Faculty Positions

Join the compassionate team at the nationally recognized Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. We are seeking a board certified/board eligible Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to fill an opening for an outpatient clinician and full-time clinical track Assistant or Associate Professor position with the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Providing diagnosis and treatment for children of all ages, the psychiatry and psychology specialties at Riley at IU Health partner with children and families to evaluate the circumstances and develop a treatment plan to address each children’s mental health needs. Our expert team includes child and adolescent psychiatrist, clinical child psychologists and psychiatric social workers.

Focusing on advanced, evidence-based evaluations and treatments, Riley psychiatric specialists provide expert care for psychiatric diagnoses and behavior problems. These evaluations and treatments include diagnostic evaluation, psychological testing, individual psychotherapy, family therapy and behavior modification and pharmacotherapy.

Key responsibilities:

• Faculty appointment includes supervision and teaching of medical students, interns and residents

• Evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders in children, adolescents and adults

• Collaboration with treatment teams and serve as collaborating physician for NPs

• Participation in department committees

Position details:

• Work/life balance supported by standard Monday-Friday outpatient schedule

• Shared call coverage split among team of providers (10-15 nights/weekends annually)

• 90% child and adolescent patients / 10% adults

• Opportunity to work at any of the three locations: Saxony, East Washington, South Meridian

Compensation:

• Income guaranteed salary for two years, then switch to productivity model in third year

• Comprehensive benefits package covered by dual employment through IU Health and IU School of Medicine, including but not limited to:

o Group insurance (health, dental, life, disability)

o 401k with company match

o PTO

o Relocation assistance

o CME reimbursement

o Occurrence-based malpractice insurance coverage

Qualifications:

• Board Eligible/Board Certified in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

• Completion of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry residency required

• Residents and practicing physicians are encouraged to apply

• Physician MD/DO licenses in Indiana or eligible for medical licensure

The Department of Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine is looking for a hospital-based adult psychiatrist to join three psychiatrists and a multidisciplinary team at IU Health Methodist. Methodist hospital has 625 beds and is the largest teaching hospital in the state of Indiana. The hospital operates a 15-bed adult inpatient unit, an active consultation-liaison service, an emergency department service with a secured holding unit and a large ECT program. Academic rank and track are flexible depending on the experience and expertise of the candidate.

The position includes direct clinical care, teaching, supervision, administrative duties and a rich array of research opportunities. The hospital-based clinical services are an active site for IU School of Medicine medical students,  psychiatry residents, psychology interns and other learners. Creative thinking and collaboration with services within the academic health center and community organizations will be a crucial component of the role.

Candidates who enjoy working in a multidisciplinary team-based setting to deliver compassionate, evidence-based psychiatric care for individuals with mental illness are encouraged to apply. This is a direct patient care position that provides psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and treatment of hospitalized patients and leads the coordination of care with members of the treatment team. Applicants must be eligible for an Indiana physician medical license and be board-certified or board-eligible in psychiatry. Experience with hospital-based, acute care is desirable. Candidates must be comfortable managing hospitalized patients with severe mental illness and be able to interact with people of varied educational, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds in a tactful and professional manner.

This position has recently restructured its compensation package to include forgivable loan options.

The Department of Psychiatry is recruiting for a board eligible/ certified adult psychiatrist at the assistant/ associate professor level to provide direct clinical care to adults in the IU Health Neuroscience Center – Goodman Hall, Psychiatry Adult Outpatient Clinic. The faculty member will also supervise medical students and general psychiatry residents and have the opportunity to participate in research and other scholarly activity.

The Department of Psychiatry at the IU School of Medicine, is seeking to fill an immediate opening for a full-time clinical track Assistant or Associate Professor level position as Associate Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry fellowship program and Director of the Older Adult Psychiatry Clinic. Other responsibilities will include collaboration with medical treatment teams, participation on department committees, and supervision/teaching of Geriatric Psychiatry fellows, residents, interns and medical students. Part of the IU Health System, the Older Adult Psychiatry Clinic is housed at the IUH Neuroscience Center, located within the IUH Academic Health Center in downtown Indianapolis. The Department of Psychiatry has a broad research, clinical, and teaching mission and maintains both a general psychiatry residency and an ACGME-accredited Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship program.  Rich collaborations exist with a unique group of clinicians and scientists working in the treatment of late-life psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative diseases, including faculty from the Departments of Medicine and Neurology, the federally funded Indiana Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, the Healthy Aging Brain Center, the Center for Neuroimaging, the Indianapolis VAMC, the Stark Neuroscience Research Institute and the Regenstrief Institute. 

The Department of Psychiatry is seeking a board certified/board eligible child and adolescent psychiatrist to fill an immediate opening for a full-time clinical track Assistant or Associate Professor position. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary hospital-based team of psychiatrists, psychologists, advanced practice providers, and behavioral health clinicians at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health. Responsibilities will consist of evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders in hospitalized children and adolescents as a part of the Consultation-Liaison, Behavioral Assessment and Psychiatric Inpatient services at Riley Hospital. Other responsibilities will include collaboration with medical treatment teams, participation on department committees, and supervision/teaching of residents, interns and medical students. Part of the IU Health System, the Riley Hospital for Children is nationally known and is nationally ranked by US News and World Report in nine Pediatric specialties.  The Department of Psychiatry has a broad research, clinical, and teaching mission and maintains both a general psychiatry residency and a Child and Adolescent Fellowship program.

The Department of Psychiatry is now accepting applications for a one-year psychology postdoctoral fellowship in clinical health psychology. The purpose of the fellowship program is to train clinical health psychologists with a specialty in serving the diverse and complex population of medically ill patients treated at Indiana University Methodist Hospital and the Advanced Heart and Lung Care Clinic, which serve individuals across the state of Indiana and beyond. The clinical health psychology training in this program has an emphasis in cardiac-pulmonary behavioral medicine and transplant psychology. Fellows will have the opportunity to train in both outpatient and medical inpatient settings conducting both evaluation and intervention services. Pre-transplant evaluations, individual psychotherapy, consultation-liaison services and group therapy interventions are part of the clinical protocol. As part of the transplant program at IU Health, the fellow may have the opportunity to do a specialty rotation in abdominal/ solid organ transplant at University Hospital. In addition to these clinical experiences, fellows will also be involved in additional research experiences, as well as clinical supervision of pre-doctoral psychology interns or psychology practicum students. Opportunities for fellows to teach or supervise with the IU School of Medicine may be part of the training experience.

Learn more about this fellowship and its benefits.

The Department of Psychiatry is seeking to fill an immediate opening for a full-time clinical track assistant professor position in the area of Child Clinical/Pediatric Psychology. Candidates should possess a PhD or PsyD in Clinical Psychology and be eligible for licensure and independent practice as a Health Service Provider in Psychology in the state of Indiana. Responsibilities will consist of evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of children with a range of presenting problems, including ADHD, disruptive behavior disorders, depressive disorders and adjustment to pediatric illnesses and conditions in an academic medical center/ child psychiatry clinic setting. Other responsibilities will include collaboration with medical treatment teams, participation on department committees, and supervision/ teaching of residents, interns and medical students.