Assistant Professor

Description

The Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine seeks candidates for an Assistant/Associate Professor position in the Division of Acute Care Surgery.  The applicant should have training and experience in Trauman, Emergency General Surgery and Surgical Critical care.

Key Responsibilities:

Clinical

Time spent treating patients will consistent of evaluation and mangement of Trauma and Emergency General Surgery patients at our urban teaching level I and level II trauma centers.  There are also opportunities for an elective general surgery practive.

Faculty attend in numerous Surgical Intensive Care Units (ICUs).  The Surgical ICUs have a mixture of surgical patients including; trauma, transplant, vascular, thoracic, orthopedic, plastic, obstetric, gynecologic-oncology and genral surgical services. Fellows are present in the ICUs as they participate in integrated fellowship between the  Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine.

Academic

Resident, fellow and medical student supervision and instruction are major components of the position.  Education is focused on general surgeyr residents, ICU fellows and Acute Surgery fellows.

Research

Research endeavors will be encouraged and supported.  Clinical reearch and outcome studies are abundant.  Our current faculty have close colaboratiosn with the Johns Hopkins Surgery center for Outcomes Research (JSCOR), The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School fo Oublic Health, and the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. Numerous faculty are supported with ongoing grants from: NIH, AHRQ, PCORI, and Bloomberg Philanthropies.

 

Qualifications

Applicants must have an M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. or equivalent degree.

They shoudl be ertified by (or eligible to be) the American Board of Surgery.

Additional training in Trauma or Critical Care is required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Strong organizational skills.

Strong interpersonal communication skills.

Ability to work well independently to build clinical practice.

Preferred Qualifications Leadership skills highly desirable.

Strong interest in resident and medical student education.

Application Instructions

Applications should include a cover letter, current CV or resume, a description of scholarly and teaching activity, and three letters of reference that include name, title, organization, telephone numbers, email address of the writer. All application material should be submitted electronically via Interfolio, please note application materials submitted directly to the job posting contact via email will not be considered. Applications should include a cover letter, current CV or resume, a description of scholarly and teaching activity, and three letters of reference that include name, title, organization, telephone numbers, email address of the writer. All application material should be submitted electronically via Interfolio, please note application materials submitted directly to the job posting contact via email will not be considered.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Salary Range
The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting.  Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range.  The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined by the University.

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