Attending Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Open date: October 20, 2025

Next review date: Friday, Jun 26, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Tuesday, Apr 20, 2027 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.


Position description

Attending Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

UCSF Health is currently recruiting for a variety of vacant child/adolescent psychiatry positions in both inpatient and outpatient services. The Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco invites applications for Attending Psychiatrists for Child and Adolescent psychiatric services at UCSF Health. Applications will be held and reviewed based on availability of positions and funding. These positions will be filled in a rank and series commensurate with experience.

Qualifications

• MD or equivalent, must be board-eligible in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; licensed to practice medicine in California

• Demonstrated clinical, educational, and administrative skills with a strong commitment to an academic career as a clinician-educator

• Competence in working with a range of communities and populations

• Applicant's materials must list (pending) qualifications upon application submission

• Applicants must meet all of the requirements by the time of hire.

Responsibilities
There are several different psychiatrist positions we are recruiting for at UCSF, some of their responsibilities include:

• Providing inpatient, outpatient, and/or consultation-liaison psychiatry services-including psychiatry resident/fellow supervision and/or direct clinical care
• Providing outpatient services within an embedded clinic model
• Participating in teaching, supervision, and assessment of trainees
• Engaging in innovation and continual improvements in clinical and educational programs
• Participating in departmental, university, and public service

Please apply online at , with CV, cover letter, statement of teaching, and three reference contacts

The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5 . The minimum base salary range for this position is $106,000-$319,800. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

• Cover Letter

• Statement of Research (Optional)

• Statement of Teaching

• 3 required (contact information only)

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

UCSF is committed to welcoming and serving all people, honoring the dignity of every individual without preference or prejudice, in support of its public mission and in alignment with our PRIDE values and Principles of Community.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.
• "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, or discrimination, as defined by the employer.
• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
• APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment


Job location


San Francisco, CA