Assistant Professor, Clinical Faculty Appointment - Rheumatology

GENERAL DUTIES

Provides clinical expertise in patient care management and provides an appropriate teaching environment for fellows, residents, and students in the specialty of Rheumatology. The Assistant Professor must be fully ambulatory and have excellent bilateral manual dexterity, good hand-eye coordination, and visual and auditory acuity in order to perform the job functions. The Assistant Professor will be intelligent with outstanding analytical skills in order to make judgments regarding the patient’s medical problems and advise the patient on methods to improve their care.

Furthermore, the Assistant Professor must have emotional and psychological stability so that he/she will be able to manage patients and their families in a compassionate and positive manner.

The Assistant Professor will participate in the development of clinical research studies and will be independently responsible for new patient evaluations, initiation of appropriate referrals, and follow-up as appropriate. Clinical procedures practiced will encompass those pertinent to delivering standard care to the patient.

• Provide a balanced and integrated educational program in internal medicine for oncology fellows, medical residents, and students who rotate through the Department of General Internal Medicine.
• Attend and participate in Division/Department teaching and continuing education conferences, which require verbal interaction with colleagues and walking to meeting locations throughout the campus.
• Provide talks to interdisciplinary teams, patients, and caregivers across the institution and nationally on rheumatology topics.

• Actively engage in clinical research and scholarly activity to enhance the academic environment of the Department.
• Develop programs of clinical research and scholarly activities in keeping with the goals of the Department. Requires the ability to synthesize a myriad of information pertaining to the area of research. May necessitate (orally or in writing) instructing research support personnel in protocol implementation.
• Seek appropriate funding mechanisms to support clinical research. May require completion of grant application forms through oral dictation or the use of a computer and keyboard. Will also require budget development and analysis related to the clinical practice.

• Practice clinical medicine in an exemplary manner in standards set forth by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, and the American College of Physicians, properly balanced with other academic activities.
• Must be capable of providing complete and thorough history and physical patient examinations. Must be able to perform invasive procedures as dictated by the physician's specialty. This may require standing, bending, stooping, lifting, hearing, manual dexterity, and clear and concise verbal communications.
• Develop and maintain a clinical practice for patients referred to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
• Provide physician staffing for the Department of General Internal Medicine at a level commensurate with that which would be provided by other geriatricians with the same level of training and experience.
• Visually review for proper ICD-10 and CPT coding and approve all charge documents within 5 working days.
• Complete patient documentation for medical records within the time frames provided by institutional policy. Will require proficiency with electronic medical record use, the ability to dictate in a clear and concise manner, and visual review of documents.
• Correspond as appropriate in writing or in telephone conversations with physicians regarding patient care and treatment.
• Keep abreast of current approaches in the management of onco-geriatric patients through attendance at continuing education conferences. This will require listening and assimilating information from the conferences.
• Request appropriate consultations for patients by phone conversations or in writing to other physicians.
• Commitment to expanding MD Anderson’s rheumatology footprint to best meet the needs across the institution.
• Willingness to take on a leadership role in the development of the…