- Location
- UH Lakewood Medical Center, United States of America
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Education
- Source
- Workday
Description
University Health Physicians, an academic group practice affiliated with the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine in conjunction with its major teaching facility Truman Medical Centers/University Health (TMC/UH).
University Health Physicians (UHP) is the physician group practice for the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC) in conjunction with its major teaching facility. UMKC supports several residencies and many of our physicians have teaching responsibilities for residents and medical students. UHP is also the primary physician group for Truman Medical Centers/University Health in Kansas City, MO. known as “Kansas City’s Essential Hospital,” it is the safety net healthcare system for Jackson County/Kansas City, MO. A 547-bed, not-for-profit health system, TMC/UH delivers the highest-quality medical care for our patients, with compassion, empathy, and unparalleled dedication to service. During the 2020 pandemic, we have been recognized as a regional leader in COVID care and testing.
Job Description
The Department of Community and Family Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, University Health and University Health Physicians seeks a full-time board-certified family physician, with broad scope training to join our department.
We are a full-spectrum Family Medicine department. Duties can include hospital medicine, maternity care, precepting residents and students in clinic (including prenatal, pediatric, adult & older adult, and office procedures), resident mentoring and advising, and scholarly activity including curriculum development and research.
In addition to our academically focused clinics and Inpatient/OB/Nursery care – we have several community clinics and in those locations teaching and academic duties are more limited in scope.
We highly value a commitment to working with the underserved population in addition to a commitment to excellence in resident/student education and quality patient care.
The ideal candidate will have post graduate clinical practice and teaching experience, however residency faculty experience is not required. Training and mentoring will be offered to those new to academic medicine. Desired traits include; flexibility, curiosity and teamwork.
This faculty position provides an opportunity to become a member of a dynamic, expanding academic and community-focused program and allows for faculty development. Academic appointment and salary commensurate with background.