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Job Description Summary

This position is for a physician to join our Internal Medicine Residency Program as a Core Faculty member. The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to medical education, clinical excellence, and scholarly activities. This role involves teaching, mentoring, and supervising residents, as well as providing high-quality patient care.

Job Description

Qualifications

• Current Alabama medical license or eligibility to obtain an medical license in the State of Alabama
• Completion of a Medical Doctorate (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree, with Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certification for International Medical Graduates
• Completion of an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited Internal Medicine residency program with active Internal Medicine board-certification by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)

Essential Functions

• Provide general medical care to inpatients, coordinating care, and assisting with the education and training of residents and medical students.
• Supervise and mentor residents and students in their clinical training by providing guidance and feedback in the following areas: patient assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, medication management, and discharge planning.
• Supervise and mentor residents and students in documentation in the EMR, writing of orders, and articulation of care plans by reviewing resident notes and adding the appropriate addendums
• Timely and regular completion of resident evaluations.
• Participating in educational activities, such as lectures, rounds, and grand rounds.
• Participate in committees such as Clinical Competency Committee, Program Evaluation Committee, and Policy Committee as well as other GME or hospital-wide committees of interest.
• Interview residency program candidates on select interview days.
• Contribute with quality improvement initiatives aimed at improving patient care and outcomes.
• Seek opportunities to engage with residents in scholarly activity such as writing up a case for publication, performing a QI activity, or other publishable work such as book chapters or articles.
• Adheres to any and all functions as stipulated in their contract

Required Skills/Abilities

• Maintain current Alabama medical license
• Maintain current active Internal Medicine board-certification by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
• Serve as a role model for future generations of physicians by demonstrating compassion, commitment to excellence in teaching and patient care, professionalism, and a dedication to lifelong learning.
• Demonstrate a strong interest in educating residents to become practice-ready, while providing appropriate levels of supervision to promote patient safety when responding to the need of patients, residents, community, and the institution.
• Participate in recruitment, interviewing and selection of potential residency candidates for the Internal Medicine Residency Program
• Advance residents' knowledge and practice with scholarly approach to evidence-based patient care through case studies and quality improvement.
• Create an effective learning environment conducive to educating residents in each of the ACGME Competency domains by fulfilling supervisory and teaching responsibilities through timely completion of resident evaluations and real-time feedback.
• Participates in the Clinical Competency Committee, Program Evaluation Committee, and in other sub-committees.
• Pursues faculty development designed to enhance skills at least annually.
• Advising, mentoring, and coaching residents (co-creating, implementing, and monitoring individualized learning plans) Designing and overseeing remediation plans for mentees
• Supporting/Overseeing residents in the development/assessment of quality improvement/patient safety projects
• Supporting/overseeing resident in the conduct of their scholarly work, including the dissemination of such work through presentations, posters/abstracts, and peer-reviewed publications
• Significant participation in educational activities (didactics, lab, or simulation)
• Ability to navigate stressful situations in a hectic hospital environment

• Demonstrates commitment to organizations five (5) priorities and Six Ground Rules
• Person in this position is required to understand, agree upon and follow our Six Ground Rules:
  • No excuses.
  • We are a team.
  • Bring up your ideas.
  • Poor performance will be addressed.
  • ‘That’s not my job’ is not acceptable
  • Manage Up.

Shift

Day

Shift Details

7:00 am - 7:00 pm

FTE

1

Type

Regular

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