DescriptionProfileThe Vice Chair provides strategic leadership for the department's clinical enterprise, overseeing the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered behavioral health services across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. The Vice Chair partners with departmental and institutional leadership to advance clinical operations, improve access to care, promote quality and patient safety, support faculty development, and drive strategic growth aligned with the department's mission of excellence in clinical care, research, and education. Candidates must have excelled in their own clinical practice and already built an outstanding reputation for clinical innovation and clinical care as well as program development.
Candidates must have an M.D. or D.O. and be board eligible or board certified. While Texas licensure is not required for consideration or selection, it is a pre-requisite for starting in the position.
QualificationsGeneral InformationHighlights 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
To learn more, visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/ - 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 BrainThe 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.
TeamOur 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.
