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Description
General Information
As part of the UT Southwestern Medical Center clinical team in Psychiatry, you will join in an evolving effort to push ahead of the traditional boundaries of medicine, deliver cures and transform patient care. In our growing downtown Dallas campus, we have psychiatrists, psychologists, neuroscientists and many varied students advancing the development of neurotherapeutic interventions for challenging brain disorders, discovering advanced understanding of the causes of psychiatric illnesses and cures. At UT Southwestern, your ideas and skills will be put to work in ways that serve you, our patients, our community, and the world. Our 3,000+ UT Southwestern faculty foster teamwork and teach the skills that best reflect the changing landscape of therapeutics and health care delivery. Our research environment is one of the most advanced in the world, and the day-to-day quest for discovery will inspire your best work.
Profile
We are recruiting an outstanding Psychiatrist to serve on our very busy Psychiatric Emergency Service (PES) located at Parkland Health. The position includes opportunities for supervision of psychology interns, psychiatry residents, and other trainees and participation in the department's academic mission.
Candidates must hold an M.D. or D.O. and be board certified or board eligible in General Psychiatry. Residency/Fellowship training in Emergency Psychiatry is ideal but not required. While Texas licensure is not required for consideration or selection, it is a pre-requisite for starting in the position. Interest in pursuing an academic career, working with quality improvement projects, and in community psychiatry would be considered as positive attributes. Academic experience and strong track record of clinical teaching is preferred.
Highlights of the Opportunity
Generous compensation with a guaranteed salary and wRVU productivity incentive, as well as 7 days per year to attend conferences, with professional allowance
Excellent comprehensive, low-cost health insurance (effective on day one), dental, vision, retirement, life insurance, and disability benefits
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Paid Parental Leave and holidays (including floating holidays that can be used anytime)
Paid Time Off (available on day one)
Eligible site for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program and NIH loan repayment program
As employees of a public, State of Texas organization, physicians are entitled to $1 million in identity theft protection and many employee discounts
No need for malpractice tail insurance: med/mal is occurrence based
No state income tax
Mission/Vision
Discover, Educate, and Heal the Mind, Body, and Brain
The Department of Psychiatry's vision is to meet the behavioral health needs of diverse communities across North Texas and beyond by increasing equitable access to psychiatric care and the latest advancements in neuroscience and psychiatry and preparing an effective workforce to achieve these objectives.
Team
Our department offers expertise in broad specialty and subspecialty areas of psychiatry and opportunities to collaborate with experts in our field. To serve the diverse communities of North Texas and maintain the excellence of our institution, we welcome faculty candidates who will bring additional dimensions to our research, teaching, and clinical mission, including underrepresented groups.
Worksite address
dallas, TX, 75215, US
Who can apply
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