Clinical Fellow

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Organization:

Pediatric Surgery

Job Summary:

Dr. Vikas Gupta will be coming in the new clinical fellow replacing Dr. Maren E. Shipe who will be graduating from the Pediatric Surgery Training Program July 31st, 2024.

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• Program Overview:

  • The Pediatric Surgery Residency Training Program at Vanderbilt covers general and specialized surgical services for children from infancy through adolescence. It addresses a wide array of congenital and acquired conditions.
  • The program aims to provide comprehensive training in pediatric surgery, including preoperative, operative, and postoperative care for pediatric patients.

• Clinical Responsibilities:

  • As a clinical fellow in this program, your responsibilities include:
    • Preoperative Care: Evaluating patients before surgery, assessing surgical indications, and planning interventions.
    • Operative Care: Participating in surgical procedures for pediatric patients.
    • Postoperative Care: Managing patients during their recovery phase.
    • Administrative Duties: Overseeing residents in general surgery and pediatrics, as well as medical students on the service.

• Educational Support:

  • The program provides educational support for trainees, including:
    • Applicant Selection: Assisting in interview and selection processes.
    • Orientation: Facilitating new resident orientation.
    • Skills Labs: Organizing frequent skills labs.
    • Conference Management: Coordinating Grand Rounds, Resident Teaching conferences, and Bonus conferences.
    • Morbidity and Mortality Improvement (M&MI) Reports: Preparing reports related to patient outcomes.

Core Accountabilities:

Organizational Impact: Delivers job responsibilities that impact own job area/team with some guidance. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Uses existing procedures, research and analysis to solve standard job related problems that may require some judgement. Breadth of Knowledge: Requires subject matter knowledge within a professional area to meet job requirements. Team Interaction: Individually contributes to project/ work teams.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas. - Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner. Delivering Excellent Services: - Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service. - Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns to supervisors in a timely manner. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support. Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.- Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department. Managing Resources Effectively :- Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on t