Assistant Professor

University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City, KS Full-time Education

Posted on May 13, 2024

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Assistant Professor

Department:
SOM KC Internal Medicine - Dermatology
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Medicine-Dermatology

Position Title:
Assistant Professor

Job Family Group:
Academic

Job Description Summary:
Tenure track appointments are full-time with an initial probationary period of seven years. Criteria for promotion includes significant achievements in teaching, research/scholarship, and service. The award of tenure is based on potential for sustained contributions, performing beyond expected duties, and demonstrating leadership and innovation in activities that enhance the reputation of the University.
The Clinical Scholar Track is for full-time faculty members who are heavily involved in clinical service, education, and related scholarship. This track has two career paths: Clinician-Educator concentrating on teaching and Clinician-Investigator for concentrating on research/scholarship. Significant contributions in professional and academic service are required for both paths.

Job Description:

The Division of Dermatology at KUMC is seeking board certified / board eligible academic general / medical dermatologists to join our expanding academic dermatology division. We have a busy academic clinical practice with a wide range of pathologies seen in the outpatient and inpatient setting. The Kansas University Hospital is a 1054 bed tertiary care hospital and the University of Kansas Cancer Center that is the only NCI-designated cancer center in the area. Kansas University transplant physicians perform over 300 hematopoietic stem cell transplants and 400 solid organ transplants each year.

Required Qualifications:

Education: Board Certified/Eligible in Dermatology.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience: Clinical experience in Dermatology.

Job Duties Outlined:

Provide patient care in ambulatory clinic. Model best practices for diagnosis and treatment of illnesses and conditions. Complete appropriate documentation of patient encounters for medical follow-up and timely billing.
Instruct medical students, residents, and fellows in clinical and classroom settings. Coach and guide learners appropriate to their educational level. Evaluate learner's progress.
Contribute to various scholarly and research activities of the Division of Dermatology. Research could include clinical trials or investigator initiated studies.
Participate in Division, Department, and School faculty activities as allowed by schedule constraints.
For those interested, there are opportunities for professional development in Immunodermatology, Complex Medical Dermatology and Inpatient Dermatology, DermatoOncology, and Transplant Dermatology. A Clinician-Investigator Track is also available.

Required Documents:

Resume/CV

If selected as a final candidate for this position, you may be required to complete the Association of American of Universities Representations and Warranties document and sign a release of records that will allow the University of Kansas Medical Center to conduct a further background check with former employers. A copy of the Representations and Warranties document can be found here.

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan. Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available. Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Employee Type:
Regular

Time Type:
Full time

Application Instructions:
To learn more and apply online, please visit https://kumc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/kumc-jobs/job/Kansas-City-Metro-Area/Assistant-Professor_JR006927 or go to https://careers.kumc.edu/ and search for position number JR006927.

Applications must be submitted directly through the KU Medical Center website to be considered for this position. Any applications submitted via email or this website will NOT be reviewed or considered.

About KU Medical Center:
The University of Kansas Medical Center’s mission is to educate exceptional health care professionals through a full range of undergraduate, graduate, professional, postdoctoral and continuing education programs in the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Health Professions. KU Medical Center also advances the health sciences through world-class research programs; provides compassionate and state-of-the-art patient care in an academic medical center environment; and works with communities in every Kansas county to improve the health of Kansans. Learn more at www.kumc.edu.

Benefits:
KUMC offers a range of great benefits that support employees and eligible family members. Our health insurance benefits begin on hire date and KUMC offers other exciting benefits such as paid parental leave, generous employer retirement contributions and other resources to improve health and well-being. For more information, please visit https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Kansas Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, age, protected veteran or disability status, marital status, parental status, or genetic information. http://policy.ku.edu/IOA/nondiscrimination

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