Attending Physician 7 - Infectious Disease

Cook County Health & Hospitals System

Details

Posted:

March 31, 2018

Location:

Chicago, Illinois

Salary:

Open

Type:

Full Time

Discipline:

Physicians/Surgeons

Attending Physician 7 - Infectious Disease Job Number: 00121142

Job Posting : Mar 30, 2018, 9:20:38 PM Closing Date : Apr 28, 2018, 4:59:00 AM Full-time

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Collective Bargaining Unit: SEIU Local 73 Drs Council Local 20 Posting Salary: COMPETITIVE

Organization: Health and Hospital Systems

LOCATION: John H. Stroger Hospital

Infectious Disease

Applicants may apply for this position online or submit a resume/ CV to the following email address : MDRecruit@cookcountyhhs.org

When submitting a resume/CV by email, you must include the job title and posting number in the subject line of your email .   An application or resume/CV must be filed for each position which interests you.

To receive Veteran Preference, appropriate discharge papers must be attached to the online   application or must be included with your emailed resume/CV. Please refer to Veteran Preference document requirements listed on the bottom of this posting.

JOB SUMMARY

Infection disease (ID) physicians provide subspecialty-level consultative and direct care to a wide array of adult patients with complex medical problems confirmed or suspected to be caused or complicated by infections. ID physicians also further the education mission of the CCHHS by directly teaching physicians in training and though continuous scholarship and regular participation in hospital-based, regional and national conferences; and they actively participate in systematic efforts to improve patient care and medical training through administrative leadership and active participation in multidisciplinary quality improvement activities.

Typical Duties

Provides ID consultative care to complex surgical, obstetric, medical and/or critical care inpatients by regularly staffing hospital-based ID consult services according to the service schedule established by the ID division chair.

Provides direct primary care to adult inpatients with confirmed or suspected human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and/or other complex infectious diseases by regularly staffing the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Inpatient HIV/ID service according to the service schedule established by the ID Division Chair.

Provides direct ambulatory primary care to HIV-infected adult patients at the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center and/or other CCHHS ambulatory care facilities, including the coordination of case management, mental health and other allied health services and being available to assigned patients during regular business and off hours, according to the service schedule established by the ID Division Chair, in consultation with CCHHS Senior Director of HIV Services.

Provides subspecialty-level ambulatory care for patients with sexually transmitted infections, chronic viral hepatitis and/or other non-HIV related infection diseases according to the service schedule established by the ID Division Chair.

Upholds all extant internal and external requirements for documenting patient-care activities, following infection control and medication utilization practices, interacting with consultant medical and allied healthcare providers and ensuring timely and appropriate follow-up care for each of the inpatient and outpatient care activities described above.

Provides direct supervision and adheres to internal and external regulatory requirements related to the performance and evaluation of assigned advanced nurse practitioners and/or physician assistants working in the ambulatory and inpatient settings.

Attends on each of the inpatient and outpatient care activities described above to provide direct supervision of medical students, residents and ID fellows assigned to these services, including: leading daily bedside rounds; conducting didactic teaching sessions; observing and providing informal and formal structured evaluations of trainee performance; completing and discussing structured performance evaluations with trainees in a timely fashion; and case presentations and/or discussions during regularly scheduled case conferences.

Conducts regular teaching conferences for medical students, medical residents and/or ID fellows one CORE ID topics as assigned by the ID Division Chair.

Attends and participates as a presenter or discussant in weekly case and didactic conferences, including weekly Grand Rounds conferences organized by the Department of Medicine.

Attends and participates regularly in divisional and departmental administrative meetings.

Participates in or leads the Infection Control, Anti-Infective, CORE Research or other CORE or hospital quality improvement activities or committees as assigned by the ID Division Chair.

Contributes to the design, performance, analysis and presentation of ID-related research regularly, including applications for intramural and extramural grant funding and for approval by applicable institutional review boards.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy Medicine (DO) degree from an accredited medical college or university

Must be licensed as a physician and surgeon in the State of Illinois-or have the ability to obtain license prior to starting employment.

Successful completion of a residency program in Internal medicine accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)

A Fellowship Program in Infectious Diseases accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)

Board certified or board eligible in Infectious Diseases by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Current and valid Illinois Controlled Substances License-or-have the ability to obtain license prior to starting employment.

Current and valid licensure with the Federal DEA-or-have the ability to obtain license prior to starting employment.

Preferred Qualifications

Language skills in Spanish preferred.

Experience in conducting clinical research

Experience in teaching and training colleagues and students

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics

Proficient in using standard word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation and statistical software.



VETERAN PREFERENCE

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When applying for employment with the Cook County Health & Hospitals System, preference is given to honorably discharged Veterans who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States for not less than 6 months of continuous service.

To take advantage of this preference a Veteran must :

·          Meet the minimum qualifications for the position.

·          Identify self as a Veteran on the employment application by answering yes to the question by answering yes to the question,

Internal Number: 196860

About Cook County Health & Hospitals System

The Cook County Health & Hospitals System’s mission is to deliver integrated health services with dignity and respect regardless of a patient’s ability to pay; foster partnerships with other health providers and communities to enhance the health of the public; and advocate for policies that promote the physical, mental and social wellbeing of the people of Cook County. CCHHS is comprised of two hospitals, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital and Provident Hospital, a robust network of more than a dozen community health centers, the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, the Community Triage Center, the Cook County Department of Public Health, Cermak Health Services, which provides health care to individuals at the Cook County Jail and the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, and CountyCare, a Medicaid managed care health plan. The system cares for more than 300,000 patients each year and its physicians are experts in their fields, committed to providing their patients with comprehensive, compassionate and cutting-edge care. Today, CCHHS is transforming the provision of health care in Cook County by promoting community-based primary and preventive care, growing an innovative, collaborative health plan and enhancing the patient experience.

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