Gastroenterology - Assistant Professor - Clinical

Cincinnati Children's•Cincinnati, OH

About The Position

Currently, the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at Cincinnati Children's employs 52 clinical and research MD, DO and/or PhD faculty, and is supported by a large cadre of nurses, physical and occupational therapists, nutritionists, social workers, clinical research coordinators, and laboratory scientists. The division has 16 clinical and research fellows in training per year through ACGME-approved and T32-supported fellowship programs. Research activities are supported by a P30 NIDDK Conte Digestive Disease Research Center. We provide a full range of modern diagnostic techniques, including advanced endoscopy. We use multidisciplinary approaches to study, diagnose, treat, manage, and care for the full spectrum of pediatric gastrointestinal, liver, and nutritional disorders. Our division is internationally recognized for its research. Cincinnati Children's is actively engaged in quality improvement with a strong commitment to provide the best quality of medical care to individuals with pediatric diseases. Together with colleagues in Pediatric Gastrointestinal Surgery, the Division is ranked first in Children's Gastroenterology and GI Surgery by U.S. News & World Report.

Requirements

Doctor of Medicine OR Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine OR equivalent
Unrestricted licensed physician
Approval/credentialing from CCHMC Medical Staff Services Division
Completion of all required pre-employment activities
Assistant Professor appointment or eligibility
Prior clinical practice experience may be required based on the needs of the department

Nice To Haves

Board certification

Responsibilities

Patient Care - Provide safe, effective and compassionate patient care commensurate with the level of advancement and clinical specialty.
Provides contributions to clinical service as evidenced by expertise in clinical care.
Develop a local and regional recognition by peers and patients as an authority in the field.
Develop a local or regional referral base for subspecialist..
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 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 ongoing basis.
Teaching and Training - Teaches and supervises the patient care of assigned medical students, residents and fellows, monitoring the medical care of medical to assure care provided 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 program, curricular offerings and teaching materials; participates in curriculum committee or other education related committees.
May serve as consult to other faculty and community physicians.
May prepare, organize and provide lectures for residents.
Prepare and regularly teach at bedside in the Division.
Participate in all divisional/departmental educational activities.
Maintain currency in field through continuing education, literature and seminars.
Service and/or Administration - Participates in service and/or administration as evidenced by one of the following: contribute to the development of programs for patient care of educational purposes; or take a role in the direction of an academic division; or provide consultation on a specific program development; or participate in performance improvement programs; or participate on divisional, departmental, or Medical Staff committees.
Provides faculty coverage as needed within the department.
Actively participates in all Division activities.
Maintain currency in all departmental policies, procedures and standards.
Promote interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships and encourage team concepts.
Promote the implementation of long and short term goals and objectives and ensures that they are appropriate to the Division.
Complete evaluations for students, residents and peers.
Scholarly Activity - Participates in scholarly activities as evidenced by: publication of clinical investigation, clinical observations, reviews, chapters or books; participation in clinical trials, and/or clinical investigations; reviews manuscripts.
Design and conduct clinical research on various areas of clinical specialty.
Publish and/or co-author findings and conclusions resulting from research in a timely fashion.
Presents findings internally.
Assist in the design and implementation of programs which evaluates the efficacy of treatment.
Recommend approaches for improvement activities, recommend and perform new processes, collect and measure data, develop processes based on performance and communicate results.
Assist in obtaining funding from outside sources for research and teaching programs.