Assistant or Associate Professor - Critical Care Medicine

Date Posted: 05/10/2022
Closing Date: 06/15/2022, 11:59PM ET
Req ID: 24170
Job Category: Faculty - Clinical
Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department: Dept of Medicine
Hospital Affiliation: University Health Network
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

The Critical Care Program at University Health Network (UHN) and Sinai Health, Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH) site and the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto are seeking applications for a full-time active staff appointment as an Academic Intensivist Clinician-Scientist. The successful candidate must be eligible for an academic appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. The anticipated start date will be October 1, 2022, or one which is mutually agreed upon.

The successful applicant must hold MD and FRCPC qualifications or equivalent with training in Critical Care Medicine and have or be eligible for licensure in Ontario (CPSO). Formal graduate research training is essential with a PhD or equivalent being preferred. Excellence will be assessed by advanced research training, successful grant capture, original first-author publications, and invitations to speak at significant conferences.

The successful candidate will lead the inter-professional critical care team during clinical weeks on call in the role of attending physician in the ICU at MSH. In addition, the candidate will develop an academic body of work establishing an independent clinical research program focused on topic(s) relevant to the Sinai/UHN Critical Care Program. The successful candidate must also have strong interpersonal and communication skills and thrive within a collaborative and interdisciplinary program involving multiple specialties (medicine, surgery, radiology, etc.).

The Mount Sinai Hospital ICU is well known locally and internationally for its expertise in caring for patients with severe respiratory failure, critically ill patients with cancer, and for obstetrical critical care. The unit also provides post-operative care for many general and orthopaedic surgery patients.

Academic rank, salary and contractual arrangements will be commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. For the successful candidate remuneration will be negotiated and will be highly competitive with the usual income range for an academic intensivist in the province of Ontario. Protected time for research will be negotiated in line with qualifications and merit.

Applications will be accepted until June 15, 2022, or until the position is filled.

Interested individuals should send a copy of their curriculum vitae, a letter of interest, and the names and contact information of three referees to Dr. Niall Ferguson, Head of Critical Care, at the address below:

Niall D. Ferguson, MD, FRCPC, MSc

585 University Avenue, 9MaRS 9012

Toronto, ON, M5G 2N2

Email: niall.ferguson@uhn.ca

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All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

Accessibility Statement

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