Department:

SOM KC Internal Medicine - Palliative Medicine

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Medicine - Palliative

Position Title:

Assistant Professor - Internal Medicine (Palliative Medicine)

Job Family Group:

Academic

Job Description Summary:

The Clinical Scholar Track is for full-time faculty members who are heavily involved in clinical service, education, and related scholarship. This track has two career paths: Clinician-Educator concentrating on teaching and Clinician-Investigator for concentrating on research/scholarship. Significant contributions in professional and academic service are required for both paths.

Job Description:

Job Duties Outlined

• Provide medical care for palliative medicine consult service, general inpatient hospice service, and in outpatient clinical settings. On-call and weekend responsibilities are shared amongst the division.

• Serve in a clinician educator role with responsibility for teaching Internal Medicine residents, fellows, and medical students in clinical settings.

• Participate in regular educational and administrative conferences as directed by immediate supervisor, including participation on subcommittees relevant to area of practice or education.

• Contribute to various research, educational and clinical initiatives related to specific areas of interest and expertise.

• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

Required Qualifications

Education/Certifications: Board Certified or Board Eligible in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Board Certified or Board Eligible in a specialty leading to Hospice and Palliative Medicine certification.

Preferred Qualifications

Work Experience: Experience in education at the medical student or resident level.

Required Documents

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

• References - please list 2 references to include phone/email

If selected as a final candidate for this position, you may be required to complete the Association of American of Universities Representations and Warranties document and sign a release of records that will allow the University of Kansas Medical Center to conduct a further background check with former employers.  A copy of the Representations and Warranties document can be found here.

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Employee Type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time