Full-Time Psychiatrist (2 Available Positions)

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is seeking one full-time attending psychiatrist for the Psychiatric Emergency Room and one full-time attending psychiatrist for the Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison service. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is a public teaching hospital, affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. These positions require supervision and teaching of residents from the Harbor-UCLA Psychiatry training program and other programs, as well as medical students.  The positions are a core part of the Harbor-UCLA Psychiatry residency training program and applicants should have strong interest in teaching and contributing to the training of Psychiatry residents. These positions have the opportunity for an academic appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. This is a Los Angeles County Department of Health Services position, with benefits that include 457(b) matching plan and Los Angeles County Pension plan 

The Psychiatric Emergency Room position is part of the emergency mental health team. The position requires rapid diagnosis, acute pharmacological management, risk assessment, and crisis management in a culturally diverse patient population, many of whom come from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. The treatment team consists of attending staff, nurses, social workers, and trainees. Applicants should be board-eligible or board-certified in Psychiatry, able to thrive in an acute Psychiatry setting that requires rapid assessment and decision-making.    

 The Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison position provides psychiatric consultation to the patients hospitalized on medical/surgical floors, as well as supervision of a relatively new proactive consultation service. The treatment team consists of attending staff, a nurse practitioner, social work staff, and trainees. Applicants should be board-certified in Psychiatry, with a strong preference for board-certification in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry as well.  

We are equal opportunity employers, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law. Women and candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.   

Contact:  Michael Makhinson, Interim Chair, Department of Psychiatry 

   mmakhinson@dhs.lacounty.gov