Faculty Opportunity - Emergency Medicine

Emcareers; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

UTHealth Houston invites applications for a full-time faculty position in the Department of Emergency Medicine. The role encompasses clinical service, teaching residents/fellows, and involvement in EMS, ultrasound, and research disciplines at MH-TMC and LBJ.

Applicants should be board-certified or eligible in Emergency Medicine, with opportunities for professional development and advancement within a major Texas medical center.

Qualifications

• Emergency Medicine board-certified or eligible.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical service and teaching within UTHealth Houston's Department of Emergency Medicine.
• Contribute to EMS, ultrasound, quality assurance, and research initiatives as part of a faculty role.

Job description

Faculty Opportunity
Assistant/Associate/Professor of Department of Emergency Medicine at the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is seeking Emergency Medicine board-certified/eligible candidates for faculty full time positions. The McGovern Medical School is the sixth largest Medical School in the U.S. and first in the number of health care graduates in Texas. Our residency is a PGY1-3 program with 63 residents per year. We also offer ACGME Fellowships in EMS and Pediatric EM as well as fellowships in Medical Education, Quality, Ultrasound and Space Medicine.

Our primary teaching sites are Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center (MH-TMC) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (LBJ). MH-TMC provides leading-edge care in cardiac, trauma, neuroscience, orthopedics, women's health, general surgery, organ transplantation, and much more. As one of only two certified Level I trauma centers in the greater Houston area, the hospital provides 24/7 emergency and trauma care to over 75,000 patients annually. Memorial Herman Life Flight provides emergency rescue within a 150-mile radius. MHH TMC has achieved one of the highest levels of recognition a hospital can receive – Magnet recognition for excellence in nursing services by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program. LBJ is a 215 licensed-beds acute care hospital offering a full range of medical services (a new hospital is under construction and will more than double capacity upon completion). LBJ is a verified Level 3 Trauma Center and is the only trauma facility positioned to serve the needs of the historically underserved northeast Harris County. Additionally, LBJ is the busiest Level 3 trauma center in the state, with more than 83,000 emergency patient visits yearly and more than 14,500 inpatient admissions.

For more information on UTHealth’s Emergency Medicine program, visit https://med.uth.tmc.edu/emergencymedicine/.

The Department of Emergency Medicine offers a competitive package of salary, benefits, and faculty development opportunities. It has a long history of excellence in clinical emergency medicine, ultrasound, EMS, quality assurance, and research. UTHealth Houston is a health-sciences university based in the Texas Medical Center and consists of seven different schools.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

This is a security sensitive position and thereby subject to Texas Education Code §51.215. A background check will be required for the final candidate.