Yale University
New Haven, CT, USA
Description
The Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, is recruiting a psychiatrist for an appointment at the Associate/Assistant Professor level, for a position as a Consulting Forensic Psychiatrist at the Whiting Forensic Hospital in Middletown, CT.
The successful candidate will provide independent forensic based consultation to the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), reporting to supervisors within the Yale Department of Psychiatry.
The Principal Responsibilities of the position include preparing written reports on complex clinical matters and directly answering questions, providing case conferences to mental health professionals regarding safe management of patients under their care, providing expert witness testimony to state courts and the Psychiatric Security Review Board, and participating in forensic evaluations, such as competency to stand trial examinations, through...