Associate Program Director for our Psychiatry Residency Program

FHCSD is currently seeking an Associate Program Director for our Psychiatry Residency Program. Located in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego, this new community-based training program offers psychiatric education and hands-on experience with training sites throughout San Diego County. Our program’s mission is to recruit, train, and retain a diverse group of psychiatry physicians with a passion for providing caring, affordable, high-quality psychiatric care to the underserved. This is a crucial leadership role and a driving force to expanding access to qualify mental health care to underserved populations in local community.

Location Details

• Address: 5472 El Cajon Blvd. #101 San Diego CA 92115
• Clinic Hours: M-F, 8:30am-5:30pm (closed for lunch 12:30pm-1:30pm)
• Location Website: https://www.fhcsd.org/el-cerrito-family-counseling-center
• Program Website: https://www.fhcsd.org/education/gme/residency-programs/psychiatry/
• Video Overview: https://youtu.be/vBtMGm6CJX0

Pay and Benefits:

• $316,000-$470,00 Starting Annual Salary
• Sign-on, Retention Bonuses and Relocation Assistance
• Annual Raises, CME, and Career Growth Opportunities
• 403 (b) Retirement Plan with 50% Employer Match
• Additional 457 (b) Retirement Plan
• NHSC Loan Repay Eligibility
• Free Malpractice Coverage
• Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave and Paid Holidays
• Medical/Dental/Vision/FSA/Life Insurance
• Employee Discounts, Wellness Programs, Pet Insurance, and More!

Duties and Responsibilities

• Complete all required documentation in accordance with departmental standards
• Comply with electronic medical record requirements, including medication reconciliation, finalizing notes, and clearing out personal pool
• Support with curriculum design and planning
• Provide clinical supervision, monitor projects, and program development 
• Participate in program evaluation and clinical competency committees 
• Serve on residency program committees as assigned? 
• Provides direct patient care in residency clinic
• Provides precepting and evaluation of the performance of residents 
• Teach residents through a variety of mediums, including lectures, seminars, conferences, and direct patient care in residency clinic
• Effectively manage time between educational, administrative, and clinical care duties? 
• Participate in scheduled staff meetings, committees, quality improvement activities, and peer review as needed? 
• Serve as a role model, mentor, and advisor to residents in the program
• Work effectively with patients from diverse social, cultural and economic groups
• Demonstrate culturally sensitive and respect diversity in all interactions
• Adhere to professional and ethical standards of conduct? 
• Support the Program Director (PD) and core faculty in the implementation of policies and procedures consistent with institutional and program requirements? 
• Assist with the incorporation and application of ACGME Milestones
• Actively participate in faculty development initiatives? 
• Serve as a course director in Residency program required and elective rotations, if needed? 
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education and Licensing Requirements 

• Current certification in the specialty by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN), or specialty qualifications that are acceptable to the Review Committee
• Current American Heart Association healthcare provider CPR (BLS)
• Active DEA license
• Graduate from an accredited school of medicine
• Must possess current unrestricted license to practice in the State of California if applicable.
• Must meet FHCSD driving requirements

Professional Experience Needed

• 5 years of experience working in the field of psychiatry required
• Minimum of 3 years faculty teaching experience with a psychiatry residency required
• Academic leadership experience serving in assistant/associate or program director role preferred
• Experience with underserved populations, as well as outpatient and inpatient psychiatry preferred

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is one of the top 10 largest federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in the country. We operate more than 90 sites across San Diego County, including 29 primary care clinics, 23 behavioral health facilities, 10 physical rehabilitation clinics, nine dental clinics, five vision clinics, four outpatient substance use treatment programs, three mobile medical units, two mobile counseling centers, two urgent care centers, two PACE centers and a pharmacy.

Our staff provides care to more than 227,000 patients each year, of whom 91% are low-income and 29% are uninsured. Services include adult and pediatric care, chronic disease management, comprehensive women’s care, including obstetrics, dental and vision services, case management, physical rehabilitation, children’s speech therapy, vaccinations, infectious disease treatment, behavioral health, substance use counseling and specialty care such as cardiology, podiatry, endocrinology and dermatology. We also offer intensive case management for unsheltered individuals.

The expansion of our clinic locations, services and programs has made us the largest community clinic provider of health care to the uninsured in San Diego County and one of the 10 largest community clinic organizations in the nation. We also serve as the region’s leading safety-net, school-based and mental health care provider

No Agencies- Do not contact with candidate submittals. We are not partnering with any new agencies.