Physician (Psychiatrist, NASA)- Preventive Medicine and Population Health

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.

• Board Certification in Psychiatry with at least 7 years of active clinical psychiatric practice post board certification.
• Permanent, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. Physicians who are not currently licensed in the state of Texas will be considered; however, if selected for appointment, they must obtain a Texas medical license before start date.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in the provision of psychiatric treatment services to patients in outpatient, inpatient, and emergency department settings.
• Extensive knowledge, experience or training in the fields of aerospace medicine and/or aerospace psychiatry.
• Experience in administrative psychiatry, including professional knowledge in planning, conducting, and evaluating clinical medical programs and managerial practices, including, quality assurance, formal peer review processes and medical staff governance.
• Formal training and experience in the theories, principles, and practices of aerospace medicine and aerospace psychiatry
• Residency training in psychiatry.
• Extensive knowledge in the practice of clinical and emergency psychiatry.
• Current clinical proficiency in psychiatric diagnosis and assessment, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and emergency psychiatric assessment.
• Skill in teaching and making oral presentations.
• Demonstrated success at working well with others in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Interpersonal effectiveness, professionalism, and courtesy in dealings with clients, co-workers and other personnel.
• Demonstrated organizational skills for coordinating complex activities and schedules.
• Ability to be flexible and adapt quickly to changing requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary setting where there is can be multiple customers with divergent or competing goals for the project implementation and outcome.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret requirements for real-time implementation.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Formal training and experience in aerospace medicine, preferably residency training in aerospace medicine and board eligibility or certification in aerospace medicine; or formal training and extensive experience as a military flight surgeon.
• Experience in providing comprehensive psychiatric care to patients of all age groups, including children, teens and adults.
• Experience evaluating and treating patients in isolated, confined and extreme environments.
• Experience or training in sleep medicine.
• Experience in psychiatric screening of personnel for hazardous missions duties, including aviators, astronauts, or military personnel.

SALARY:

Commensurate with qualifications and experience

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY:

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.