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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 hospital’s 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

[email protected]

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Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Faculty-UMMG