The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Surgery Division of Pediatric Surgery is currently recruiting for a faculty member.
Successful candidates will be committed to patient care resident fellow and medical student education and scholarly activity that advance surgical sciences and clinical medicine. Candidates will be expected to participate in the clinical practice and teaching programs at Childrens Medical Center at Dallas and Plano UT Southwestern University hospitals Parkland Memorial Hospital and other additional facilities.
UT Southwestern is an academic medical center world renowned for its research regarded among the best in the country for medical education and for clinical and scientific training and nationally recognized for the quality of clinical care that its faculty provides to patients at UT Southwestern University Hospitals & Clinics and affiliated institutions.
The Medical Center has four degree-granting institutions: UT Southwestern Medical School UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences UT Southwestern School of Health Professions and UT Southwestern School of Public Health.
The schools train nearly 3700 medical graduate and health profession students residents and postdoctoral fellows each year.
Ongoing support from federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health along with foundations individuals and corporations provides almost $554.4 million per year to fund faculty research.
Faculty and residents provide care to more than 117000 hospitalized patients almost 360000 emergency room cases and oversee approximately 3 million outpatient visits annually.
UT Southwestern has approximately 18800 employees and an operating budget of $4.1 billion.
The Dallas area boasts a low cost of living with diverse neighborhoods and great schools. The area has world class quality of life options with more than 175 museums and art galleries premier performance halls numerous parks lakes golf courses and seven professional sport franchises
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Applicant must be Board Certified in General Surgery have completed a Pediatric Surgery Fellowship be Board Eligible or Certified in Pediatrics Surgery and be eligible for a Texas Medical License.
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination including discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age disability genetic information citizenship status or veteran status.
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215 which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research work on or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.
Benefits
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing and include:
PPO medical plan available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
100% coverage for preventive healthcare no copay
Paid Time Off available day one
Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
Paid Parental Leave Benefit
Wellness programs
Tuition Reimbursement
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer