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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Physician-Scientist), Non-Tenure Track, Infectious Diseases-Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School

University of Texas Health Science Center Houston · Houston, Texas

College: University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
City: Houston, Texas
Where you’d teach: On campus
Job type: Full-time
Degree: Not stated
Posted: Oct 30, 2026

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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Physician-Scientist), Non-Tenure Track, Infectious Diseases-Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School in Texas Medical Center-Houston, Texas, United States | Faculty & Physicians at UTHealth Houston We're sorry... the job you are trying to apply for is no longer available. Maybe you would like to consider the Categories below : If you are looking for a great healthcare career in Houston, visit http://go.uth.edu/careers ! University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S.

Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B.

Johnson Hospital. UTHealth Houston Benefits UTHealth Houston offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. For more information on our benefits programs please refer to our benefits page . Equal Employment Opportunity Statement UTHealth Houston is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment-related activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law or University policy.

Reasonable accommodation, based on disability or religious observances, will be considered in accordance with applicable law and UTHealth Houston policy. All UTHealth Houston employees who are assigned to work at a location that is subject to the affiliated partner’s hospital, clinical offices, or agency are required to abide by UTHealth Houston’s rules and regulations, as well as the affiliate’s rules and regulations. In accordance with Executive Order GA-48 and to the extent that this position requires you to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), this role will include routine reviews to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent you from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4. --> f73c797b097d4a7da404fdb8e0fd0d7c Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Physician-Scientist), Non-Tenure Track, Infectious Diseases-Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School . <a href="https://med.uth.edu/">McGovern Medical School</a> at <a href="https://www.uth.edu/">UTHealth Houston</a>, a leading academic health centre, invites applications for a full-time (1.0 FTE), non-tenure clinical track faculty position in the <a href="https://med.uth.edu/internalmedicine/">Department of Internal Medicine</a>, <a href="https://med.uth.edu/internalmedicine/infectious-diseases/">Division of Infectious Diseases</a>.

The selected candidate will contribute to the department’s mission to strive to improve the quality of healthcare through excellence in the education of students, physicians, and the public; through advancement of biomedical knowledge through discovery, integration, and translation to the clinical setting; and the provision of comprehensive, compassionate, and accessible patient care. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Position Key Accountabilities:<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p> <o:p></o:p>The faculty in the Division of Infectious Diseases will primarily provide inpatient infectious diseases consultation service and outpatient infectious diseases clinics at our affiliated hospitals. Responsibilities also include teaching medical students, internal medicine residents, and/or infectious disease fellows. This position is intended for a physician-scientist with the appropriate qualifications and experience, who either holds funded research or is in the process of procuring funded research in an area of infectious diseases. Areas of particular interest encompass basic science, vaccine or molecular methodology, and the division is committed to supporting the development of a comprehensive research program.

Clinical duties will focus on general infectious diseases, with additional exposure to transplant and surgical infectious diseases services. <o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;">Developing and sustaining an environment in the patient care units that supports excellence and innovation in clinical practice and patient care through assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating programs and standards that support positive patient care outcomes, including excellent risk-adjusted outcomes.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;">Performing a variety of staff management functions, including interviewing, hiring, evaluating, counselling, and terminating assigned management, clinical, and support staff.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;">Facilitating, reviewing, and approving the budget for UTHealth Houston and Surgery Services, including estimates of future personnel and equipment needs; ensuring that hospital resources are optimally utilised through participation in strategic planning and financial budgeting processes, and development of practices that achieve specific objectives and resolution of unfavourable performance variances; providing leadership and implementing strategies to provide cost-effective quality care.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;">Providing coaching, mentoring, support, and consultation to clinical managers, attending physicians, research personnel, colleagues, and clinical staff.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;">Serving as a role model in professional behaviour and leadership skills, problem-solving ability, and interpersonal skills.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;">Delegating authority and accountability to clinical & nursing staff for clinical practice and patient care decisions that are consistent with professional standards, regulatory agencies, and organisational policies and procedures.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;">Identifying patient and family needs of the populations served; recommending and/or developing new programs and services to meet those needs; ensuring that age-specific equipment, supplies, and educational resources are available for assigned units/services.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;">Collaborating with UTHealth Houston and hospital administration and physicians to identify future opportunities and define the direction of department services, developing and implementing plans to achieve identified goals, including OR efficiency, productivity, and patient throughput targets across the care continuum.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;" lan

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