Assistant Professor (Psychiatrist)

About the Harris Health System: (from HHS site)

Harris Health System is a fully integrated healthcare system that cares for all residents of Harris County, Texas. We are the first accredited healthcare institution in Harris County to be designated by the National Committee for Quality Assurance as a Patient-Centered Medical Home, and are one of the largest systems in the country to achieve the quality standard. Our system includes 18 community health centers, five same-day clinics, school-based clinics, three multi-specialty clinic locations, a dental center and dialysis center, mobile health units and two full-service hospitals.

Ben Taub Hospital is a world renowned Level I trauma center with 444 licensed acute-care beds and provides a wide range of specialty care outpatient services. Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital is a 207 licensed bed acute-care hospital with a newly expanded Level III trauma center and a distinguished regional center for neonatal intensive care for high-risk deliveries.

Harris Health is a teaching system for Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). We train the next generation of clinicians on the latest medical procedures and technological breakthroughs.

With our fully integrated electronic medical records system, we offer patients the convenience and assurance that their medical history is accurate, safe and available when and where it is needed. Our Medical Home designation ensures that we offer a full range of preventive, specialty and acute care services for the entire family.

Summary

The Baylor Psychiatry Service at Harris Health System and Ben Taub Hospital has an opening for a highly-motivated, team-oriented full-time or part-time Psychiatrist position at the Assistant Professor level to provide emergency psychiatry treatment at Ben Taub Psychiatric Emergency Center. This position comes with a faculty appointment within the Menninger Department of Psychiatry, a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our department is family-friendly and prized for its collegial atmosphere.

Clinical duties include patient care responsibilities mostly at Ben Taub Psychiatric Emergency Center with some outpatient work. This attending psychiatrist works in a physician-led environment with Emergency Medicine physicians, nurses, social workers and supporting staff to provide psychiatric assessment and treatment for a broad range of mental illnesses.

Faculty teaching responsibilities include direct clinical supervision of residents, fellows and medical students.

Job Duties

• Collaborative work with emergency physicians, nurses, and a multidisciplinary team
• Direct care to patients experimenting mental health crises
• Supervising and teaching fellows, residents, medical students, and other staff
• Direct outpatient clinic care

Interested candidates must complete this employment application to be considered and applicants are encouraged to email a CV and a cover letter to aashah@bcm.edu.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum Education: MD/DO, board certified (preferably) and board eligible in psychiatry
• Minimum Job Experience: Related experience or training required.
• Minimum Certification/Licenses/Registration: Must be licensed by the Texas Medical Board.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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