Physician - Section Chief, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital - Grand Rapids, MI

Physician - Section Chief, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital - Grand Rapids, MI

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital (HDVCH) offers an excellent opportunity for a full-time BC/BE Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to lead in the role of Section Chief.  Reporting to the system division chief of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, the section chief leads psychiatrists and APPs in their inpatient and outpatient roles.  As section chief, you would maintain a clinical practice and have dedicated time to lead your team, partner with the operational manager, and collaborate with section chef of pediatric psychology.  The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience and has practiced within a children's hospital system, however we will consider candidates with 1+ years of experience. 

The growing HDVCH multidisciplinary team includes child psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, pediatric psychologists, and behavioral medicine physicians among others.  Our large patient population is served through consult-liaison services, outpatient consult bridge clinic, outpatient practice, and our autism center of excellence.   The children's hospital is also home to a new 12-bed pediatric medical psychiatric unit that opened in the summer of 2024.

We offer 90-minute evaluations and 30-minute outpatient follow ups with comprehensive psychology, psychotherapy and nursing support for your practice. Our position can support a H1b visa candidate.

As the prime pediatric clinical academic partner of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital offers teaching opportunities and academic appointments for qualified candidates.

Qualifications

BC/BE Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

License - Michigan, MD/DO

Certification - BLS

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

At Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, we fight for every child. With 350+ pediatric specialists and subspecialists, 12 years of U.S. News & World Report national rankings and innovations that draw patients from all over the world, we're driven to replace fear with hope, and doubt with answers. We believe in the possibility of every child's future. 

HDVCH is a state-of-the-art, globally integrated, 241-bed free standing dedicated children’s hospital located on the campus of Corewell Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Annually, there are 8760 inpatient and 124,600 ambulatory visits, as well as over 55,185 children seen in the Pediatric Emergency Department (Level 1 Trauma rated). HDVCH also has one of the nation’s largest NICU’s (108-beds). 

Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids is the second-largest city in Michigan, boasting a vibrant downtown scene with hundreds of local restaurants and craft breweries. It is the economic and cultural hub of West Michigan, the fastest growing major city in Michigan, and one of the fastest growing cities in the Midwest. A global canvas of creativity and community, Grand Rapids is home to ArtPrize, concert and theater venues, museums, Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, city owned parks, and is located just 30 minutes away from the beautiful west Michigan lakeshore. With a growing metro area population of over 1 million people, Grand Rapids has been recently identified by Forbes as the #1 best city to raise a family based on cost of living, housing affordability, commute, and education.  In 2022, US News ranked Grand Rapids 16th best place to live in the United States out of 150 metro areas. 

Corewell Health

People are at the heart of everything we do, and the inspiration for our legacy of outstanding outcomes, innovation, strong community partnerships, philanthropy, and transparency. Corewell Health is a not-for-profit health system that provides health care and coverage with an exceptional team of 65,000+ dedicated people—including more than 12,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and more than 15,500 nurses providing care and services in 21 hospitals, 300+ outpatient locations and several post-acute facilities—and Priority Health, a provider-sponsored health plan serving more than 1.3 million members  Through experience and collaboration, we are reimagining a better, more equitable model of health and wellness. For more information, visit corewellhealth.org. 

Facility: Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

Visa Status: H1B visa accepted

Qualifications

Primary Location

SITE - 35 Michigan St - Grand Rapids

Department Name

Behavioral Health - HDVCH

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

8-5 with extended

Days Worked

Mon-Fri

Weekend Frequency

N/A

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