Pulmonary Medicine - Clinical; Rare Lung Diseases & Lung Transplant; Assistant Professor

Job Responsibilities

Patient Care - Provide safe, effective and compassionate patient care commensurate with the level of advancement and clinical specialty. Provide contributions to clinical service as evidenced by expertise in clinical care. Develop local and regional recognition by peers and patients as an authority in the field. Develop a local or regional referral base for subspecialists. Develop clinical skills or programs that are locally or regionally distinctive.

Document patient care on appropriate records. May implement innovative approaches to patient care. Provide disease‑specific expert consultation relative to area of specialty. Examine patients and coordinate services for their care. Perform procedures, collect data, analyze data and make decisions regarding patient care, including initial screening, assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, care, reassessment and discontinuation of care. Formulate, maintain, support, monitor and modify a patient‑specific plan for care, treatment and rehabilitation based on the patient’s assessment.

Plan and coordinate care, treatment and rehabilitation for discharged patients. Monitor appropriateness of therapeutic management and care to assure that it occurs in a timely fashion. Promote patient care outcomes on an ongoing basis.

Teaches and supervises the patient care of assigned medical students, residents and fellows, monitoring their medical care to assure it is safe and effective. Contributions may include: recognition as an excellent teacher, role model and mentor; assume a role in a major teaching or clinical training program; invited to participate in local and regional educational opportunities; participate in the development or direction of educational programmes, curricular offerings and teaching materials;

participate in curriculum committee or other education‑related committees. May serve as consultant to other faculty and community physicians. May prepare, organise and provide lectures for residents. Prepare and regularly teach at bedside in the Division. Participate in all divisional/departmental educational activities. Maintain currency in the field through continuing education, literature and seminars.

Participates in service and/or administration as evidenced by: contributing to the development of programmes for patient care or education; taking a role in the direction of an academic division; providing consultation on a specific programme development; participating in performance‑improvement programs; or serving on divisional, departmental or Medical‑Staff committees. Provides faculty coverage as needed within the department. Actively participates in all Division activities.

Maintains currency in all departmental policies, procedures and standards. Promotes interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships and encourages team concepts. Promotes the implementation of long‑ and short‑term goals and objectives, ensuring they are appropriate to the Division. Completes evaluations for students, residents and peers.

Participates in scholarly activities as evidenced by: publication of clinical investigations, clinical observations, reviews, chapters or books; participation in clinical trials and/or clinical investigations; review of manuscripts. Designs and conducts clinical research on various areas of clinical specialty. Publishes and/or co‑authors findings and conclusions resulting from research in a timely fashion. Presents findings internally. Assists in the design and implementation of programmes which evaluate the efficacy of treatment.

Recommends approaches for improvement activities, proposes new processes, collects and measures data, develops processes based on…