Professor - Psychiatry

Texas Tech University•Lubbock, TX

About The Position

The TTUHSC Department of Psychiatry supports the TTUHSC mission of educating collaborative health care professionals, providing excellent patient care, and advancing knowledge through innovative research. TTUHSC School of Medicine is community-based and collaborates with community hospitals as training sites, providing varied training experiences and allowing faculty to pursue their interests in psychiatric practice and science. The faculty member provides supervision and teaching to medical students and residents, works with learners to provide psychiatric patient care, conducts educational activities and/or mental health research, and provides clinical services. The role includes proportional call coverage for hospitals and emergency department consultations, participation in clinical research and scholarly activity, and administrative and academic direction of the department. The faculty member provides leadership and mentoring in education, research, and clinical care; recruits staff and faculty; and assures efficient administration and responsible financial management, including appropriate management and control of business, personnel, finance, and billing/coding processes. The position also involves collaboration with University Medical Center and Covenant Medical Center to develop opportunities that strengthen the teaching and clinical missions of the department and school. The faculty member assures high-quality teaching programs for students, residents, fellows, faculty, and postgraduates; maintains accredited residency and fellowship programs; and recruits residents and fellows. Rank (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor) and applicable salary depend on the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Requirements

Medical Degree (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO).
Foreign medical graduates must have ECFMG Certification or Equivalency Certification.

Responsibilities

Supervise and teach medical students and residents in Psychiatry.
Work with learners to provide patient care to psychiatry patients.
Conduct educational activities and/or research related to mental health.
Provide clinical services to patients.
Teach residents in Psychiatry.
Provide proportional call coverage to hospitals and emergency department consultations.
Participate in clinical research and scholarly activity.
Provide administrative and academic direction to the department in accordance with institutional and School of Medicine policies and procedures.
Provide leadership and mentoring to faculty in education, research, and clinical care.
Recruit staff and faculty to carry out the department’s and School of Medicine’s missions.
Assure efficient administration and responsible financial management of the department.
Maintain appropriate management and control of business, personnel, finance, and billing/coding processes.
Collaborate with and support joint endeavors with University Medical Center and Covenant Medical Center to strengthen the teaching and clinical missions of the department and school.
Assure high-quality teaching programs for students, residents, fellows, faculty, and postgraduates.
Maintain high-quality residency and fellowship programs with required accreditations.
Recruit residents and fellows to the School of Medicine.