Academic Professional Tract (Non-Tenure) : Clinical Associate Professor or Clinical Professor and Residency Program Director with Shannon Health System

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (MPSY) at Texas A&M University College of Medicine seeks to fill one (1) position for a full time, 11-month appointment with an anticipated start date in the fall of 2025.  Applications will be accepted at the rank of Clinical Associate Professor or Professor (Academic Professional Track- Non Tenure), commensurate with qualifications.

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Texas A&M College of Medicine is seeking a Psychiatry Residency Program Director to serve as the founding leader of a newly-developed residency program within the Shannon Health System in San Angelo, TX.  As the College plans to expand its student enrollment, this new residency program will increase the number of PGY-1 positions available for graduating physicians and is tangible evidence of our College's commitment to creating and expanding physician workforce development programs in rural areas.

We desire an individual who subscribes to and supports our mutual commitment to enhance the health and wellbeing of Texans, particularly those in San Angelo and the Concho Valley. The successful applicant will bring an expert level of educational and clinical leadership to the position.  The ideal candidate must bring a high level of professionalism, systems-based thinking, organizational, and managerial skill to the position.  As a leader of healthcare professionals at all stages of their careers, the optimal candidate will be flexible and adaptive to the ever-changing needs of his/her constituents.

The chosen candidate's primary academic responsibility will be the education and teaching of psychiatry residents and medical students. As ABPN or AOBPN certified core faculty member of an accredited psychiatry residency, the faculty member will be required to educate students and residents within both clinical and didactic classroom settings.

The faculty member's secondary academic responsibility will be in the area of service, serving as a role model for future physicians while maintaining an active inpatient and/or outpatient psychiatric practice. The incumbent will guide the psychiatry residency's clinical service as both administrator and clinical leader.

Lastly, the faculty member will be required to produce two scholarly projects on average over five years.

Texas A&M University is one of the highest ranked public universities in the nation, has a student population of just over 73,000 from all 50 states and 124 countries, and is a top 20 research enterprise. Texas A&M is supported by a $13.5-billion-dollar endowment, boasts $1.13 billion in research expenditures, and is one of only 17 institutions in the nation to hold the triple designation as a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant university.  Bryan-College Station has over 200,000 residents, is consistently ranked among the best places to live in the country, has a low cost of living, and is located in the heart of the Houston-Dallas-Austin triangle.  

Together, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M Health, and the College of Medicine are working to improve healthcare through transformative education, innovative research, and team-based care delivery.

Required:

• MD, DO or equivalent professional degree
• Current certification in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neuology or the American Osteopathic Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Minimum of three (3) years experience in medical Education, academic administration, or clinical administration
• Currently clinically active

Preferred:

• Experience in residency education as core faculty, associate program director, or program director

Interested applicants must apply through the Texas A&M University faculty job board hosted by Interfolio using the following link: apply.interfolio.com/152908

 Please upload the following:

Questions can be sent to the attention of Hedieh Briggs (hedieh@tamu.edu ), or Dr. Patricia Watson (pkwatsonmd@tamu.edu) Search Committee Chair.

Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.