OBGYN Generalist-Cullowhee, North Carolina

JOB SUMMARY:

The Obstetrician Gynecologist will provide excellent, evidence-based, efficient patient care services, as well as resident and student teaching, mentoring, effective supervision.  This role is a flexible role within the department of OB/GYN to help meet the clinical needs of the department to include outpatient, rural, and inpatient work. OBGYN Department at MAHEC is committed to increasing access to healthcare within our 16-county area in North Carolina.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create and lead mentoring relationships for underrepresented in medicine(URiM) residents within MAHEC or Asheville. 
• Collaborate with Asheville and Buncombe County business organizations to create robust group of URM role models and professional relationship opportunities.
• Connect with Western North Carolina Medical Society and other regional and state healthcare and medical societies to create connections and opportunities for leadership.
• Bring lived experience and expertise to the role of mentorship and curriculum development.

Clinical Supervision and Teaching:

• Supervise Ob/Gyn residents, Family Practice residents, fellows, and students at Mission Hospitals on Labor and Delivery, as well as patients in the Emergency Room, Antepartum, and Postpartum, Operating room, and Post-operative setting.
• Supervise advanced practice providers of MAHEC Ob-Gyn in Mission Hospitals.
• Consult and collaborate with regional care providers seeking care for patients needing transport or with high acuity situations.
• Provide collaboration and consultation for providers for whom MAHEC OB/GYN are the backup providers.
• Provider collaboration and consultation as the Obstetric Hospitalist while fulfilling that role in Mission Hospitals.
• Provide training and didactics on general obstetric and gynecologic topics. Provides teaching topics for resident night float team.
• Provide evaluation both formative and summative to residents and learners using myTIPreport.
• Provide appropriate face to face feedback to residents and students in a professional and constructive manner.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Communication Skills

Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient’s family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex and difficult situations, to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families.

• Decision Making

Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.

• HealthCare Knowledge

Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate.  This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area of expertise along with MAHEC’s organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate.

• Interpersonal Skills

Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.

• Organizational Values

Adherence to MAHEC’s founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.

• Problem Solving

Having an analytical mind and abili