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Assistant Professor of Clinical - Medicine, Infectious Diseases

Employer
University of Miami
Location
Miami, FL
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CORE JOB SUMMARY

The Assistant Professor of Clinical will have clinical and research responsibilities within the Department of Medicine. The incumbent will serve as an attending physician in the Division of Infectious Diseases, with focus on the care and treatment of adult patients with infectious diseases on medical and surgical services. This includes outpatient care, as well as inpatient attending responsibilities for the division (on inpatient units at UHealth and/or Jackson Memorial Hospital). He/she will be involved with medical student, resident, and fellow education. He/she may be asked to lead an educational or administrative project within the division or to participate in research programs within the division.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

  • Active clinical practice in both outpatient and inpatient settings

  • Participation in the advancement and education of medical students, residents, and fellows

  • Maintain flexibility in division clinical duty scheduling

  • Participation in quality improvement activities

  • Participation in hospital and/or university committee work

  • Participation in academic research in the field of Infectious Diseases

  • Provide leadership for academic projects in education, quality and safety or division/departmental administration

UHealth - University of Miami Health System powered by the groundbreaking research of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine places a premium on high-quality teaching. Thus, the incumbent will be expected to participate in didactic teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as attending and actively participating in seminars and other educational lectures. Teaching also includes participating in the supervision of medical students, residents, and fellows who are involved in direct patient care. As a faculty member, we also anticipate that you will be an active participant – attending meetings, Grand Rounds, and other University scholarly activities.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

  • Awarded degree of M.D. or D.O. and completed infectious diseases fellowship from an ABIM recognized fellowship program.

Certification and Licensing:

  • Valid American Board Certification in Internal Medicine

  • Valid and unrestricted Florida Medical License or eligible to apply

  • Board Certified/Board Eligible for Infectious Diseases

Experience:

  • Completion of required clinical training as above

Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes:

  • Must maintain CME to meet institutional and state licensing requirements.

  • Must have excellent clinical knowledge and experience to provide safe and quality care to patients and meet institutional standards of care.

  • Must have excellent interpersonal skills to communicate with staff, patients, and family members.

  • Must demonstrate the ability to meet responsibilities of the position

DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS

  • There will be work on weekends, nights and holidays based on the needs of the Division

  • Must be able to physically respond when on-call

  • Hospital maintains employee health and infection control programs in place to reduce risk to employee

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Current Employees:

If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position using the Career worklet, please review this tip sheet.

Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Faculty-UMMG

Organization

The University of Miami is one of America's top research universities located in one of the most dynamic and multicultural cities in the world.

A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System (“UHealth”) have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service

The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride.

Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. With more than $413 million in research and sponsored program expenditures annually, the University of Miami is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU). Only 3 percent of four-year institutions in the nation are invited to join the AAU, which recognizes breadth and quality of research and scholarship. While the majority of this work is housed at the Miller School of Medicine, investigators conduct hundreds of studies in other areas, including marine science, engineering, education, and psychology.

The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022.

Transforming lives

With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University is committed to fostering a culture of belonging, where everyone feels valued and has the opportunity to add value. Through values of Diversity, Integrity, Responsibility, Excellence, Compassion, Creativity, and Teamwork (DIRECCT) the U community works together to create an environment driven by purpose, excellence, community, and service.

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