Description

UTHealth Houston Louis A. Faillace, MD Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is currently recruiting for a part-time (50%) clinical faculty position to provide Telepsychiatry services to Inpatient Psychiatric facilities in Texas.  This is a 100% remote position which will allow you to work in the comfort of your own home or local office.

Position Key Accountabilities: 

• Evaluate, diagnose, prescribe, and supervise treatment to assigned patients, in conformance with hospital bylaws, medical staff bylaws, SSLC policy, Texas Administrative Code requirements, and applicable state and federal law to decrease psychiatric symptoms and improve patient functioning.

• Assess persons, as assigned, in admissions unit for admission to the state hospital(s) or SSLC. Round with members of the treatment team daily to review assigned patients.

• Meet with individual patients as clinically indicated, in accordance with the following; Acute patients must be seen individually at least twice weekly; Subacute patients must be seen at least once weekly; Long-term stable patients must be seen at least every other week, and attend and participate in weekly treatment team meetings for assigned patients.

• Participate in quality improvement activities to promote quality of care by attending in person monthly medical staff meeting and one monthly assigned committee meeting with completion of tasks assigned during these meetings.

• Be on telemedicine duty and be available to see patients and consult with staff as requested during regularly scheduled working hours. You will not be responsible for any evening or weekend on-call duties.

• Evaluate and complete medical certifications for commitment as clinically indicated, evaluate and complete documentation for court-ordered medications as clinically indicated, and provide testimony in court for commitment and court-orders.

 Depending on qualifications and credentials, a part-time faculty appointment at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor will be offered.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• M.D. or equivalent degree;
• Licensed or license eligible in the State of Texas;
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in general psychiatry, child & adolescent psychiatry, and geriatric psychiatry or have completed accredited training in these specialty and sub-specialty areas in the United States;
• Experience or interest in research and/or education is preferre

Interested candidates must apply via the UTHealth Career Webpage at https://www.uth.edu/careers/. Only electronic applications submitted via the UTHealthonline system will be considered. EOE/M/F/Disabled/Vet.