Clinical Faculty Appointment,Urology Job Houston area,Texas USA,Doctor/Physician

POSITION:

Associate Professor, CFA, Urology

DIVISION/DEPARTMENT

Division of Surgery/ Department of Urology

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISORS

Chairman, Department of Urology

ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

This is a faculty position responsible to the Chairman, Department of Urology who reports to the Head of the Division of Surgery.

GENERAL DUTIES:

Provides clinical expertise in patient care management with emphasis in Urinary Tract Reconstruction, Voiding Dysfunction and General Urology. Provides an appropriate teaching environment for fellows, residents, and students in the specialty of Urology. Provides expertise in clinical and/or translational research.

CHARACTERISTIC

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

I. Administration

Serve on institutional committees as requested by attending appropriate meetings which may include walking or driving to each meeting site. Listen to deliberations and provide verbal feedback as necessary. Visually review all documents pertaining to committee functions.

II. Patient Care

Provide state-of-the-art Urinary Tract Reconstructive and General Urology surgical procedures for Urology patients and patients from other Clinical Services.

III. Education/Teaching

Provide a balanced and integrated educational program in Urinary Tract Reconstruction, Voiding Dysfunction, and General Urology principles and techniques.

Attend and participate in Division/Department teaching and continuing education conferences, which requires verbal interaction with colleagues.

IV. Research

Actively engage in or facilitate clinical research and scholarly activity to enhance the academic environment of the Department at the main campus.

Develop programs of clinical research and scholarly activities in keeping within 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.

V. Service

Represent the Department of Urology in local, regional, state, and national matters. May require traveling to sites outside of the Houston area and, upon return, disseminating the information obtained or learned by sharing with department colleagues verbally or in writing.

Participate in community-based tumor boards, disease specific conference and other such meetings. Represent UT MD Anderson at community events, educational forums, and among referring physician groups across the region.

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, 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 subspecialty. This may require standing, bending, stooping, lifting, hearing, manual dexterity, and clear and concise verbal communications.

Develop and maintain a clinical consultative practice for patients referred to UT MD Anderson Cancer Center.

a. Provide physician staffing for the Urology Department at a level commensurate with that which would be provided by other physicians with the same level of training and experience.

b. Visually review for proper ICD-9, ICD-10, and CPT coding and approve all charge documents within 5 working days. Utilization of electronic billing applications as available and supported by institution.

c. Complete patient documentation for medical records within time frames provided by institutional and local hospital policies. Will require dictating in a clear and concise manner, and visual review of documents.

d. Correspond as appropriate in writing or in telephone conversations with physicians regarding…

Clinical Faculty Appointment, Urology