CLINICAL RESIDENT - ACGME - James Elias

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

12h

About The Position

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

Works under clinical supervision within the course of patient clinical care as part of their residency/fellowship training under accredited programs. Graduate Medical Education trainees are supervised in a manner consistent with national standards of supervision as defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and/or other accrediting bodies.

Requirements

• M.D. (or equivalent) from an approved LCME medical school.

Responsibilities

• Participate in ethical, safe, high quality, competent, cost effective, and compassionate patient care, under the supervision of the faculty, commensurate with their demonstrated competence, level of advancement and responsibilities.
• Demonstrate competency in patient care, medical knowledge, and practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems-based practice.
• Respect patient's rights.
• Document patient care in the medical record in a timely fashion as per training site policy.
• Develop an understanding of ethical, socioeconomic, and medical/legal issues that affect graduate medical education and the practice of medicine and learn cost containment measures in the provision of patient care.
• Participate fully in the educational and scholarly activities of the program and as required, assume responsibility for teaching and supervising other residents and students.
• Develop skills to be effective life-long learners including developing a personal program of self-study and professional growth with guidance from the faculty.
• Participate in institutional, departmental, and program activities involving performance improvement and patient care review.
• Recognize the need for protection of human subjects when conducting research through compliance with IRB policies, procedures, and education.
• Participate in the evaluation of faculty, didactics, program, and program director as requested.
• Adhere to the program's call schedule and schedule of assignment, and report duty hours in a timely and accurate manner.
• Participate and cooperate in and with the Graduate Medical Education office, the Graduate Medical Education Committee, and the Designated Institutional Official to enhance the medical educational experience.
• Comply with the appropriate licensure requirements of the Texas Medical Board and the laws of the State of Texas and of the United States.
• Perform all duties in accordance with the established practices, procedures and policies of the institution, its programs, clinical departments, and other institutions to which the resident/fellow is assigned

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree