Assistant Professor of Clinical - Surgery, Breast

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Job responsibilities include participation in clinical and educational activities as they relate to the Division of Surgical Oncology and the Department of Surgery with a special emphasis on breast cancer as following:
• Oversees outcomes, quality, and patient experience for the program
• Works closely and collaborates with the Director of Breast Surgical Oncology and all members of the team including medical oncologists.
• Coordinates and provide scheduling services for physicians to ensure coverage to perform services when scheduled
• Maintain administrative records pertaining to the scheduling of all physicians and ensure the hospital (s) has/have reasonable access to such records
• Perform daily unit rounds on all assigned inpatients and perform all inpatient follow up during the inpatient stay
• Provide outpatient professional medical services performed in all scheduled clinics related to the Program.
• Participate in regular outpatient clinics for the Program
• Coordinate inpatient care and clinic care under the Program with the patient’s primary physician
• Collaborate with other physicians and hospital personnel (including case managers) to reduce medically unnecessary use of resources and length of stay and coordinate interdepartmental patient care.
• Provide assistance as needed to bed control and other hospital personnel to facilitate patient throughput
• Respond in a timely fashion to patients, other physicians or hospital personnel making patient care-related inquiries
• Work collaboratively to implement clinical effectiveness programs, including clinical pathways and other similar guidelines and protocols as needed
• Participate in all root cause analysis and related activities conducted for the Program at all sites of service
• Work collaboratively with hospital personnel to implement the quality goals of the Program and implement quality initiatives to address any identified deficiencies
• Participate in periodic meetings with unit personnel at the hospital related to core measures and patient and physician satisfaction
• Implement teaching activities related to residents and fellows rotating through the Program
• Work with hospital personnel to obtain all mutually agreed upon program designations of distinction
• Provides professional medical services twenty four hours a day and seven days a week for 365 days (or 366 as the case may be) a year to all inpatients/outpatients in the Program in collaboration with other Faculty in the section and the division.

Education Requirements (Essential Requirements):

Applicants should have a strong commitment to patient care and education and an interest in clinical research. Bachelor's degree in premedicine or related field, followed by 4 years in medical school and additional residency and fellowship specialty training.

• Eligible candidates must be board certified in surgery, be able to obtain and maintain a valid DEA Registration and Florida Medical License, and have completed a SSO approved breast surgery or ACGME approved surgical oncology fellowship.

Work Experience Requirements (Essential Requirements):

2 – 3 years post fellowship clinical experience in the field of Breast Surgical Oncology preferred