Occupational Medicine Physician

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Job description

UT Health East Texas seeks a be/bc Occupational and Environmental Medicine physician to join our region's leading program serving the beautiful communities of East Texas. Based out of Tyler, Texas, this role thrives in providing quality patient care, committee participation, and didactic training to residents and medical students. The selected candidate will receive a faculty appointment commensurate with their credentials.

Prominence in occupational and environmental medicine and health sciences is long-standing at the University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center for greater than 25 (home to the Texas Institute of Occupational Safety and Health or TIOSH ). 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.

Minimum Requirements:

• ABPM board certified or eligible in occupational & environmental medicine
• Experienced and graduating Occupational Medicine physicians are encouraged to apply!

Recruitment Package may include:

• Base salary + wRVU production incentive
• CME/CEU Allowance
• Sign-on bonus
• Medical debt assistance + Consultative services by Navigate Student Loans
• Relocation allowance
• Paid malpractice coverage
• Health benefits + Retirement plan
• Marketing + practice growth assistance

About Us:

With a 600K service area, UT Health East Texas is comprised of UT Health Tyler- the area's only Level 1 Trauma Center, UT Health North Campus, UT Health Athens, UT Health Carthage, UT Health Henderson, UT Health Jacksonville, UT Health Pittsburg, UT Health Quitman, UT Health Air1/EMS, UT Health East Texas Rehabilitation Hospital, UT Health Long Term Acute Care, UT Health Hope Cancer Center, and UT Health East Texas Physicians. With 974-licensed beds, a number of residency programs and a new medical school opening in 2023- UT Health East Texas is advancing healthcare, together.

About Our Community:

Charming brick streets. Antique shops and unique specialty stores. Crystal-clear lakes. Challenging golf courses and scenic campgrounds. Tyler, Texas has something for everyone. Centrally located in Northeast Texas, Tyler is a hub for the region and easily accessible to several major cities ().

• Fastest growing region in Texas
• 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
• Fun attractions including Tyler Rose Garden, local vineyards, and Caldwell Zoo
• A family-oriented lifestyle
• Affordable housing and low cost of living w/ home options from lakefront or historical to modern
• No State Income Tax!

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