ADULT OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRY
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso El Paso, TX
Position Highlights:
- Desirable Practice Setting:100% community-based, outpatient only - no inpatient responsibilities
- Supervise and mentor residents in a collegial, growth-oriented department
- Collaborate with psychology, forensic, and child post-doctoral fellows
- Ideal Work Environment: Generalist focus with up to 20% protected time for a specialty or area of interest
- Friendly, diverse, and flexible faculty culture with strong mutual support
- Light call burden: telecall only (2 weeknights + 1 weekend/month), from home, with infrequent callbacks
- Moderate-acuity patient population - no severe mental illness
- Academic & Research Opportunities:20% protected time for scholarly activity - research, teaching, and/or committee work
- Lead or co-lead residency didactics across two thriving training sites (36 + 16 residents)
- Access to Southwest Brain Bank research for psychiatric illness
- Department in active growth phase with stable, upfront state funding for research and clinical activities
- Additional protected time available for grant-funded faculty (RO1 eligible)
About the Community:
- Affordability: No Texas state income tax
- Education: Exceptional public and private schools
- Vibrant Lifestyle: Minor league baseball and soccer, symphony, museums, and outstanding dining
- Mountain living and skiing within two hours
- A culturally rich, rapidly growing metropolitan community
Job Reference: PSY 25089
