Permanent Psychiatry: General Job in Texas

• Position Type: Permanent
• Recruited Specialty: Psychiatry: General
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
• Structure of Position: Multi-Specialty Group
• Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
• Expected Patient Call Coverage: (not specified)
• Expected ER Call Coverage: No call

Details of Opportunity:
- Single Specialty Psychiatry group
- Provide coverage at 37 bed adult inpatient psychiatry facility at hospital
- Primarily psychotic and major depressive disorders.  Plans to add adolescent unit under discussion.
- Group also provides services at a private addiction facility at South Padre Island (moonlighting opportunities for incoming physician)
- Rotating consults and call
- Spanish speaking is required
- J-1 waiver qualifying opportunity (not H-1B)
- Heavily Hispanic population
Compensation:
- Group Employment with hospital Relocation Agreement
- Competitive Salary
- Group will guarantee salary for three years
- Sign on bonus up to $25K
- Relocation Reimbursement
- Loan Repayment up to $160K over 5 years through PELRP – qualifying location
- Malpractice insurance
- Health benefits and 401K
Location highlights:
- New medical school opening in September (Univ of Texas – Rio Grande Valley)
- Near South Padre Island
- Lowest cost of living in the nation
- Growing population
- International airport

• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card, Other
• Preferred Experience Level: Currently In Training, Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
• Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes