Chairman & Professor

About the role

The Chair is the immediate supervisor and the academic and administrative leader of the faculty and staff in the department. The Chair derives responsibility and authority from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Dean & Vice President for Clinical Affairs, UNT Health. Through this authority, the Chair is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the department, long-term strategic development, and the judicious use of all resources allocated to the department.

The Chair holds authority over departmental budgets, faculty-related expenditures for the clinical enterprise, distribution of departmental space, and use of departmental capital equipment. As the senior academic and clinical leader, the Chair works closely with the Dean & Vice President for Clinical Affairs, associate/assistant deans, leadership of the UNT Health Clinical Practice Group, and other department chairs to ensure that departmental academic, clinical, educational, and research programs are commensurate with institutional strategy, accreditation requirements, clinical quality standards, and patient safety priorities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the departmental strategic plan in alignment with UNT Health and Clinical Practice Group priorities;
• Oversee departmental policies, bylaws, staffing, space, financial planning and management, and budget preparation;
• Provide overall leadership for department operations;
• Provide oversight of departmental clinical services in collaboration with UNT Health Clinical Practice Group leadership, ensuring quality of care, patient safety, regulatory compliance, financial performance, and appropriate supervision of learners;
• Plan, manage, and lead workload planning and tracking of faculty in alignment with workload expectations and bylaws;
• Provide clinical care to patients consistent with professional standards and patient safety expectations;
• Teach osteopathic medical students in the clinical learning environment;
• Recruit, mentor, evaluate, promote, and retain qualified faculty;
• Conduct regular faculty performance evaluations aligned with institutional policies;
• Oversee departmental contributions to undergraduate and graduate medical education. Ensure compliance with accreditation standards;
• Provide leadership for the development and oversight of faculty research and scholarly activity, including mentorship, collaboration, and support for extramural funding and dissemination of scholarship;
• Serve as liaison between the department and institutional leadership;
• Collaborate with other department chairs and clinical leaders to advance institutional goals.

Qualifications

• DO degree;
• Demonstrated ability to lead an academic clinical department with integrated education, clinical care, and research missions;
• Strong knowledge of undergraduate and graduate medical education, accreditation standards, and continuous quality improvement principles;
• Proven leadership in faculty recruitment, professional development, mentoring, evaluation, and promotion;
• Experience managing complex budgets and clinical operations within an academic health system;
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to collaborate across academic and clinical environments;
• Working knowledge of clinical quality improvement, patient safety, and regulatory compliance;
• Experience with osteopathic medical education and training environments.

Skills

• Ability to oversee and support faculty research and scholarly activity, including fostering collaboration and extramural funding efforts;
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills;
• Leadership in faculty recruitment, professional development, mentoring, evaluation, and promotion;
• Collaboration across academic and clinical environments;
• Knowledge of clinical quality improvement, patient safety, and regulatory compliance;
• Experience with osteopathic medical education and training environments.

Benefits

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Pay

Compensate with experience

Schedule

Full-time, exempt position. Work schedule is generally Monday through Friday; however, evenings, intermittent weekends, and travel may be required to meet departmental, institutional, clinical, and educational responsibilities.

Special Instructions

Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed, additional references can be added after the application has been submitted.