UTHealth
Assistant /Associate Professor, Surgical Critical Care - Surgery, McGovern Medical School (Finance)
The selected candidate will contribute to the department's mission to educate health science professionals, discover and translate advances in the biomedical and social sciences, and model the best practices in clinical care and public health through research, teaching, clinical service, administrative activities, and other service.
Position Key Accountabilities:
The Rank of Assistant/Associate Professor (depending upon qualifications) will provide direct patient care and supervision of medical students and residents in clinic and hospital settings.
- Developing and sustaining an environment in the patient care units that
support excellence and innovation in clinical practice and patient care through
assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programs and standards
that support positive patient care outcomes to include excellent risk adjusted
outcomes.
- Performing a variety of staff management functions including the interviewing,
hiring, evaluating, counseling and terminating of assigned management,
clinical, and support staff.
- Facilitating, reviewing, and approving the budget for UTHealth and Surgery Services, including estimates of future personnel and equipment needs;
ensuring that hospital resources are optimally utilized through participation in
strategic planning and financial budgeting processes, and development of
practices that achieve specific objectives and resolution of unfavorable
performance variances; providing leadership and implementing strategies to
provide cost effective quality care.
- Providing coaching, mentoring, support and consultation to clinical managers, attending physicians, research personnel, colleagues, and clinical staff.
- Serving as role model in professional behavior and leadership skills,
problem- solving ability and interpersonal skills
- Delegating authority and accountability to clinical & nursing staff for clinical
practice and patient care decisions that is consistent with professional
standards, regulatory agencies and organizational policies and procedures.
- Identifying patient and family needs of the populations served; recommends
and/or developing new programs and services to meet those needs; assuring
that age specific equipment, supplies and educational resources
are available for assigned units/services
- Collaborating with UTHealth and hospital administration and physicians to
identify future opportunities, and define the direction of department services;
developing, and implementing plans to achieve identified goals.
- Maintaining an ongoing departmental Quality Improvement Plan and process
consistent with the organizational Quality Management Plan; developing and
implementing unit specific standards, policies and procedures that guide and
support the provision of care and services; continuously assesses and
improves assigned departments' performance while enhancing service
- Reviewing appropriate financial reports and making appropriate modifications
in UTHealth and MHH to reduce costs associated with supplies, staffing, and
service agreements and/or identifies sound alternatives for purchasing
equipment and supplies
- Participating in and/or chairs committees, work groups, and meetings at as
appropriate
- Assuring interdisciplinary performance improvement programs are active,
maintained and ongoing. Following up to ensure that complaints have been
satisfactorily handled. Collaborating to maintain a focus on providing excellent
clinical services
- Maintaining professional growth and development through seminars,
workshops, in-services, current literature and professional affiliations to keep
abreast of latest trends in fields of expertise; supporting and promoting
education and research
- Supervising a highly specialized clinical team of direct care providers
and administrative staff.
Qualifications:
The selected candidate for the position must have a Texas Medical License or be eligible for a Texas Faculty Temporary License. The selected candidate must be board certified in general surgery and board eligible in surgical critical care.
Qualified applicants must demonstrate a commitment to excellence, discovery and service, have potential to be outstanding in their field of expertise, and share an interest in fulfilling the common goals of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Preferred applicants will possess and demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with strong potential for a leadership role within the department.