**Founding Chair Occupational Medicine opening in east Texas**
* Located in ***Tyler, TX*** - just 98 miles from Dallas!
* Service area of 233,000 people
* Full-time, permanent opening
* Employed position
* An academic rank of Associate Professor/Professor (non-tenure track) commensurate with background, record, and experience
**Candidate Requirements:**
* Advanced degree, i.e., MD, DO required
* Must possess or be able to secure an unrestricted medical license in Texas upon start
* A strong clinical track record in occupational medicine
* Demonstrated experience/track record with research and related program delivery
* Certification in occupational/environmental medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine
* Three years of administrative experience in a clinical, academic, and/or corporate setting or equivalent
**Job Details:**
* Broadly responsible for the administration of strategic, academic, and clinical initiatives within the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
* Responsible for the assurance of excellence in community engagement, education, and research within their department, as well as for partnership with UT Health system leaders in the delivery of top-quality clinical care (where applicable)
* Participate in hospital committee functions and administrative duties as assigned
* Provide education and training to residents, medical students, and other trainees
* Participate in research and outreach activities
* Administrative responsibility for the Department and provides professional leadership for its activities
* The distribution of effort between these duties will be assigned by the Dean of the School of Medicine
* Will be expected to provide high quality, cost-effective, compassionate occupational and environmental medical care and health services to program clients at no less than 30 percent effort (0.3 FTE)
**The Health Science Center hosts:**
* An established occupational health clinic that is a member of the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) and that offers a broad range of occupational health services to workers, employers, and other clients from across the region as well as professional physician services at selected plant-based facilities
* One of only two ACGME-accredited occupational medicine residency programs in Texas and U.S. Public Health Region 6, and is partially supported through a NIOSH Training Project Grant as well as CMMS capped GME positions
* A newly established public health/general preventive medicine residency in a sister Department of Preventive Medicine and Population Health
* A robust portfolio of grants, contracts, and research initiatives in related occupational, environmental, and public health disciplines (e.g., occupational respiratory diseases). This includes the NIOSH-supported Southwest Center for Agricultural Health, Injury Prevention, and Education
**Community information:**
* Population of over 100,000 (233,00 in the Tyler metropolitan area)
* Outstanding area public and private schools
* Small-town comforts with easy proximity to metropolitan cities
* Affordable housing and low cost of living
* Various lifestyle choices lake front, historical homes, modern, rural
* No State Income Tax