Chair of the Department of Psychiatry
- Employer
- The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
- Location
- Edinburg
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
Chair of the Department of Psychiatry
Job Class Code: 00021
FLSA: Exempt
Posting Number: FRGV0850
Location: Rio Grande Valley
Division/Organization: Division of President
Appointment Period for Non-Tenure Position: 1 year
Tenure Status: Non Tenure Track
FTE: 12 month, 100%
Scope of Job:
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine (SOM) is seeking an exceptional leader to serve as the founding Chair of the Department of Psychiatry. The founding Chair will provide academic leadership for the new Department of Psychiatry and will expand and build collaborative relationships and grow innovative programs within the School of Medicine and the Division of Health Affairs. Reporting to the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs/Dean of the School of Medicine, the founding Chair will work collaboratively with other UTRGV schools/colleges to develop interdisciplinary opportunities for teaching and research that will help address the unique health care priorities for the region.
The Rio Grande Valley region has been identified as a significantly underserved area for psychiatric services. While the supply of psychiatrists in relation to the population is already below the national average in the state of Texas, the Rio Grande Valley region has an even greater demonstrated need, with only 37 psychiatrists, not including the psychiatrists at UTRGV School of Medicine, to serve the Valley's 1.3 million people.
The founding Chair will have a deep commitment to students and their success, in addition to a record of accomplishment with building strong and abiding interpersonal relationships. Specific responsibilities include the following:
Minimum Qualifications:
• M.D. or equivalent with Board certification in a related Behavioral Science field such as Psychiatry, Behavioral Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, or closely related field is required
• Academic experience and credentials to be awarded rank at level of Associate Professor or Professor
• Licensed or license eligible in the State of Texas
Discipline Specific Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualification:
Five years of progressive leadership experience in Higher Education with a record of professional accomplishments on a national and international scale, with a strong focus on clinical and research success for meeting the requirements for a faculty appointment at the rank of associate professor or full professor.
• Significant leadership experience and demonstrated success as a manager at the Chair, Associate Director, Director or program leader level gained within an academic medical center, and/or psychiatry institute, including successful experience in the recruitment, retention, and management of researchers and clinicians.
• Strong organizational, management, financial, and budgetary skills with the ability to bring scientific leadership and organization innovation to the management of people and processes.
• A demonstrated ability to think strategically with a vision of how to develop psychiatry research and services for the future while keeping an eye on the details of the implementation; has the ability to articulate a vision that will promote and integrate psychiatry research, care, and education across UTRGV and the community.
• A proven background in recruitment, mentoring, and development of outstanding academic and administrative leadership. A dedicated leader and mentor to scientists, clinicians, and staff.
• A distinguished academic record and national presence in one’s discipline as evidenced by such activity as peer-reviewed publications, major journal editorial responsibility, a senior officer position in one’s major national organization, or equivalent experience.
• A proven ability to build strong teams, as well as to work as a team member with one’s colleagues in management and in team leadership positions with one’s direct reports.
• An ability to grow revenue and attract external funding from institutions and individuals; specific experience with donor fundraising a plus.
• A commitment to and demonstrated results in the advancement of diversity and inclusion in current organization.
• A demonstrated record of building strong teams, both within and across disciplines. Evidence of support for interdisciplinary research and clinical program development is highly valued.
• Experience or ability to nurture and grow a successful residency program.
Salary: Commensurate with Qualifications and Experience
License or Certification Required?: Yes
Number of Vacancies: 1
Desired Start Date: 01/01/2019
EEO Statement:
EEO Statement
UTRGV is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to hire without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or veteran status. UTRGV takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Diversity Statement
UTRGV is a Hispanic-serving Institution dedicated to student success and building a diverse faculty committed to working in a multicultural environment. UTRGV has an NSF ADVANCE grant to increase the representation of women in STEM fields and to promote a positive, family friendly workplace for all faculty. We strongly encourage applications from women and minorities.
Open Date: 11/30/2018
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Dear Applicant,
Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following:
*Date of Birth
*Social Security Number
*Gender
*Ethnicity/Race
Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission.
Additional Information:
UTRGV is a distributed institution. As such and as assigned, the position may
require presence at multiple locations throughout the Rio Grande Valley. Work is
performed primarily in a general office environment. This position is security sensitive
and thereby subject to the provisions of the Texas Education Code
§51.215. The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of
Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least
135 days in length. This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement
Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week
and at least 135 days in length.
Please Note:
Texas law requires faculty members whose primary language is not English to
demonstrate proficiency in English as determined by a satisfactory paper-based
test score of 500 (computer-based of 173 or internet-based of 61) on the Test of
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or a satisfactory test score of 6.0 on the
International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Incomplete applications
will not be considered.
To apply, visit https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/19790
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Organization
Working at The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
A New University with a Long History
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 in a historic move that brings together the resources and assets of UT Brownsville and UT Pan American and, for the first time, makes it possible for residents of the Rio Grande Valley to benefit from the Permanent University Fund—a public endowment contributing support to the University of Texas System and the Texas A&M University System.
Our new university will also be home to a School of Medicine and will transform Texas and the nation by becoming a leader in student success, teaching, research, and health care. UTRGV will enroll its first class in the fall of 2015, and the School of Medicine will open in 2016.
UT Brownsville and UT Pan American
The shared history of The University of Texas Pan American and The University of Texas at Brownsville goes back to 1927, when Edinburg College was founded. In 1973, Pan American opened a second campus in Brownsville, which later became an independent institution of The University of Texas System in 1991. Over the years, the missions and the identities of these great institutions have continually evolved to serve the communities of the Rio Grande Valley.
Now, the evolution and connection between these two institutions is coming full circle as UT Brownsville and UT Pan American are being established as a single, new university and medical school, with a single, new identity—The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Learn more about UTRGV here.
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