Executive Chair & Professor, Osteopathic Family Medicine

University of North Texas Health Science Center; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

University of North Texas Health Science Center seeks a Chairman & Professor to lead the HSC-Family Medicine department in Fort Worth. The role directs academic, clinical, and administrative functions within the division and oversees budgets, space, and strategic development.

The position requires a DO degree with board certification and proven leadership in academic medicine, faculty development, and integration of education, clinical care, and research missions.

Qualifications

• DO degree.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the departmental strategic plan in alignment with UNT Health and Clinical Practice Group priorities; oversee departmental policies, bylaws, staffing, space, financial planning and management, and budget preparation; and provide overall leadership for department operations.
• Provide oversight of departmental clinical services in collaboration with UNT Health Clinical Practice Group leadership, ensuring quality of care, patient safety, regulatory compliance, financial performance, and appropriate supervision of learners.
• Plan, manage, and lead workload planning and tracking of faculty in alignment with workload expectations and bylaws.
• Provide clinical care to patients consistent with professional standards and patient safety expectations. Teach osteopathic medical students in the clinical learning environment.
• Recruit, mentor, evaluate, promote, and retain qualified faculty. Conduct regular faculty performance evaluations aligned with institutional policies.
• Oversee departmental contributions to undergraduate and graduate medical education. Ensure compliance with accreditation standards.
• Provide leadership for the development and oversight of faculty research and scholarly activity, including mentorship, collaboration, and support for extramural funding and dissemination of scholarship.
• Serve as liaison between the department and institutional leadership. Collaborate with other department chairs and clinical leaders to advance institutional goals.

Skills

Leadership

Medical education

Budget management

Communication

Quality improvement

Osteopathic education

Education

DO degree

Job description

University of North Texas Health Science Center seeks a Chairman & Professor to lead the HSC-Family Medicine department in Fort Worth. The role directs academic, clinical, and administrative functions within the division and oversees budgets, space, and strategic development.

The position requires a DO degree with board certification and proven leadership in academic medicine, faculty development, and integration of education, clinical care, and research missions.