Clinical and Teaching Physician Faculty - Deforest-Windsor Clinic

Job Summary:

The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health is interested in a Family Medicine physician to join the UW Health Deforest-Windsor Clinic. This physician faculty will provide the full spectrum of family medicine skills and patient care, with maternity care (OB) and newborn rounding desired but not required. This position will be involved in clinical teaching of medical students and other learners. This position may involve academic scholarly work.

Responsibilities:

Duties will include provision of clinical care of patients, clinical teaching of medical students and other learners, participation in clinical faculty call schedule (phone call only), nursing home visits, departmental meetings, and performing administrative duties as necessary in the position. Position may include obstetrics/maternity care and/or newborn rounding. If practicing OB, would be part of shared OB call group.

This position may also include opportunities to work on collaborative initiatives within UW-SMPH & UW Health. An essential part of these duties will be working in a collegial relationship promoting an inclusive environment with other faculty and staff members. The preferred candidate will either have experience teaching and working with diverse populations or will welcome a commitment to teaching and working with diverse populations.

The Deforest-Windsor clinic is comprised of nine faculty physicians, three advanced practice providers, as well as numerous team members that care for patients. They provide care for patients with substance use disorders and have one faculty member who provides obstetrical care. The team provides behavioral health support and educators for nutrition and diabetes as well. They function well as a team, and enjoy coming to work to see each other every day.

This vacancy is being announced as either CHS and CT Track. Having two tracks posted into this vacancy listing allows the School of Medicine and Public Health to consider clinical teacher faculty candidates with or without research credentials for this non-tenure-track position. CHS Track duties may consist of dedicated FTE time for scholarly work and teaching.

DFMCH is seeking family medicine physicians who encompass a variety of skills that relate to how they engage with patients and work in teams. We are looking for professionals who communicate effectively; work collaboratively in teams, with personal accountability; care for patients with competence and compassion; build positive working relationships with patients, staff, and colleagues; have the skills to critically analyze and participate in developing solutions to complex problems; utilize sound reasoning and ethical decision-making; can effectively manage conflicts; have an awareness of personal stress and ways to manage stress; are willing to adapt to changes when necessary; are committed to principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, including respect for and learning from others, and are able to work with colleagues and patients of diverse backgrounds; have a commitment to learners and teaching, whether in a clinical or didactic setting; and are committed to continuous learning, quality improvement, and growth throughout their career. Additionally, but not required, the department welcomes candidates with an interest in potential leadership, and based upon the academic track, the faculty physician may also participate in academic and scholarly activity.

Faculty at UW-Madison have the opportunity for professional growth that will allow them to pursue additional clinical and academic interests. In addition to their clinic roles, faculty may have opportunities to practice OMT, Integrative Health, inpatient medicine, POCUS, and more. There are also opportunities in the medical school for formal teaching roles, may be opportunities within the organization for leadership roles, and may also be scholarly research focused projects and committees that a faculty member can participate. Clinical duties are defined with department leadership approval based on the finalists' career interests and based on the clinical needs.

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