Assistant or Associate Professor Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist
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Job Location:
Portland, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Department Overview
About OHSU Doernbecher Childrens Hospital and the Cardiac Program
Explore our commitment to excellence in pediatric care at OHSU Doernbecher and Pediatric Heart Care. With a strong tradition of teamwork and diversity we believe every child deserves the best care possible. At Doernbecher we built a hospital around that belief. Its why we have more specialists in childrens health than anywhere else in the state. Our congenital cardiac program proudly boasts excellent surgical mortality rates among all participating centers in the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4).
About OHSU
About Portland and Oregon
Embrace Diversity
At OHSU we celebrate diversity and strive for a culturally competent workforce. As an equal opportunity affirmative action organization we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We encourage those who promote diversity and inclusion to apply. For reasonable accommodations contact our Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at or .
Function/Duties of Position
Elevate Your Career as a Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist at OHSU Doernbecher Childrens Hospital!
Cardiac Intensive Care Faculty for Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest OHSU Doernbecher Childrens Hospital is offering an opportunity for a full-time Cardiac Intensive Care Faculty with our dynamic team. As Oregons only academic health center we strive to offer the best medical care to every child across Oregon Southwest Washington and beyond.
- The Cardiac Intensive Care Faculty is a position focused on facilitating and supporting the provision of standardized streamlined high-quality cardiac intensive care. This position will actively participate in initiatives empowering physician and nursing care through education and sub specialization. The CVICU faculty will collaborate with a CVICU Medical Director intensivists cardiologists and surgeons in caring for cardiac patients.
Work Analysis (Approximate time allocation)
Clinical:
- CVICU service 12-14 weeks per year with night call commensurate with clinical FTE
- Clinical consultation 4-8 hours per week
- Consultation
- Provide daytime consultation for complex post-operative patients
- Provide night time and weekend (phone or in-person) consultation for critically ill patients as needed
- Monitor care and trajectory of all neonates and complex older children providing consultation as needed
- Standing Huddles and Meetings
- Meet regularly with PICU team members
- Participate in weekly PICU Case Conference
- Attend weekly Cardiac Case Conference
- Attend weekly Cardiac sign-in conference
- Attend monthly Cardiac Morbidity and Mortality conference
- Attend monthly PICU Morbidity and Mortality conference
- Attend quarterly and ad hoc ECMO Morbidity and Mortality conference
Primary objectives of emphasis include:
- Maintaining and improving Quality and Operations of Cardiac Intensive Care
- Ensuring consistency of care
- Enhancing patient satisfaction
- Drive efficiencies including reduction of length of stay FTR and cardiac arrest
The means to accomplish these objectives include but are not be limited to:
- Involvement in all aspects of peri-operative care including surgical decisions that are impacted by postoperative considerations and vice versa
- Surveying best practices and updating care maps for specific lesions
- Acting as the patients advocate in post-operative care issues
- Consultation for critically ill and/or complex cardiac patients when needed
Professional Development
- This position will join an established and highly regarded practice with clinical research and educational responsibilities and will hold an academic appointment.
- The Department of Pediatrics has a strong network of senior faculty who actively mentor and support the promotion and tenure tracks of more junior members.
- Educate tomorrows health professionals scientists engineers and managers in top-tier programs that prepare them for a lifetime of learning leadership and contribution.
- Explore new basic clinical and applied research frontiers in health and biomedical sciences environmental and biomedical engineering and information services and translate these discoveries wherever possible into applications in the health and commercial sectors.
- Lead and advocate for programs that improve health for all Oregonians and extend OHSUs education research and healthcare missions through community service outreach and partnerships.
Individual Performance Improvement
Performance improvement is inherent to this position with the primary outcome being successful completion of the Doernbecher Quality goals. Process metrics are those that demonstrate activities leading to appropriate outcome metrics.
Required Qualifications
- Active clinical practice and maintenance of skills through continuing medical education
- Strong interpersonal and critical thinking skills
- Ability to motivate teach and facilitate individuals and groups
- Readiness to collaborate in an inter-professional environment
- Positive professional relations with peers
- Ability to deal objectively and fairly with controversial issues with a professional diplomatic tactful communication style
- Proficiency to work both independently and in a team environment
- Ability to respectfully supervise advise and train clinical professionals and students in pediatrics
- Board certified in Pediatric Critical Care with an additional year of Cardiac Critical Care training or equivalent experience or additional Pediatric Cardiology board certification
Additional Details
***Apply here online. Please be sure to upload a Cover Letter and Resume or CV. ***
All are welcome
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- AI
- Genetics
- Clinical Trials
- Pharmacy Residency
- Research Experience
- Teaching
- Higher Education Teaching
- Curriculum Development
- Grant Writing
- Program Development
- Mentoring
- Research Laboratory Experience
About Company
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