Emergency Medicine

Psychiatrist Position At UT Southwestern Medical Center

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.

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 include generous compensation with a guaranteed salary and wRVU productivity incentive, as well as seven 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. 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.

UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare – no copay
• Paid time off, available day one
• Retirement programs through the teacher retirement system of Texas (TRS)
• Paid parental leave benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition reimbursement
• Public service loan forgiveness (PSLF) qualified employer