Medical Toxicology Academic job located in Texas
Job Description
- Providing direct delivery of medical care in the Emergency Center, collaborating with other multi-disciplinary treatment team members, including consultants, as needed, and participating in department quality assurance activities.
- Working a defined number of clinical hours a month, with additional protected time allocated for research, administrative, and educational activities. Clinical hours reductions will be determined by roles within the department and the medical school.
- Participating in the Department's teaching activities, including both the medical student and house staff educational programs, didactic conferences, seminars, lectures, and case presentations, as well as your enthusiastic support of our Department's professional activities.
Faculty Opportunity
Medical Toxicologist and Emergency Physician, UTHealth Houston.
The UTHealth Houston Department of Emergency Medicine is recruiting a full-time medical
toxicology fellowship-trained emergency physician at the Assistant, Associate, or Professor level. The position includes the opportunity to expand and grow a bedside toxicology and addiction medicine consult service at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center. Experience/interest in addiction medicine is preferred. Ample educational opportunities are available through the UTHealth Houston Emergency Medicine residency program based at Memorial Hermann TMC and Harris Health LBJ Hospital.
Our primary teaching sites are Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center (MH-TMC) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (LBJ). MH-TMC provides leading-edge care in cardiac, trauma, neuroscience, orthopedics, women's health, general surgery, organ transplantation, and much more. As one of only two certified Level I trauma centers in the greater Houston area, the hospital provides 24/7 emergency and trauma care to over 75,000 patients annually. Memorial Herman Life Flight provides emergency rescue within a 150-mile radius. MHH TMC has achieved one of the highest levels of recognition a hospital can receive – Magnet recognition for excellence in nursing services by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program. LBJ is a 215 licensed-beds acute care hospital offering a full range of medical services (a new hospital is under construction and will more than double capacity upon completion). LBJ is a verified Level 3 Trauma Center and is the only trauma facility positioned to serve the needs of the historically underserved northeast Harris County. Additionally, LBJ is the busiest Level 3 trauma center in the state, with more than 83,000 emergency patient visits yearly and more than 14,500 inpatient admissions.
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The Department of Emergency Medicine offers a competitive package of salary, benefits, and faculty development opportunities. It has a long history of excellence in clinical emergency medicine, ultrasound, EMS, quality assurance, and research. UTHealth Houston is a health-sciences university based in the Texas Medical Center and consists of seven different schools.
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.
This is a security sensitive position and thereby subject to Texas Education Code §51.215. A background check will be required for the final candidate.