Department:

SOM Wichita Family and Community Medicine (FCM)

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Family & Community Medicine

Position Title:

Department Faculty - Family & Community Medicine

Job Family Group:

Academic

Job Description Summary:

Department Faculty is responsible for medical student education, patient care, service, and research/scholarly activities.

Job Description:

Education – 35%

• Serves as Family Medicine Clerkship Assistant Director
• Assists with Family Medicine rural rotations, sub-internships and electives
• Assists with development of new family medicine electives
• Teaches first and second year medical students through clinical, didactics, and small group methodologies
• Activities that support department teaching functions including but not limited to standardized patient monitoring, academic detailing, teaching clinical skills, problem-based learning sessions, lectures, etc.
• Assists with residency lectures, small group sessions and skills-based teaching

Medical- 40%

• 2-5 half-days per week patient care and/or residency teaching supervision, including maternal health care
• Periodically supervise medical students at JayDoc Community Clinic
• Medical call with residency faculty including maternal health care, deliveries, and inpatient care
• Provide ambulatory, inpatient care, and/or obstetric care

Research/Scholarly Activity- 15%

• Develops own focus of scholarly activity including national and regional publications and presentations
• Assists with grants as appropriate

Service- 10%

• School, campus and department committees as assigned or elected
• Assist with campus and schoolwide teaching and support (e.g. student advising, Issues in Medicine, Enrichment Weeks, Introphase, medical student admissions interviews, etc.)
• Assist with administration of department activities (e.g. Family Medicine Interest Group and JayDoc Community Clinic, etc.)
• Participate in faculty development activities including attendance and presentation at seminars

Work Environment:

Faculty member must be able to obtain hospital privileges.

Required Qualifications:

Education: Doctor of Medicine (MD or DO, or equivalent degree)

This position requires a formal degree in the cited discipline area(s) to ensure that candidates have the foundational knowledge and skill set required to perform the duties of the position.  The level of degree is based on accreditation requirements, institutional standards of academic and professional excellence, alignment with peer institution benchmarks, and contributes to the credibility and effectiveness of the role within the university community.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Completion of residency Board Certification in Family Medicine or eligible for Board Certification
• Unrestricted Kansas license to practice medicine
• Federal narcotics number

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Experience:

• Experience teaching and supervising residents and medical students
• Demonstrated academic achievement
• Demonstrated scholarly activity
• Previous medical practice experience

Required Documents:

• CV

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