Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician
Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician
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Department:
SOM Wichita PediatricsPediatricsPosition Title:
Pediatric Infectious Disease PhysicianJob Family Group:
AcademicJob Description Summary:
The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Kansas School of MedicineWichita is seeking two candidates for a fulltime faculty position in Pediatric Infectious Disease. Candidates will have earned a D.O. M.D. or equivalent and be board certified or board eligible in Pediatric Infectious Disease. The position offers an exciting opportunity to join over 25 other boardcertified medical and surgical pediatric specialties collaborating to care for the children of the state of Kansas. Ambulatory clinic and inpatient consultation will occur primarily with our tertiary care clinical partner Wesley Childrens Hospital but the position will support pediatric patients hospitalized in our community. A successful candidate must have an interest in practicing academic medicine supporting our graduate medical education programs in Pediatrics and combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics as well as our medical school campus which supports over 200 medical students.The University of Kansas School of MedicineWichita (KUSMW) Department of Pediatrics is a robust and thriving group of dedicated academic clinicians collaborating to deliver pediatric clinical care education scholarship and advocacy to the children and families in the Western twothirds of the state. We are one of three University of Kansas medical school campuses. The Wichita campus serves over 200 medical students and boasts modern academic capabilities including a hifidelity simulation center and resources to support clinical and translational research and systematic quality improvement/implementation science. In 2027 we will complete construction of a brandnew state of the art medical school; The Wichita Biomedical Center will be an interprofessional medical education and research center integrating health care educational programs across the community.
Wesley Childrens Hospital (WCH) a tertiary care pediatric hospital within the main Wesley campus is the result of a $70 million investment by Health Corporation of American and Wesley Healthcare and offers the only tertiary care childrens services in Central and Western Kansas. WCH has the largest delivery service in Kansas and includes 76 NICU beds 35 general inpatient beds 15 PICU beds and centralized pediatric sedation. The NICU and PICU are staffed 24/7 inhouse by boardcertified specialists and pediatric hospital medicine will be inhouse 24/7 in the coming academic year. WCH is a level 1 trauma center with a 24/7 pediatric surgery/trauma service. Other available and collaborating pediatric specialties include anesthesia urology radiology endocrinology cardiology pulmonology genetics and the only comprehensive pediatric oncology program in the state. Dedicated pediatric ancillary services include an independent pediatric pharmacy with rounding clinical pediatric pharmacists and a robust child life program.
Wichita Kansas located in the heart of America is the largest city in Kansas. It has small town friendliness along with all the amenities of a large city including a variety of restaurants and entertainment minor league baseball and hockey teams great shopping and proximity to the country. The metropolitan area of more than 640000 has great public and private schools and is a family friendly city.
Job Description:
Job Duties:
Patient Care 90
- Provide direct patient care for outpatient infants children and adolescents.
- Provide consultation on inpatient infants children and adolescents in collaboration with our hospitalist and critical care teams.
- Work in conjunction with various pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists to provide effective and integrated care.
- Participate in quality improvement and patient safety activities to improve efficiency safety and clinical outcomes for patients.
- Maintain board certification in pediatrics and pediatric infectious disease.
- Seek opportunities for collaboration with our community and hospital partners.
Teaching and other Scholarly Activities 10
- Educate supervise and participate in the evaluation process of residents medical students and other allied health trainees.
- Assist with the development of an infectious disease residency curriculum.
- Participate in scholarly activities to the extent that ACGME criteria for core faculty are met; these include traditional scholarly products (i.e. publications poster presentations) as well as invited presentations (i.e. grand rounds professional or academic society conferences) and significant educations leadership roles (i.e. curriculum development).
Work Environment:
- Equitable participation in call coverage is expected
Required Qualifications:
- MD or DO Degree
- Board eligible or certified in Pediatrics
- Board eligible or certified in Pediatric Infectious Disease
Preferred Qualifications:
Work Experience:
- Previous experience teaching in an academic setting
Skills:
- Demonstrated proficiency in clinical practice
- Demonstrated proficiency in the teaching of students and residents
- Ability to work cooperatively collegially and professionally within a multidisciplinary team environment
Required Documents:
- Resume/CV
- Cover Letter
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities tasks duties and assignments. Furthermore job duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
If selected as a final candidate for this position you may be required to complete the Association of American of Universities Representations and Warranties document and sign a release of records that will allow the University of Kansas Medical Center to conduct a further background check with former employers. A copy of the Representations and Warranties document can be found here.
Comprehensive Benefits Package:
Coverage begins on day one for health dental and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employerpaid life insurance longterm disability insurance and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off including vacation and sick begins accruing upon hire plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment and paid time off for bereavement jury duty military service and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs 457 or 403b) are available. Type: RegularTime Type:
Full time
Employment Type
Full-Time
