Physician Assistant - Psychiatry - Behavioral Medicine - Sahlem Lab

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Physician Assistant - Psychiatry - Behavioral Medicine - Sahlem Lab

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The Duke Psychiatric Advanced Clinical-Translational Idea Lab (PACTiLab) utilizes a multidisciplinary collaborative team to focus on the translational development of new treatments for psychiatric illnesses (with a special emphasis on addictive and mood disorders). Our mission is to take mechanistic ideas into the clinical-research setting in the hopes of traversing the translational bridge (performing human laboratory trials, translational treatment trials from phase-1 to phase-3, and research aimed at more directly improving clinical care).

Our group embraces the tripartite academic medicine mission. Lab-members are subsequently encouraged to advance science through research, teach what they know, and improve clinical care through treatment trials. The lab has expertise in the use of neuromodulation techniques including repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), but is agnostic regarding treatment modality, focused rather on any intervention that has the potential to improve how we treat psychiatric disorders.

We are excited to invite a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join the team and help manage our clinical-translational program in psychiatry. We are considering candidates with both certifications, but only one position will be filled. This will initially be a 100% clinical-research position, though there may be room for a hybrid clinical-research / clinical position in the future.

Minimum Requirements:

• Work requires a bachelor's degree in Health Science and a Physician Assistant Certificate of Registration with the North Carolina Medical Board or be certification eligible, and be certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong interpersonal and clinical skills
• Strong drive to improve both our understanding of psychiatric illness, and also our ability to treat it.

Other Requirements:

N/A

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Position Description:

This will be a 100% FTE position and is hybrid-eligible. The primary job responsibilities include:

• Interfacing with Duke and community clinics for clinical-research participant recruitment and enrollment.
• Performing enrollment screening visits (structured psychiatric interviews, clinical histories and physicals, lab and imaging review).
• Delivering structured psychotherapy (Motivational Enhancement Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, etc.).
• Performing clinical assessments (including structured outcome assessments and adverse event assessments).
• Clinically managing adverse events and urgent clinical issues (such as suicidality) in the clinical research studies.
• Supervising and delivering repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and other interventions such as study-medications.
• Assisting in the review and design of research protocols.

Learning opportunities include the following:

• Clinical trial design and conduct.
• Structured assessments (which are both useful in research and clinical care).
• Structured psychotherapy (which are both useful in research and clinical care).
• Management of clinical-research participants (research-patients).
• Literature searches and summary.
• Administration of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS).
• Presentation preparation and manuscript writing.
• General scientific processes including behavioral data analysis.
• Other research and clinical skills.
• Of note, there will be protected time for mutually agreed upon career development projects and learning opportunities as above.

Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Choose Duke.

The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, founded in 1943, is one of 26 departments in the Duke University School of Medicine (SOM). The department is comprised of more than 500 faculty, staff, and trainees. Our goal is to help people with behavioral health challenges live their best life. We pursue this goal through a three-fold mission of superior specialty and integrated patient care for all, ground-breaking research, and exceptional training and education. Duke University is consistently ranked among the top universities worldwide and is renowned for its cutting-edge research across disciplines. Beyond the engaging work, you'll also benefit from Duke's competitive benefits package, including health insurance plans, generous paid time off, retirement programs with employer contributions, tuition assistance for employees and their children, and more.

Screening of Applications: Screening continues until the position is filled.

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  Education:
  Requires completion of a bachelor's degree in Health Science and a Physician Assistant Certificate of Registration with the North Carolina Medical Board, or eligibility for certification. Must also be certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

  
  
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  Experience:
  No prior experience is required beyond the education/training requirements. Equivalent combinations of relevant education and/or experience may be considered.

  
  

Duke University provides an annual base salary range for this position:
USD $93,987.00 - $140,980.00

Salary offers are determined based on factors such as the scope and responsibilities of the role, candidate's experience, education/training, key skills, internal equity, and market considerations.

Your total compensation goes beyond your paycheck. Duke offers:

• Comprehensive and competitive medical and dental care programs
• Generous retirement benefits
• A wide array of family-friendly and cultural programs

Learn more about Duke University's competitive benefits package.

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provisions for reasonable accommodation will be provided by the hiring department.

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunities without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that thrives when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes.

To support this, we strive to ensure that all members of our community feel secure and welcome, that their contributions are respected, and that all voices are heard. Every member of our community shares the responsibility to uphold these values.

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends onthe robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.