Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Dell Medical School

Department of Psychiatry

Posted: Mar 11, 2025

About Dell Medical School

As part of The University of Texas at Austin, one of the nation's leading research universities, the Dell Medical School pursues innovation in the redesign of healthcare delivery, excellence in healthcare research, and programs in interdisciplinary and inter-professional education. It is the fifth medical school in the UT System and the first medical school established in nearly five decades by a member of the Association of American Universities, an organization of leading public and private research universities.

The University of Texas Medical Center, anchored by Dell Medical School, is defining the future of health. with planning and implementation underway, The University of Texas Medical Center will cement Austin as a premier destination for health care alongside other major Texas cities. With two new, state-of-the-art hospitals - A UT specialty hospital and a cancer center being built by MD Anderson - plus the academic and research expertise of UT, The University of Texas Medical Center will provide the integrated, world-class care that is a hallmark of academic medicine.

The Dell Medical School is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to excellence within the health learning system.

About the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

leads psychiatry education for the Dell Medical School and its post-graduate programs train mental health professionals to become 21st-century leaders in the fields of psychiatry and psychology. Clinical services provide informed, evidence-based care for individuals and families in multiple general medical and specialty behavioral health settings with an active and strong presence in community settings. Importantly, the Department is leading efforts at the University of Texas-Austin to execute cutting-edge basic and clinical research that illuminates the underlying neurobiological causes of psychiatric disorders and identifies novel treatments for psychiatric disorders.

About the Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Position

The Dell Medical School (DMS) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is seeking a board certified/board eligible Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join the clinical faculty and serve on our community and school-based telemedicine programs and consultation-liaison clinical team in Austin, Texas. We seek a physician who will help the Department achieve our goal of working with community partners to develop clinical, educational and research initiatives that revolutionize how people get and stay mentally healthy in Central Texas and beyond. Student loan forgiveness is available for faculty of the Department of Psychiatry through the Texas Mental Health Professionals .

Primary responsibilities will include providing clinical expertise to evaluate and treat a broad spectrum of mental health challenges for children and adolescents and in support of physicians who call the Child and Perinatal Psychiatric Access Network for consultation. The physician would also provide psychiatric care to children and adolescents as part of the Community Psychiatry Workforce Expansion (CPWE) program. This program is part of recent legislative funding to increase access to pediatric mental health services across Texas.

We seek candidates committed to providing exemplary care and treatment that restores hope and helps patients live healthier, fuller lives. A clinical assignment will occur through our Department's collaborations with the Seton Healthcare Family with the physician providing clinical care at a Local Mental Health Authority and/or Dell Children's Medical Center remotely.

Essential Functions:

Treatment and Assessment: Treats patients, staff, and doctors with dignity and respect. Meets productivity standards as developed by the Medical Director. Prescribes medication in collaboration with the patient/guardian based on diagnosis and target symptoms, and in compliance with any applicable center formulary. Applies cost/benefit/risk analysis.

Evaluation: Provides and appropriately documents in person and/or telemedical psychiatric evaluations consistent with the standard of care and in accordance with any applicable guidelines and documentation requirements.

Documentation: Documents all services in a professional and timely manner, using approved medical records systems and forms.

Emergency Evaluation: Provides child and adolescent psychiatric emergency evaluations and ongoing crisis services.

Participates in treatment team meetings as indicated. Attends and participates in medical staff meetings, peer review, quality management activities, and other activities within the scope of a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and as assigned by the Medical Director.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate knowledge of, and comply with attendance, work schedule, on-call policies, center policies/procedures, professional/legal requirements, and billing standards; will maintain required training, licensure, and certificates; demonstrate ethical, courteous, and professional behavior and communicate with staff and patients in a timely manner.

Qualifications

Required:

- Unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Texas, or the ability to obtain prior to appointment.

- Board certified in general psychiatry and either board-certified or board-eligible in child and adolescent psychiatry with commitment to become certified within 2 years of graduation from fellowship training

- Eligible for credentialing and privileging by Ascension Seton.

- Eligible for credentialing and privileging in the local mental health authority.

- Eligible for appointment as an assistant professor or higher in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

- Eligible for faculty appointment with The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.

Preferred:

- Demonstrated leadership, clinical teaching, evaluation, and communication skills.

- Ability to influence and motivate others at all professional and administrative levels.

- Innovative self-starter with a commitment to excellence.

- Possess tenacity, self-motivation and initiative necessary to drive the development and maintenance of established and new programs. A track record of being able to lead, direct, and influence a team regardless of reporting lines, as well as be a team player. #healthstartshere2

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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