Assistant/Associate Professor of Clinical – Surgery – Colorectal Surgery

Assistant/Associate Professor of Clinical – Surgery – Colorectal Surgery

Requirements

• Knowledge of and ability to apply professional medical principles, procedures, and techniques
• Thorough knowledge of pharmacological agents used in patient treatments
• Effective verbal and written communication skills along with proper telephone etiquette
• Performs duties in tactful and professional manner
• Fluency in Spanish is greatly valued because our local and regional demographics
• Eligible candidates must be board certified in surgery
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid DEA Registration and Florida Medical License
• Must have completed a colorectal surgery fellowship

Responsibilities

• Oversees outcomes, quality, and patient experience for the program
• Perform daily unit rounds on all assigned inpatients and perform all inpatient follow up during the inpatient stay
• Provide outpatient professional medical services performed in all scheduled clinics related to the Program
• Participate in regular outpatient clinics for the Program
• Coordinate inpatient care and clinic care under the Program with the patient’s primary physician
• Collaborate with other physicians and hospital personnel (including case managers) to reduce medically unnecessary use of resources and length of stay and coordinate interdepartmental patient care
• Provide assistance as needed to bed control and other hospital personnel to facilitate patient throughput
• Respond in a timely fashion to patients, other physicians or hospital personnel making patient care-related inquiries
• Work collaboratively to implement clinical effectiveness programs, including clinical pathways and other similar guidelines and protocols as needed
• Participate in all root cause analysis and related activities conducted for the Program at all sites of service
• Participate in periodic meetings with unit personnel at the hospital related to core measures and patient and physician satisfaction
• Implement teaching activities related to residents and fellows rotating through the Program
• Work with hospital personnel to obtain all mutually agreed upon program designations of distinction
• Provides professional medical services twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week for 365 days (or 366 as the case may be) a year to all inpatients/outpatients in the Program in collaboration with other faculty in the section and the division.

Preferred Qualifications

• 0 – 5 years post fellowship clinical experience in the field of colorectal surgery preferred