Human Genetics - Assistant Professor - Clinical

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is recruiting for an Assistant or Associate Professor in the Division of Human Genetics. The Genetics Laboratories perform CLIA and CAP certified testing and collaborate on over two hundred diseases.

The role emphasizes clinical care, teaching, and scholarly activity with opportunities to lead program development and regional referral networks. Applicants participate in patient care, teaching, service, and research, with ABMGG accredited training

Qualifications

• MD/DO required with unrestricted medical license.
• Assistant Professor appointment or eligibility expected.
• Credentialing approval from CCHMC Medical Staff Services.
• Completion of all required pre-employment activities.
• Prior clinical practice experience may be required by the department.
• Board certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective patient care commensurate with the level of advancement and clinical specialty.
• Coordinate care and supervise students, residents and fellows to ensure safe care.
• Develop and maintain a local/regional referral base for subspecialist services.
• Document patient care on appropriate records and coordinate treatment plans.
• Plan, implement, and monitor prognostic and rehabilitative care as needed.
• Engage in scholarly activity including clinical research and publishing.

Education

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 by the department

Preferred: Board certification

Job description

The Genetics Division is recruiting for an Assistant or Associate ProfessorThe Genetics Laboratories in the Division of Human Genetics (DHG) are well-equipped, expanding CLIA and CAP certified clinical laboratories. The laboratories perform testing for inherited diseases and somatic alterations including well-established collaborative diagnostic programs for more than two hundred different disorders and conditions. DHG has an ABMGG accredited training program for Medical Genetics and Laboratory Genetics and Genomics (as of July 2017). DHG also has a master's training program for genetic counselors administered jointly with The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

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.

Present 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.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• 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
• Preferred: Board certification

Primary LocationLocation EScheduleFull timeShiftDay (United States of America)DepartmentHuman GeneticsEmployee StatusRegularFTE1Weekly Hours40

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At Cincinnati Children's, we come to work with one goal: to make children's health better. We believe in a holistic team approach, both in caring for patients and their families, and in advancing science and discovery. We strive to do better and find energy and inspiration in our shared purpose. If you want to be the best you can be, you can do it at Cincinnati Children's.

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