Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine (Professor)

Division: Pediatrics

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Location: Houston, TX

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FLSA Status: Exempt

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Summary

PEM Division Chief will provide leadership, direction, and development for all clinical and academic activities (including but not limited to quality and safety, advocacy, education, and research) within the Division of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital - Medical Center, West, Woodlands, and Austin Campuses. In addition, the Division Chief will motivate and develop physicians, trainees, other healthcare providers, and staff by accurately assessing and addressing the needs of individuals and teams to continuously improve and optimize performance. The Division Chief will maintain a clinical practice - continuing to treat patients in the Houston-based Texas Children's Emergency Centers (ECs); partner with medical and administrative leadership to optimize patient care across the system; facilitate clinical education and training of faculty, staff, undergraduate and graduate medical education trainees, and other healthcare providers within and adjacent to emergency medicine; oversee EC team members' interactions with and treatment of patients; and sustain and advance opportunities in scholarly academic work. Emphasis will be placed on fostering interdisciplinary teamwork for optimal patient care that includes interface with different pediatric subspecialties as well as clinical services in other departments and divisions.

Job Duties

• Provide strategic direction and leadership for the PEM Division in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital across all campuses in its clinical and academic missions.
• Partner with medical and administrative leadership to optimize patient care across the system. Facilitate clinical education and training of faculty, staff, undergraduate/graduate medical education trainees, and other healthcare providers within and adjacent to emergency medicine.
• Work with the PEM Division, all Departments within the Texas Children's system, and hospital leadership to translate mutual visions and missions into exemplary clinical and academic programs, with the goal of maintaining top-tiered, national recognition for the Division, Department, College, and Hospital.
• Strengthen the reputation and research activity within the PEM Division.
• Sustain and build further an international scholarly academic recognition and clinical expertise in pediatric emergency medicine. Promote the academic missions of Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital as a system.
• Provide leadership and oversight of medical and administrative staff as well as performance improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate and ensure that the PEM Division achieves high-performance levels in financial performance, clinical service, support of academic programs, and collaboration with colleagues.
• Identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities within the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Compare data to draw conclusions and develop an effective course of action or appropriate solution to the problem at hand.

Minimum Qualifications

• Board certified in Pediatric Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics or American Board of Emergency Medicine, or equivalent training.
• Ability to practice medicine in Texas.
• Experience guiding and/or having been part of the interface between clinical care and scientific discovery and comfortable dealing with challenges that arise in these areas within academic medicine. Possesses either an established research portfolio or capability to lead others with research interest.
• A dedicated and passionate teacher, mentor, and academician. Familiar with training programs and the importance of training and education at an academic medical center.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

Requisition ID: 19941