Academic Clinician for Psychiatric Emergency Service [Req#: 944793, Position#: 131724]

UT Southwestern•Dallas, TX

About The Position

UT Southwestern Medical Center is recruiting an outstanding Psychiatrist to serve on the busy Psychiatric Emergency Service (PES) at Parkland Health. The position offers opportunities to supervise psychology interns, psychiatry residents, and other trainees, and to participate in the department’s academic mission. Candidates interested in pursuing an academic career, quality improvement projects, and community psychiatry are encouraged. Academic experience and a strong record of clinical teaching are preferred. Emergency Psychiatry residency or fellowship training is ideal but not required. Texas licensure is not required for consideration or selection, but is a prerequisite to starting in the position. The Department of Psychiatry works to meet the behavioral health needs of diverse communities across North Texas and beyond by increasing equitable access to psychiatric care and advances in neuroscience and psychiatry, and by preparing an effective workforce. Faculty collaborate across broad psychiatric specialties and subspecialties and contribute to research, teaching, and clinical care.

Requirements

M.D. or D.O.
Board certified or board eligible in General Psychiatry.
Texas licensure is a prerequisite for starting in the position.

Nice To Haves

Residency or fellowship training in Emergency Psychiatry.
Interest in pursuing an academic career.
Interest in quality improvement projects and community psychiatry.
Academic experience and a strong track record of clinical teaching.

Responsibilities

Provide psychiatric care on the Psychiatric Emergency Service at Parkland Health.
Supervise psychology interns, psychiatry residents, and other trainees.
Participate in the department’s academic mission.
Contribute to quality improvement projects and community psychiatry initiatives.

Benefits

Guaranteed salary with an wRVU productivity incentive.
Seven days per year to attend conferences, with a professional allowance.
Comprehensive, low-cost health insurance effective on day one.
Dental and vision insurance.
Retirement benefits.
Life and disability insurance.
Paid parental leave.
Paid holidays, including floating holidays.
Paid time off available on day one.
Eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and NIH loan repayment program.
$1 million in identity theft protection and employee discounts.
Occurrence-based medical malpractice insurance, so malpractice tail insurance is not needed.
No state income tax.