Director MICU - Critical Care - Physician - MSH - Manhattan, NY

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

4d•$350,000 - $450,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center is seeking a Director for the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU). This role involves providing state-of-the-art critical care, teaching students and trainees, and contributing to research initiatives. The Institute for Critical Care Medicine (ICCM) at Mount Sinai Health System is a leading critical care organization with a large training program, fostering collaboration to deliver exceptional patient care and advance critical care as a discipline. As an ICCM Intensivist and faculty member, you will provide top-tier critical care, teach and mentor the next generation of critical care professionals, and develop innovative research initiatives.

Requirements

Maintain current certification and licensure.
Commitment to teaching and mentoring critical care fellows.
Attendance at fellow conferences.
Teaching in fellowship training days, such as bootcamps, ultrasound courses, and SIM courses.
Give two lectures per academic year to the fellows.
Engagement in scholarly activities (at least two, within every 3 years): Presentations (extramural), Publications (research abstract, research paper, review article, systematic review article, editorial, book chapter, book, case report, etc.), Grand rounds (1 every 2 years), Serve on professional committees, educational organizations, journal reviewer, editorial board member, Creation of curricula, evaluation tools, didactic educational activities, or electronic educational materials, Innovations in education.
Registration + Attendance at the annual Mount Sinai GME meeting.
Completion of GME snippet (a focused learning activity for faculty).
Completion of fellow rotation evaluations in a timely manner.
Participation in biannual faculty meetings to discuss fellow performance.
Participation in Program Evaluation Committee (PEC).
Clinical trials and drafting manuscripts for academic journals.

Nice To Haves

Pulmonary Hypertension specialist

Responsibilities

Provide state-of-the-art, evidence-based, critical care at Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) by investigating, diagnosing, and treating acutely ill patients.
Perform treatments and procedures at the bedside, such as airway maintenance/intubation, bronchoscopy, cardioversion, point of care ultrasound, central line insertions, ACLS, and others in order to manage critically ill patients in the ICUs.
Have clinical duties as a full-time intensivist, providing 24/7 intensivist coverage across Mount Sinai Health System.
Hold an appointment as Professor in the Department of Medicine and be a member of the Institute for Critical Care Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital.
As a .80 clinical FTE critical care faculty, be responsible for 10.4 shifts per month with a combination of day and night shifts, allocated according to critical care clinical effort.
Write detailed medical records for all critical care services and procedures provided to patients and submit to Charge Capture in a timely manner, in accordance with MSHS Assurance and Compliance Services Department’s policies.
Achieve an annual work-relative-value-unit (wRVU) target based on billable critical care services and procedures, with potential qualification for a productivity bonus.
Participate in clinical continuing education courses and workshops to expand competency in treatment and procedures.
Have health system responsibilities for academic and educational activities of the Division’s critical care programs, including faculty recruitment, evaluation, and retention; and oversight of education programs for trainees and students in the medical intensive care units.
Provide administrative leadership for the MICU, development of its faculty, and development of a coverage schedule.
Provide state of the art, evidence based critical care services to patients on the MICU and Division Consult Services.
Participate in committees and administrative functions to fully support efficient performance of the MICU program, Department and Medical Center.
Perform appropriate due diligence, in cooperation with Departmental leadership and Medical Center administration, in planning replacement or acquisition of equipment or technology.
Fully support the implementation of quality initiatives of the Departments and Medical Center.
Obtain exceptional clinical outcomes by promoting safety and quality through evidence-based medicine and excellent multidisciplinary communication, focusing on reducing length of stay and excess days in patients with respiratory failure and tracheostomy.
Achieve individual and team-based metrics for patient care which align with ICCM's quality incentive, including hand hygiene targets, CLABSI and CAUTI targets, central line and foley catheter utilization targets.
Promote safe, quality, and equitable care by participation in unit/team-specific quality improvement projects (USQI) and unit/team based diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) projects.
Participate in research activities including clinical trials and drafting manuscripts for academic journals. Research initiatives should be clinical in nature, data-driven, and may include participation in specific ICU or team-based projects.