Academic Physician/Surgeon - Dept. of Surgery

University of Oklahoma

Tulsa, OK

ID: 7275817 (Ref.No. if146203)
Posted: 3 months ago

Job Description

  • Direct Supervisor:  Department Chair
  • FTE: 100%
  • Appointment Type: Consecutive Term
  • Title/Rank: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor
  • Primary Location: OU-Tulsa Schusterman Campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Primary Responsibilities

  • Provides patient care to surgical patients.
    • Maintains board certification in appropriate specialty.
    • Maintains effective communication with other physicians, staff, and residents.
    • Physician will see patients in the office a minimum of 8 hours per week.
    • Required call participation as part of routine duties.
    • Maintain active staff privileges at facilities the department is associated with.
  • Quality Medical Record documentation.  Completes medical records in a timely and quality manner.
  • Academic Teaching. Instruction of general surgical residents, medical, and PA students will include score conferences and mentorship.
  • Research.  Support departmental research programs; responsible for performing medical and academic research including a minimum of 1 manuscript published annually, and function as a primary investigator for 1 sponsored clinical trial.
  • Departmental Support.  Responsible for aiding the growth of patient care volumes, departmental financial stability, reputation, and respect.  Participate on the team in a collegial role.  Support proper use of departmental equipment and facilities.
  • Other duties as assigned by the Department Chair and/or other appropriate University authority.
  • Graduation from ACGME accredited residency.
  • Possession of a valid and unrestricted Oklahoma medical license (by date of hire), good references, and an exemplary practice history (as applicable).
  • Board Certified or eligible by the respective professional affiliated American Board or the American Osteopathic Association.

Preferences (Not Required)

  • Previous academic medicine experience.
  • Extensive experience with health quality metrics such as PQRS, Meaningful Use, HEDIS, NCQA, VBM, MIPS, STAR and others.
  • Experience with a wide variety of payor models and population health delivery models.
  • Have experience in models of quality improvement such as the IHI Model for Improvement, Six Sigma, Lean, Adaptive Design, TQM (and others) as well as the tools of improvement to include AIM’s driver diagrams, PDSA, process mapping, quality measurement, statistical process control, and reliability theory.
  • Applicants are required to apply through Interfolio and provide a CV and Cover Letter.
  • If you have questions on the application process or the position, please contact [email protected].