Job Description: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) seeks an accomplished leader and scientist to serve as Division Chief of Addiction Psychiatry for the Department of Psychiatry. The Chief will have the opportunity to build upon the research and academic programs for the division while helping to ensure outstanding addiction and substance use related care in one of the nation’s fastest growing regions.
Job Responsibilities: The Chief will develop and foster a vision for the Division for the years to come, with a strong focus on developing a robust research portfolio, emphasizing grant-funding, scholarly output, and high-impact journal publications. The Chief will build on existing interdisciplinary partnerships with other departments and divisions, including the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Division of Digestive & Liver Diseases (Hepatology), Transplant Services, and Sickle Cell Services. This role involves fostering an exceptional teaching environment, continuously advancing the medical education curriculum and training programs, including our well-established Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, while continuing to recruit, train, and retain faculty to grow the Division. Our Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship program, established in 2000, is the second largest Fellowship program of its kind in the country. The Division Chief will partner with the Chief of Service within the Division to continue building statewide and national relationships for the Department and their clinical partners.
The Department’s 300 faculty have expertise in virtually all areas pertinent to modern psychiatric practice ranging from psychoanalysis to neurobiology to psychiatric epidemiology and boasts a robust program in psychiatric neuroscience, interventional (neuromodulation based) psychiatry and depression research. The Department is one of four clinical departments affiliated with the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, an internationally recognized academic institution (housed within UTSW) and renowned for its research, medical education, and patient care in treating major forms of brain and spine diseases.
Psychiatry services at UT Southwestern are provided for a highly diverse patient population at multiple locations, including programs at UT Southwestern University Hospital, Parkland Hospital, the Dallas Veterans Administration Medical Center, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, the UT Dallas Student Mental Health Center, Children’s Medical Center, Terrell State Hospital, and Metrocare Services at The Bridge, a multipurpose facility dedicated to serving unhoused individuals, as well as outpatient and specialty clinics in the community. The Department also collaborates with several local community agencies to provide expanded care for the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area.
UT Southwestern Medical Center is one of the premier academic medical centers in the nation, especially well-known for both the quality of its science and outstanding clinical care, and fundamentally committed to integrating pioneering biomedical research with clinical care and education. The medical center’s faculty includes many distinguished scientists; among them are 26 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 18 members of the National Academy of Medicine, and 14 Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators. Since 1985, six members of the UTSW faculty have been recipients of Nobel Prizes.
Required education/experience/licenses/certifications:: The ideal candidate will be an active clinical researcher with a strong record in translational research, proven ability to lead in a complex, matrixed academic enterprise and will have demonstrated scholarly achievement of national recognition. Applicants must have an MD/DO with board certification in Addiction Psychiatry and be eligible for appointment as an associate or full professor. While Texas licensure is not required for consideration or selection for the position, it is a pre-requisite for starting in the position. Appointment rank will be commensurate with academic accomplishment and experience. Consideration may be given to applicants seeking less than a full-time schedule.
Benefits
- 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
- To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers, visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/
If you are interested in this job posting:
Please use the following link to submit your application for this position: https://jobs.utsouthwestern.edu/job/21936493/division-chief-addiction-psychiatry-dallas-tx/
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UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.
