Pediatric Pulmonologist; Assistant/Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; SMS Job Springfield area,Illinois USA,Doctor/Physician

Position: Pediatric Pulmonologist (Assistant/Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics) - SMS-3405

Description

This is a full time academic position providing direct patient service and teaching pediatric pulmonary medicine to medical students and residents.

Examples of Duties

Participate in the Pediatric Clerkship Program:

Supervise and teach 3rd and 4th year medical students rotating on the inpatient service and in outpatient pulmonary clinics.
Complete feedback evaluations for all students supervised to include not only numeric data, but specific comments for future improvement.
Review and write questions for problem-based educational endeavors and simulated patient exams as requested by the Clerkship Director.
Develop goals and objectives to offer a 4th year elective to medical students.

Meet with Pediatric Clerkship Director to develop and implement 3rd year medical student teaching responsibilities and curriculum.

Participate in the Pediatric Residency Program:

Facilitate resident rotation:
- Maintain an up-to-date rotation description, reviewed at least annually;
- Create resident schedule for rotation;
- Provide precepting and teaching to residents on rotation;
- Maintain an up-to-date resource list for rotating residents to reference; and
- Complete resident evaluation at the end of each rotation.
Participate in resident core conferences:
- Minimum 4 conferences from the division per year.
Attend Resident Research Day.
Attend the Annual Program Evaluation Meeting.

Assist in the assessment of education needs for Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine and develop education programs to meet these needs.

Facilitate formal nursing education programs in the Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine Clinic.

Create patient education materials for distribution, as needed.

Develop and continually revise and update triage (phone) nurse protocols to keep staff up-to-date and evidence-based.

Grant interviews for print and broadcast media for the purpose of patient education and public enlightenment about matters related to Pediatrics and the practice of medicine.

Serve as a role model as a practitioner for faculty, house staff and students.

Participate in continuing education programs for both the clinical faculty and for practicing physicians in the area.

Service (Patient Care) 75%

Demonstrates, by actions, commitment to the mission and the behavioral standards of SIU School of Medicine. Provides excellent service to both internal and external customers through collaboration and partnership; compassion and respect; integrity and accountability; diversity and inclusion; as well as continuous learning and improvement.

Participate in the Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine on-call schedule. Call schedules will be split equally on an annualized basis. Monthly call schedule will be reviewed by Associate Chair for Specialty Services for approval.

Provide a consultative pediatric pulmonary medicine inpatient service.

Maintain an outpatient clinical practice in pediatric pulmonary medicine to enhance clinical proficiency. Outpatient clinical practice will average 4.5 half-day sessions per week to include outpatient office visits as well as outpatient procedures (bronchoscopy, bronchoalveolar lavage, pulmonary function test interpretation and cardiopulmonary exercise testing). Will be on campus 3 days per week.

Develop written guidelines to ensure continuity of care and quality patient care are provided within the Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine Clinic.

Provide consultation and patient care under the terms of the SIU Health Care's URO Plan.

Adhere to SIU Health Care's Standards of Service, compliance, patient satisfaction, and provider communication.

Administration

Serve as an advocate for programs and service that improve the health and well-being of children in central and southern Illinois.

Participate in Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives.

Participate in research…

Pediatric Pulmonologist; Assistant​/Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; SMS

Pediatric Pulmonologist; Assistant/Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics; SMS