Department: Psychiatry

Salary: Commensurate

Advertising Ends On: Applications are being accepted for consideration; however, the position may be filled at any time.

The University of Iowa

Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine

Department of Psychiatry

Perinatal Psychologist

The Department of Psychiatry in the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa is seeking a Psychologist to join our clinical track faculty. The UI Department of Psychiatry is comprised of more than 90 full-time faculty members who provide national and global leadership across a range of psychiatric areas including child psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, eating disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, medical psychiatry, community psychiatry, and perinatal mental health.

This appointment will be on the non-tenure clinical track, open rank. The position is a 1.0 FTE and consists of 80% clinical and 20% academic time.

This Psychologist will join a growing psychology division within the larger department and will be a member of the Women’s Wellness & Counseling Service (WWC) team. The WWC is the product of a unique collaboration between the Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics/Gynecology. Located at the University of Iowa Health Care system - Iowa’s premier academic medical center - the WWC has the unique distinction of being the only clinic in the state to provide comprehensive, specialized psychotherapy and medication management services in an outpatient care setting. We serve women across the reproductive spectrum with a focus on the perinatal period. In addition to cutting-edge clinical services, we provide high-quality education to clinicians and student-learners, and design research protocols that highlight the value of our clinical and training efforts. 

The WWC is a multidisciplinary clinic committed to upholding optimal standards of inclusion and diversity in patient care. Our staff is anchored by perinatal psychologists and psychiatrists but also includes nurse practitioners, social workers, doctoral-level students, resident physicians, and medical students. Since its founding in 2007 the WWC has experienced tremendous growth which has resulted in the development of innovative initiatives including a Health Psychology program with the Center for Advanced Reproductive Care (hospital fertility clinic) and an Inpatient Antepartum Mental Health Care Clinic, as well as embedded mental health care in the OB-GYN Maternal Substance Abuse Disorders Clinic and Stead Family Children’s Hospital’s Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

The Perinatal Psychologist will provide/engage in:

• Diagnostic assessment and short-term outpatient psychotherapy using evidence-based individual, couples, and (potentially) group therapy models
  
  
  
  • Care will be provided to those who are planning to conceive, coping with infertility, or suffering from perinatal loss, who are pregnant or postpartum, or who have been diagnosed with OB/GYN medical concerns
  
  
  • Treatment will include both in-person and telehealth care
  
  
  
  


• Education, teaching, training, supervision, and consultation to medical students, doctoral students, physician residents, fellows, and other care providers


• Clinical research/scholarly initiatives


• University, Department, and Clinic service activities

Department of Psychiatry

The University of Iowa Department of Psychiatry offers competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a collegial professional environment. The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics has been recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States and is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.®

The Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is a highly ranked medical school where students learn to become accomplished clinicians and top-flight researchers and educators. Students come to Iowa to study medicine in a program that uses case-based learning as the foundation of their education. Our mission is to inspire and educate world class health care providers and scientists for the people of Iowa and our global community. Researchers in the College's over 280 laboratories are served by state-of-the-art core research facilities and research support facilities. Much of the research conducted is interdisciplinary and collaborations are fostered and coordinated through major research centers, institutes and programs. Many faculty members are internationally renowned for their research. Two faculty members are Howard Hughes Institute Investigators, 12 are members of the Institute of Medicine and two are members of the National Academy of Sciences.

The university is located along the picturesque Iowa River in Iowa City, a city of some 77,000 people (170,000+ in the metro area) regularly ranked as one of the nation’s best places to live. Iowa City is less than four hours from Chicago and within five hours of Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City, readily accessible via interstate highways and a regional airport 30 minutes away. Iowa City is an attractive, family friendly, college town with abundant local and world-class cultural, theatrical and musical events, top ranked schools, and outdoor recreational attractions. The Iowa City area is often ranked as one of the most livable communities in the nation (Livability.com). To learn more about our great community visit https://livability.com/ia/iowa-city, https://www.thinkiowacity.com/ and https://vimeo.com/148167202.

Search Committee Contact Information:  Stacey A. Pawlak, PhD, Director – Women’s Wellness & Counseling Service, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Phone: 319-356-2198. Email: stacey-pawlak@uiowa.edu.

To apply for the position, visit our website at http://jobs.uiowa.edu, requisition #75652.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any misconduct history or pending research misconduct investigation including but not limited to sexual misconduct in prior employment and provide a related release and will be subject to a criminal background and credential check.

Applicant Credentials are Subject to Verification
Background checks (criminal history, including self-disclosure of conviction history, and credential verification) will be conducted for finalist candidates. In addition, child/dependent adult sexual abuse background checks will be conducted for all positions in UI Hospitals and Clinics.

Department: Psychiatry

Salary: Commensurate

Advertising Ends On: Applications are being accepted for consideration; however, the position may be filled at any time.

Clinical Psychologist

Department of Psychiatry

The Department of Psychiatry within the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa is seeking a Licensed Psychologist to join our clinical track faculty and the IDMI (Intellectual Disability/Mental Illness) program.  The candidate will join the psychology division within the larger department of psychiatry. The candidate will be an active member of a specialized interdisciplinary team of social work, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, and medicine with expertise supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities, mental illness, and severe challenging behaviors.   

Appointment will be on the non-tenure clinical track, open rank. The position is a 1.0 FTE and consists of 80% clinical time and 20% academic time.

The Department of Psychiatry is recruiting a psychologist to join our interdisciplinary outpatient team to provide clinical services to children, adolescents and/or adults with intellectual disabilities. The psychologist will be responsible for providing outpatient therapy and clinical assessment as well as education and consultation to patients/families and care providers. Incoming faculty will receive mentoring and support for growth and innovation and almost endless opportunities for collaboration. The team is involved in research projects and its members support regional and national presentations, training and publication process. The team interfaces with safety and security, nursing, and physicians to support patients with behavioral needs throughout the hospital. Working in the state’s only tertiary academic medical center offers unique opportunities for program development and application of skills for very complex patients.

The psychologist will engage in teaching at multiple levels, such as medical residents/fellows, medical students, and graduate students. Teaching opportunities include more formal didactics and clinical teaching in areas of the psychologist’s expertise. Leadership will work closely with the candidate to optimize their time to work in preferred areas of interest. 

The UI Department of Psychiatry has a long tradition of excellence in research, a well-developed research infrastructure, and ample patient populations that support efforts in a variety of areas of investigation. These include studies in neuroimaging, genetics, epidemiology, psychopharmacology, neuropsychology, and basic neuroscience. The Department of Psychiatry is made up of more than 90 full-time faculty members who provide national and international leadership across a range of psychiatric areas, such as child psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, eating disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, medical psychiatry, and community psychiatry.

The University of Iowa, Department of Psychiatry offers competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a collegial professional environment. The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has been recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States and is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.®

The Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is a highly ranked medical school where students learn to become accomplished clinicians and top-flight researchers and educators. Students come to Iowa to study medicine in a program that uses case-based learning as the basis of their education. Our mission is to inspire and educate world class health care providers and scientists for the people of Iowa and our global community. Researchers in the College's over 280 laboratories are served by state-of-the-art core research facilities and research support facilities. Much of the research conducted is interdisciplinary and collaborations are fostered and coordinated through major research centers, institutes and programs. Many faculty members are internationally renowned for their research.

The university is located along the picturesque Iowa River in Iowa City, a city of some 77,000 people (170,000+ in the metro area) regularly ranked as one of the nation’s best places to live. Iowa City is less than four hours from Chicago and within five hours of Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City, readily accessible via interstate highways and a regional airport 30 minutes away. Iowa City is an attractive, family friendly, college town with abundant local and world-class cultural, theatrical and musical events, top ranked schools, and outdoor recreational attractions. The Iowa City area is often ranked as one of the most livable communities in the nation (Livability.com). To learn more about our great community visit https://livability.com/ia/iowa-city, https://www.thinkiowacity.com/ and https://vimeo.com/148167202.

Search Committee Contact Information:  Kelly Vinquist, Ph.D., BCBA Co-Director, IDMI Team. Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Phone: 319-384-8486. Email: Kelly-Vinquist@uiowa.edu

To apply for the position, visit our website at http://jobs.uiowa.edu, requisition #75402

The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preferences.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any misconduct history or pending research misconduct investigation including but not limited to sexual misconduct in prior employment and provide a related release and will be subject to a criminal background and credential check.

Applicant Credentials are Subject to Verification
Background checks (criminal history, including self-disclosure of conviction history, and credential verification) will be conducted for finalist candidates. In addition, child/dependent adult sexual abuse background checks will be conducted for all positions in UI Hospitals and Clinics.

Department: Psychiatry

Salary: Commensurate

Advertising Ends On: Applications are being accepted for consideration; however, the position may be filled at any time.

Addiction Medicine Physician

University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is seeking a board-certified psychiatrist who is also board-certified or board-eligible in Addiction Medicine by the American Board of Preventative Medicine, or in Addiction Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, to join our faculty and the University of Iowa Addiction and Recovery Collaborative (UI ARC).  The appointment will be on the non-tenure clinical track, open rank. 

Primary responsibilities will include patient care on the Addiction Medicine Consult Service and in the Addiction Medicine Clinic, supervision of residents and medical students. The position is a 1.0 FTE and consists of 50% clinical time, 30% time providing education and outreach for the UI ARC, and 20% academic time, with the latter devoted to scholarly pursuits which may include research and teaching.

The UI ARC is led by Alison Lynch, MD, MS and Andrea Weber, MD, MME. The UI ARC encompasses clinical services, education, research, and advocacy efforts in addiction medicine across the University of Iowa campus.  More information about UI ARC can be found at https://uihc.org/opioid-addiction-clinic . Clinical services offered by UI ARC include a dual diagnosis partial hospital program, intensive outpatient program, extended outpatient program and relapse prevention, Medication for Addiction Treatment (MAT) Clinics that provide buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder as well as other FDA-approved MAT medications, a Walk-In MAT Clinic, an Addiction Medicine Consult Service, buprenorphine initiation in the emergency department, case management, peer recovery support specialists, contingency management, individual counseling including telehealth counseling, group therapy for professionals in recovery, and services for people with opioid use disorder and/or stimulant use disorder who are reentering the community following a period of incarceration.  UI ARC collaborates with the Iowa Neuroscience Institute to support research initiatives in addiction medicine across the University. Research programs include those focused on molecular biology, genetics, brain imaging, and clinical trials in substance use disorders.  Additionally, the UI ARC is highly involved in community efforts to increase access to care and reduce stigma associated with mental health conditions including addiction.

The University of Iowa, Department of Psychiatry offers competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a collegial and collaborative professional environment.   University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics—recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States—is Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center and a regional referral center. Each day more than 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers work together to provide safe, quality health care and excellent service for our patients. Simply stated, our mission is: Changing Medicine. Changing Lives.®

Iowa City is an attractive, family friendly, college town with abundant local and world-class cultural, theatrical and musical events, top ranked schools, and outdoor recreational attractions. The Iowa City area is often ranked as one of the most livable communities in the nation (Livability.com). To learn more about our great community visit Think Iowa City - Official Website

Search Committee Contact Information Alison Lynch, MD, MS, Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Professor, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Phone: 319-467-1069. Email alison-lynch@uiowa.edu.

For a complete listing of job qualifications and to apply for this position, please visit our website at http//jobs.uiowa.edu, reference requisition #75401.

The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preferences.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any misconduct history or pending research misconduct investigation including but not limited to sexual misconduct in prior employment and provide a related release and will be subject to a criminal background and credential check.

Applicant Credentials are Subject to Verification
Background checks (criminal history, including self-disclosure of conviction history, and credential verification) will be conducted for finalist candidates. In addition, child/dependent adult sexual abuse background checks will be conducted for all positions in UI Hospitals and Clinics.