Description
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, a leading academic health center, is seeking faculty members to join a dynamic group of physiatrists in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In partnership with TIRR Memorial Hermann and Memorial Hermann Hospital System, consistently ranked among the best rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S. News and World Report.
The department provides a range of clinical, academic, and administrative opportunities. The selected candidate will play an integral role in fulfilling the department’s mission to deliver exceptional rehabilitative services through innovation in clinical care and the advancement of knowledge that promotes recovery, functional restoration, and meaningful community participation for individuals with functional limitations due to injury or disease.
Position Key Accountabilities:
- Promoting collaborative efforts across health-related disciplines, supporting patient advocacy, and training future care providers and leaders in patient care and research.
- Teaching rehabilitation residents, fellows, medical students, and physical therapy students
- Developing and sustaining an environment in the patient care units that supports excellence and innovation in clinical practice and patient care through assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating programs and standards that support positive patient care outcomes, including excellent risk-adjusted outcomes, and serving as a role model in professional behavior and leadership skills, problem-solving ability, and interpersonal skills.
Qualifications:
- Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Texas Medical License or ability to obtain a Texas Medical License
- Outstanding clinical, interpersonal, and communication skills and excellent administrative and organizational abilities
- Commitment to excellence, discovery, and service.
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston)
Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.
UTHealth Houston Benefits
UTHealth Houston offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. For more information on our benefits programs please refer to our benefits page.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
UTHealth Houston is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment-related activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law or University policy. Reasonable accommodation, based on disability or religious observances, will be considered in accordance with applicable law and UTHealth Houston policy.
All UTHealth Houston employees who are assigned to work at a location that is subject to the affiliated partner’s hospital, clinical offices, or agency are required to abide by UTHealth Houston’s rules and regulations, as well as the affiliate’s rules and regulations.
In accordance with Executive Order GA-48 and to the extent that this position requires you to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), this role will include routine reviews to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent you from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.
To apply, click here: https://careers.uth.tmc.edu/us/en/job/260000KB/Assistant-Professor-Associate-Professor-Professor-Physical-Medicine-and-Rehabilitation-McGovern-Medical-School
