhD or PsyD) in Psychology required.
• Requires a Fully Licensed Psychologist in the state of Michigan.
• Experience as teaching faculty.

Responsibilities

• Systematically educates resident physicians on the process of psychotherapy and how to integrate it into their medical management appointments.
• Provides or ensures the provision of specialty specific level-appropriate psychotherapy education of residents in the psychiatry residency program, ensuring that such education adequately prepares, in conjunction with their own studying, residents for the specialty board exams as well as for active clinical practice.
• Develops and executes a successful psychiatry residency psychotherapy lecture curriculum. This will include lectures given by this position and coordination of guest speakers.
• Implements educational changes to the psychotherapy curriculum to address identified weaknesses or implement improvements.
• Provides resident supervision and consultation for the resident psychotherapy cases in the residency outpatient clinic.
• Facilitates psychotherapy education at the residency clinic morning meetings.
• Remains up to date on psychotherapy topics and resources to offer as reading assignments and reference to residents and faculty.
• Attends the Wednesday noon lectures when appropriate.
• Reviews logs to ensure adequate numbers of psychotherapy cases are obtained for educational competence.
• Continues the evaluation and development of psychotherapy curriculum to meet resident educational needs.
• Attends clinic and faculty development meetings and trainings as required by the residency program.
• Provides feedback to the program director through regular resident evaluations and attendance at twice annual Clinical Competency Committee meetings.
• Maintains understanding of ACGME requirements for psychiatry resident education in the area of psychotherapy

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision & life insurance plans
• 403(b) retirement match contribution by Pine Rest
• Generous PTO for full and part time employees
• Tuition assistance & loan forgiveness
• Employee Assistance Program offering many free and discounted services for therapy, legal, accounting, gym membership, etc.
• Partnership with Davenport University provides generous discount on tuition for employees and family members.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees