Department:

SOM Wichita Pediatrics

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Pediatrics

Position Title:

Division Director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine Physician

Job Family Group:

Academic

Job Description Summary:

The Department of Pediatrics, at the University of Kansas School of Medicine—Wichita is seeking a candidate for a full-time faculty position in Pediatric Hospital Medicine. This position will serve as Division Director for the Pediatric Hospital Medicine service line, including administrative, supervisory, and mentoring responsibilities. Candidates will have earned a D.O., M.D., or equivalent, be board certified in Pediatrics. The position offers an exciting opportunity to join over 25 other board-certified medical and surgical pediatric specialties collaborating to care for the children of the state of Kansas. This position will support pediatric patients hospitalized with our community, tertiary care clinical partner, Wesley Children’s Hospital. A successful candidate must have an interest in practicing academic medicine, supporting our graduate medical education programs in Pediatrics, and combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, as well as our medical school campus which supports over 200 medical students.

The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita (KUSM-W) Department of Pediatrics is a robust, comprehensive, and thriving group of dedicated academic clinicians collaborating to deliver pediatric clinical care, education, scholarship and advocacy to the children and families in the Western two-thirds of the state. We are one of three University of Kansas medical school campuses. The Wichita campus serves over 200 medical students and boasts modern academic capabilities including a hi-fidelity simulation center and resources to support clinical and translational research and systematic quality improvement/implementation science. In 2027 we will complete construction of a brand-new, state of the art medical school; The Wichita Biomedical Center will be an interprofessional medical education and research center, integrating health care educational programs across the community.

Wesley Children’s Hospital (WCH), a tertiary care pediatric hospital within the main Wesley campus, is the result of a $70 million investment by Health Corporation of American and Wesley Healthcare and offers the only tertiary care children’s services in Central and Western Kansas. WCH has the largest delivery service in Kansas, and includes 76 NICU beds, 35 general inpatient beds, 15 PICU beds, and centralized pediatric sedation. The NICU and PICU are staffed 24/7 in-house by board-certified specialists and pediatric hospital medicine will be in-house 24/7 in the coming academic year. WCH is a level 1 trauma center with a 24/7 pediatric surgery/trauma service. Other available and collaborating pediatric specialties include anesthesia, urology, radiology, endocrinology, cardiology, pulmonology, genetics, infectious disease, and the only comprehensive pediatric oncology program in the state. Dedicated pediatric ancillary services include an independent pediatric pharmacy with rounding clinical pediatric pharmacists and a robust child life program.

Wichita, Kansas, located in the heart of America, is the largest city in Kansas. It has small town friendliness along with all the amenities of a large city including a variety of restaurants and entertainment, minor league baseball and hockey teams, great shopping, and proximity to the country. The metropolitan area of more than 640,000 has great public and private schools and is a family friendly city. Aerospace engineering and health care are Wichita’s two largest industries.

Job Description:

Job Duties:

Division Director Administration – 20%

• Serve as liaison between Division faculty and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics and other Departments and/or school leadership in domains relevant to faculty appointment.
• Establish Division education programs that meet the needs of the distinct groups of learners, as appropriate and directed by the university, department, residency program and/or medical student clerkship.
• Effectively and efficiently participate in the evaluation process of learners to department and school standards where applicable.
• Create an environment to foster scholarly activities in the Division, including research and quality improvement.
• In cooperation with the Department Chair and relevant community partner administrators, create one and three-year goals for the division in relevant domains of teaching, scholarship, and faculty development.
• Oversee allocation of time and responsibilities of section faculty and staff with respect to achievement of section clinical, teaching, research, and administrative goals.
• Actively participate in the process of timely and meaningful evaluation