Assistant/Associate Professor In-Residence - Critical Care Surgeon
Department of Surgery
Position Description
The Department of Surgery at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and UConn Health is seeking a fulltime faculty (In-Residence) Critical Care Surgeon, at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank. This individual will participate in resident and medical student education. This an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic & growing organization as it takes its Critical Care/Surgery program to the next level.
Potential for leadership position.
Duties and responsibilities:
Responsible for clinical service, teaching, and clinical investigation.
participate in the clinical care of surgical patients in the closed critical care unit. In this role, the Surgical Intensivist will report directly to the Chair of Surgery.
As a member of the Department of Surgery, perform consultations and admit Surgery patients to John Dempsey Hospital, as well as provide outpatient care. In this role, the Surgical Intensivist will report to the Chair of the Department of Surgery.
Contribute to the administration and leadership of:
The Critical Care Unit, as deemed necessary by the Director of the ICU.
Development of Level 3 trauma center at JDH as deemed necessary by the Chair of Surgery.
Development of protocol and clinical pathways for emergency general surgical service including a Emergency General Surgery and Trauma follow up clinic
the Department of Surgery, as directed by the Chair of Surgery.
Ensure compliance with UConn Health policies and procedures.
Participate in Critical Care APRN and Surgery PA supervision and training.
Teach medical students, medical residents, surgery residents
and fellows at John Dempsey Hospital and Outpatient Clinic.
Minimum Qualifications:
Surgery Residency
Board certified/eligible in Surgical Critical Care
Board certified/eligible in Surgery
Preferred Qualifications:
1 or more years of fellowship training (Surgical Critical Care)
Why UConn Health
UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.
