Assistant Professor, Medicine, General Internal Medicine (Medical Director - Cancer Survivorship)
Assistant Professor, Medicine, General Internal Medicine (Medical Director - Cancer Survivorship)
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The Department of Medicine division of General Internal Medicine Cancer Survivorship has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Professor of Clinical (Medical Director). The Medical Director is appointed by University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/ Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center for the respective discipline. The Medical Director shall be a member of the active Medical Staff and shall be administratively responsible for working collaboratively with UHealth leadership to address issues of common concern related to patient care within their discipline. The assistant professor on the clinical track is primarily responsible for providing direct patient medical care to adult out patients in our various clinical sites as assigned. Clinical sites may include Kendall Coral Gables DSMC Doral and SoLe Mia. May also provide in-patient and outpatient services in our affiliated hospital- Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Job Functions:
Direct outpatient care to adult internal medicine patients
Ward attending in the GIM inpatient units
Inpatient medical consultation service
Precepting residents in our outpatient resident continuity practice
Participate in medical student and resident precepting and education
Minimum Qualifications:
Valid American Board Certification in Internal Medicine
Awarded degree of M.D. or D.O. from an ABIM recognized internal medicine residency
Valid and unrestricted Florida Medical License or eligible to apply
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Must maintain CME to meet institutional and state licensing requirements
Must have excellent clinical knowledge and experience to provide safe and quality care to patients and meet institutional standards of care
Must have excellent interpersonal skills to communicate with staff patients and family members
Must demonstrate the ability to meet responsibilities of the position
Experience working and teaching in academic setting highly desired
Essential Skills and Behaviors:
Encourages a patient-centric approach to patient care
Is team-oriented and welcomes input from all parties
Understands the importance of standardization and evidence-based medicine in delivering care
Able to hold physicians accountable for quality-of-care expectations using collegial coaching
Is an effective spokesperson for the hospitals mission vision and goals
Encourages innovation in care delivery
Models and actively encourages empathy in the workplace
Elevates unresolved issues in a timely manner to their supervisor (i.e. Department Chair/Division Chief) for non-performance
Medical Director Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The Medical Director is responsible for and consulted for:
Leading and supporting formal quality improvement (QI)
Supporting QI training
Improving patient satisfaction
Improving patient safety
Peer review performance improvement utilization review root cause analysis and risk management and patient safety activities as they relate to the discipline
Improving care coordination across disciplines
Ensuring the proper training education and oversight for physicians nurses and other staff members for the respective discipline
Help to resolve complaints and grievances related to faculty physicians in the discipline
Identify and help resolve conflict between the medical staff of the discipline and hospital staff
The Medical Director is consulted and informed for:
Development of quality key performance indicators (KPIs)
Monitoring quality KPIs
Encouraging non-provider staff education
Supporting medical education for faculty and non-faculty providers
Provider staffing
Bi-directional communication with the Service Chief/Department Chair/Division Chief on staffing and resources
Schedules
Supporting hospital and clinic staff policies and medical staff compliance with hospital and medical staff bylaws policies procedures rules and regulations and applicable regulatory standards
Support physician recruitment and retention in the discipline
Resolving conflict between the medical staff of the discipline and hospital or clinic staff
Supporting clinical research priorities with faculty physicians of the discipline
Serving as an active member of medical staff and hospital committees
Participate in strategic planning
Assure availability of physician faculty in the division for consultation and emergency coverage
Oncology Service Line/Survivorship Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Report out on a monthly basis to the Director of Cancer Survivorship and Supportive Care on the initiatives surrounding primary care and cancer survivorship
Attends monthly Cancer Survivorship Leadership meetings
Supports and is involved in cancer survivorship research when applicable
Communicates with clinical operations leaders and reports updates periodically on the clinical care and support being provided
Provides suggestions to improve primary care being provided to cancer survivors from data like Press Ganey and other surveys
Assures all providers providing primary care support to cancer survivors have the required training and competency when being onboarded and annually
Communicates with other service line leaders and chiefs and provides updates on the support and services being provided from a primary care perspective to cancer survivors to assure awareness and efficient use of services
Able to identify needs and resources essential to the continued success of the program
Educates and presents in various platforms at the local national and international level the role of the primary care provider in cancer survivorship care
For additional information please contact:
Adrianne Lara
Physician Recruiter
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Current Employees:
If you are a current Staff Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position using the Career worklet please review this tip sheet.
Job Status:
Full timeEmployee Type:
Faculty-UMMGRequired Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
