The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Department of Psychiatry, along with University Clinical Health (UCH), are seeking a full-time Psychiatrist to join our clinical and academic services in an Assistant Professor position. Patient care roles may be in the outpatient, inpatient care, or telepsychiatry settings at UCH or affiliated partners. Faculty may work solo or may supervise trainees, including residents, medical students, and fellows.

Join a dynamic and diverse team on the ground floor of development with great upside potential. We utilize the latest concepts and technology of crisis care management, EHR, telemedicine and intensive outpatient care with opportunities for academic research.

Compensation package is competitive for an academic educator and clinical psychiatrist with excellent benefits and generous retirement program. Visa waiver may be supported.

The Department of Psychiatry at UTHSC is a growing and thriving department that is actively recruiting faculty in several areas. The Department is highly collegial and has a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. The department encourages applications from all qualified applicants and celebrates diversity in age, class, ethnicity, gender physical and mental abilities, race, sexual orientation, spiritual practice, and other human differences. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship state- wide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service.

Qualifications

• M.D., D.O. or equivalent degree required
• Completion of an accredited residency required
• ABPN board certification or board eligibility required
• Unrestricted Tennessee medical license at time of appointment
• Current DEA certification number
• Eligible for malpractice insurance

Relocation is not required, however the work is on- site.

Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.

Interested individuals should include curriculum vitae, with names and addresses of two professional references with Taleo application.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.

Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT's doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state's largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.

Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.

Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley's Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.