Sleep Medicine Specialist

Department:
SOM Wichita Pediatrics
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Pediatrics

Position Title:
Sleep Medicine Specialist

Job Family Group:
Academic

Job 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:
Regular

Time Type:
Full time

Application Instructions:
To learn more and apply online, please visit https://kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-jobs/job/Wichita-KS/Sleep-Medicine-Specialist_JR004485 or go to https://careers.kumc.edu/ and search for position number JR004485.

Applications must be submitted directly through the KU Medical Center website to be considered for this position. Any applications submitted via email or this website will NOT be reviewed or considered.

About KU Medical Center:
The University of Kansas Medical Centers mission is to educate exceptional health care professionals through a full range of undergraduate, graduate, professional, postdoctoral and continuing education programs in the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions. KU Medical Center also advances the health sciences through world-class research programs; provides compassionate and state-of-the-art patient care in an academic medical center environment; and works with communities in every Kansas county to improve the health of Kansans. Learn more at www.kumc.edu.

Benefits:
KUMC offers a range of great benefits that support employees and eligible family members. Our health insurance benefits begin on hire date and KUMC offers other exciting benefits such as paid parental leave, generous employer retirement contributions and other resources to improve health and well-being. For more information, please visit https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Kansas Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, age, protected veteran or disability status, marital status, parental status, or genetic information. http://policy.ku.edu/IOA/nondiscrimination

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