Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac

Miami, FL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 14 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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The Assistant or Associate Professor of pediatric cardiac surgery is a full-time academic position providing clinical administrative research and teaching support to JMH Holtz Pediatric Cardiac Surgery program. The candidate should have a record of scholarly achievement and be eligible for or have achieved the assistant or associate professor rank. The candidate is expected to engage in academic activities including research and mentoring of learners such as cardiothoracic fellows house staff andtheUniversity of Miami Miller School of Medicine students. The candidate must have a proven record of accomplishment in clinical care research education and administration.

Qualifications:

Board certified or equivalent in Surgery completed a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and ideally former experience focused on pediatric cardiac surgery patients.

Member in good standing of the hospital staff.

Licensed to practice in Florida.

Minimum of five years ofclinical experience.

Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships.

Ability to accept and implement changes.

Ability to problem-solve and make effective decisions.

Demonstrated ahistory of positive collegial relations with colleagues support staff administrators and patients.

Ability to show leadership qualities in the past.

Nature and Scope:

Pediatric & Congenital Cardiac Surgery:

Performs the complete scope of surgical services including consultations and surgical care for congenital heart problems including a wide spectrum of defects in newborns infants children and adolescents. Examples of heart operations include arterial switch Norwood operations closure of septal defects repair of tetralogy of Fallot staged palliation of single ventricle defects including Fontan Procedures heart rhythm disorders complex defects ECMO/VAD and transplantation.

Job Functions:

Establishes and maintains quality standards and procedures for children undergoing cardiac surgery and heart transplant.

Works with the leadership of Holtz Childrens Hospital to ensure that the pediatric cardiovascular surgery program meets or exceeds the criteria for accreditation of the cardiac surgery/cardiology program by the State of Florida. This includes accreditation/certification of the neonatal intensive care unit as a Level III/Level IV center and accreditation/certification of the Level 1 pediatric trauma center.

Works collaboratively to implement clinical effectiveness programs including clinical pathways and similar guidelines and protocols as needed.

Performs pediatric and congenital cardiac surgeries in neonates infants and adolescents.

Helps the section chief oversee the programs outcomes quality and patient experience.

Works closely and collaborates with pediatric cardiology and Holtz Heart Center members.

Maintains administrative records and ensures the hospital(s) has/have access to such documents.

Performs daily unit rounds on all assigned inpatients and performs all inpatient follow up.

Provides outpatient professional medical services in all scheduled clinics related to the Program.

Coordinates inpatient care and clinic care under the Program with the patients primary physician

Collaborates with other physicians and hospital personnel (including case managers) to reduce medically unnecessary use of resources and length of stay and coordinate interdepartmental patient care.

Assists as needed to bed control and other hospital personnel to facilitate patient throughput.

Respond promptly to patients other physicians or hospital personnel making patient care-related inquiries.

Participates in all root cause analysis and related activities conducted for the Program at all service sites.

Collaborates with hospital personnel to implement the programs quality goals andinitiatives to address identified deficiencies.

Participates in periodic meetings with unit personnel at the hospital related to core measuresandpatient and physician satisfaction.

Implements teaching activities related to residents and fellows rotating through the Program.

Works with hospital personnel to obtain all mutually agreed upon program designations of distinction.

Works with faculty residents and fellows to carry out programmatic research on childhood heart disease (prevention screening mechanisms clinical trials innovative therapies).

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 the quality-of-care expectations.

Is an effective spokesperson for the Departments mission vision and goals.

Encourages innovation in care delivery.

Models and actively encourage empathy in the workplace.

Elevates unresolved issues promptly to the Section Chief and Chair.

For further details please contact:

Adrianne Lara

Physician Recruiter

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The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Faculty-UMMG

Required Experience:

Junior IC

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 please review this tip sheet.The Assistant or Associate Professo...