Sleep Medicine Specialist

Department:
SOM Wichita Pediatrics

PediatricsPosition Title:
Sleep Medicine SpecialistJob Family Group:
AcademicJob Description Summary:
This is a unique pediatric pulmonologist opportunity that blends community feel and size, tertiary care spectrum of diagnoses and acuity, robust pediatric resources, and traditional university-based academic opportunities in a clinical setting with a large geographic referral base. Our inpatient and outpatient healthcare teams are complimented by a superb pediatric nursing staff, centralized pediatric sedation, pediatric pharmacists, dedicated pediatric respiratory therapists, allied health specialists, social work, nutrition, and child life. As a department we serve as the primary teaching faculty in inpatient and outpatient pediatrics for our residents and medical students. This position reports to the Pulmonology Division Director. CV and cover letter required.Job Description:

Required Qualifications

• MD/DO Degree
• Licensed or eligible for licensure to practice medicine in the state of Kansas
• Board eligible or certified in Pediatrics
• Board eligible or certified in Pediatric Sleep Medicine

Preferred Qualifications

Experience:

• Previous experience teaching in an academic setting

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Demonstrated proficiency in the teaching of students and residents

• Demonstrated proficiency in clinical practice
• Proficiency in Spanish
• Ability to work cooperatively, collegially, and professionally within a multi-disciplinary team environment

Essential Functions

Clinical -70%

• Provide direct patient care and sleep studies for outpatient infants, children, and adolescents
• Provide sleep studies for inpatient neonatal (NICU) infants
• Provide direct patient care in general pulmonology for outpatient infants, children, and adolescents including coverage at the cystic fibrosis clinic
• Provide consultation on inpatient and outpatient infants, children, and adolescents in collaboration with our hospitalist, critical care, and ambulatory teams
• Work in conjunction with pediatric subspecialists, including anesthesia, cardiology, critical care, endocrinology, gastroenterology, infectious disease, neurology, nephrology, oncology, orthopedics, radiology, and surgery, to provide effective and integrated care
• Participate in quality improvement and patient safety activities to improve efficiency, safety, and clinical outcomes for patients
• Maintain board certification in pediatrics and pediatric sleep medicine

Scholarship, program development - 20%

• Opportunity for sleep medicine program development and act as medical director of the pediatric sleep program
• Opportunity to lead scholarly (research/quality improvement/clinical trials) projects, mentor residents and other learners in scholarly projects, lead applications for external program funding and other grant support
• Serve on selected departmental and hospital committees as requested by the section director, division chief or chair

Education - 10%

• Participate in curriculum development for the resident and student on pulmonology and sleep medicine rotations or electives, assuring that ACGME and LCME standards are met
• Educate, supervise, and participate in the evaluation process of residents, medical students, and other allied health trainees
• Attend and actively participate in section, division, and departmental meetings

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Employee Type:
RegularTime Type:
Full time