Associate or Full Professor without tenure, Associate Division Head for Hospital Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Position Overview
Organization: Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Title: Associate or Full Professor without tenure, Associate Division Head for Hospital Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Position Details
Position Description
The University of Washington’s Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, is seeking applicants for a full-time (1.0 FTE) faculty position to be based at Harborview Medical Center (HMC), UW Medical Center-Montlake (UWMC-Montlake), UWMC-Northwest (UWMC-NW), or the VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS). This position will include the role of Associate Division Head for Hospital Medicine. In addition to the leadership role, this position will include serving as a hospitalist with direct patient care duties, and teaching and precepting residents and students.
This position will be at the Associate Professor or full Professor rank (without tenure due to funding). Salary and academic appointment at University of Washington will be commensurate with experience, qualifications, and academic rank. Associate and full professors WOT hold indefinite appointments that align with a 12-month service period (July 1-June 30). Faculty with 12-month service periods are paid for 11 months of service over a 12-month period (July-June), meaning the equivalent of one month is available for paid time off. University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research and service. The anticipated start date would be July 1, 2023.
The Associate Division Head for Hospital Medicine serves as the administrative, clinical, and academic leader of hospital medicine physicians within the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine.
Key responsibilities related to clinical leadership include:
- High-level oversight and coordination of patient care activities of the hospitalist program at HMC, UWMC-Montlake, UWMC-NW, and VAPSHCS
- Development of infrastructure for the program, e.g., scheduling, policies, clinical performance standards, staffing levels
- Articulating the long-term vision for hospital medicine, including overall mission and strategy for patient care, academic endeavors, recruitment, retention, and faculty recognition
- Ensuring that physicians are appropriately trained in billing practices, overall documentation, and the basics of quality improvement and patient safety
- Working with senior leaders in the division, Department of Medicine, hospitals, IM Residency, UW Medicine, and School of Medicine to ensure and advocate for financial and logistical support for hospitalists, integration with hospital initiatives, and coordination with teaching programs
- With division head, coordinating the recruitment and on-boarding of physician and support personnel
Primary operational responsibility for the hospital medicine programs at UWMC-Montlake, UWMC-NW, HMC, and VAPSHCS would continue to reside with the respective service directors who supervise day-to-day activities of personnel assigned to their programs.
Key responsibilities related to academic and administrative leadership include:
- Promoting the faculty development programs in the hospital medicine program and coordinating with the director of GIM Faculty Development Programs, the Academic Research Coach, and the leadership in relevant centers for scholarship (CLIME, WISH, and the UW Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and Safety) to support the faculty
- Ensuring that faculty members have opportunity to receive effective mentorship and peer interaction that enables them to be professionally successful and become effective teachers
- Leading strategic planning efforts related to new programs and initiatives
- Oversight of the Hospital Medicine Program operations budget
- Shared oversight of the Hospital Medicine faculty budget, merit assignment, financial planning, and revenue cycle with the division head and division administrators
- Establishing and helping to maintain Division-wide performance standards for hospital medicine
- Meeting with individual faculty members on a regular basis to determine if they are on track with expectations of their development in the areas of teaching, scholarly and patient care
- Enhancing collaboration among hospital medicine faculty at different hospitals and among research centers within UW Medicine
- Participating in the annual review process for hospital medicine faculty and assisting in the refinement of promotion criteria specific to hospital medicine and full-time clinical faculty.
Salary
The base salary range for this position will be: $18,334 - $20,000 per month ($220,000 - $240,000 annually) for the Associate Professor rank or $20,000 - $22,917 per month ($240,000 - $275,000 annually) for the Professor rank, commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination. This range is inclusive of base salary provided through the UW Physicians (UWP) practice plan, in addition to base salary provided by the University. Please note that only compensation provided by the University is included in University benefit determinations and calculations. Compensation provided by UW Physicians (UWP) practice plan may provide eligibility for separate benefits offered by that organization.
Other Compensation
Other compensation associated with this position will include (1) an administrative salary supplement for administrative service as Associate Division Head and (2) a pay supplement (TPS) of $6,250 - 7,084 per month ($75,000 - 85,000 annually) for work on the hospital medicine service. TPS amounts are based on appointment FTE and clinical FTE (cFTE) at the time of hire.
Other compensation associated with this position may include incentive through UW Physicians practice plan.
Benefits
Physicians Practice Plan: For practitioners holding an appointment in the UW Physicians practice plan, see the link for additional benefits that may be available at https://faculty.uwmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/UWP-Benefits-Summary-for-recruitingef-edits-v3.pdf
Qualifications
Applicants must have an MD or DO degree (or foreign equivalent) and board certification in Internal Medicine (or foreign equivalent). Board certification in Internal Medicine must be completed within two years after residency.
In order to be eligible for University sponsorship for an H-1B visa, graduates of foreign (non-U.S,) medical schools must show successful completion of all three steps of the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE) or equivalent as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Instructions
This position will remain open until filled. For consideration, please submit an application including CV, cover letter, a list of three (3) references, and a diversity statement (past and planned contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion).
Please address your cover letter to the chair of the search committee, Somnath Mookherjee, MD.
If you have any questions, please send an email to Rebekah Zaharia, GIM Academic HR Manager at rebekahz@uw.edu.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or protected veteran status.
Benefits Information
A summary of benefits associated with this title/rank can be found at https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/benefits-orientation/benefit-summary-pdfs/. Appointees solely employed and paid directly by a non-UW entity are not UW employees and are not eligible for UW or Washington State employee benefits.
Commitment to Diversity
The University of Washington is committed to building diversity among its faculty, librarian, staff, and student communities, and articulates that commitment in the UW Diversity Blueprint (http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/). Additionally, the University’s Faculty Code recognizes faculty efforts in research, teaching and/or service that address diversity and equal opportunity as important contributions to a faculty member’s academic profile and responsibilities (https://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/FCG/FCCH24.html#2432).
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Disability Services
To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or dso@uw.edu.
COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements and Information
Under University of Washington (UW) Policy, University-compensated personnel must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof thereof, or receive a UW-approved medical or religious exemption. This requirement will be a condition of any offer associated with this recruitment. For more information, please visit https://www.washington.edu/coronavirus/vaccination-requirement/.