Assistant Professor, Clinical Faculty Appointment (CFA) - Leukemia

Title:     Assistant Professor, Clinical Faculty Position

Division/Department:   Cancer Medicine/Leukemia

Organizational Relationships: 

This is a faculty position responsible to the Chairman of the Department of Leukemia who reports to the Head of the Division of Cancer Medicine.

Qualifications:

·    Doctorate-level degree in a field appropriate to the role of a Clinical Assistant Professor and the department’s mission of the management and treatment of patients with leukemia and associated disorders.

·       Licensed to practice in Texas

·       Board certified (or obtained within departmental timeline), unless exempted

Required Experience:

At least 2 years’ experience as Instructor or 5 years post degree with any combination of time as a clinician, clinical trainee or GME trainee

Clinical (Patient Care Duties, 70% Effort):

Provide clinical expertise in patient care management and an appropriate teaching environment for fellows, residents and students in the specialty of Leukemia.  Primarily will serve as an attending physician in inpatient areas with limited outpatient responsibilities.   Provides capability of primary care physician including patient history, physical examinations and provides all aspects of primary patient care including cardiac resuscitation.

Medical Practice

Practice clinical medicine in an exemplary manner in standards set forth by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, and the American College of Physicians, properly balanced with other academic activities.

Must be capable of providing complete and thorough history and physical patient examinations.  Must be able to perform invasive procedures as dictated by the physician’s subspecialty.  This may require standing, bending, stooping, lifting, hearing, manual dexterity, and clear and concise verbal communications.

Develop and maintain a clinical practice for patients referred to M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

a)           Provide physician staffing for the out-patient Leukemia clinics and the in-patient Leukemia services at a level commensurate with that which would be provided by other Hematology staff/internists with the same level of training and experience.

b)           Visually review for proper ICD-9 and CPT coding and approve all charge documents within five working days.

c)           Complete patient documentation for medical records within time frames provided by institutional policy.  Will require dictating in a clear and concise manner, and visual review of documents.

d)           Correspond as appropriate in writing or in telephone conversations with physicians regarding patient care and treatment.

e)           Keep abreast of current approaches in the management of patients through attendance at continuing education conferences in the specialty.  This will require listening to and assimilating information from the conferences.

f)            Request appropriate consultations for Leukemia patients by phone conversations or in writing to other physicians.

Provide a role model as a practitioner for faculty, fellows, residents, and students.

Provide peer review for assessing the clinical practice of faculty within the department.

Must be able to work within a context of very intense interpersonal relationships including other physicians, patients, and subordinates.

Administration

Shows potential for service on institutional and hospital committees as requested by the Department Chairman to attend appropriate meetings that may include walking to each meeting site.  Listen to deliberations and provide verbal feedback as necessary.  Visually review all documents pertaining to committee functions.

Education/Teaching (5% Effort):

A.           Provide a balanced and integrated educational program in cancer medicine for fellows and for medical residents and students rotating through the Leukemia services.

B.           Develop and implement specific continuing education programs pertaining to Leukemia.  Analyze continuing education needs and, using a dictating machine or a computer and keyboard, develop continuing education programs.

C.           Attend and participate in Division/Department teaching and continuing education conferences which require verbal interaction with colleagues and walking to meeting location throughout the campus.

Research (25% Effort):

Actively engage in clinical research and scholarly activities to enhance the academic environment of the Department.

1.           Develop programs of clinical research and scholarly activities in keeping within the goals of the Section.  Requires the ability to synthesize a myriad of information pertaining to the area of research.  May necessitate instructing, through written or verbal communication, research support personnel in protocol implementation.

2.           Seek appropriate funding mechanisms to support clinical research.  May require completion of grant application forms through oral dictation or use of a computer and keyboard.  Also will require budget development and analysis.

Extramural Service

Has the potential to represent the Department Leukemia in local, regional, state, and national matters pertaining to the field of Leukemia.  Will require traveling to sites outside of the Houston area and, upon return, disseminating the information obtained or learned by sharing with department colleagues verbally or in writing.