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Section Chief of Infectious Disease Opportunity in Peoria, IL
Peoria, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Infectious Disease
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)
Academic/Training Program
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Peoria, Illinois, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
2/14/17
Principle Duties and Responsibilities:
• Teach infectious disease topics to medical students in lectures, seminars, clinics, and wards
• Develop and deliver resident education in the subspecialty of Infectious Disease by providing rotations for residents on an infectious disease service, giving infectious disease core lectures, and attending morning report and other conferences
• Serve on appropriate educational committees at the College of Medicine
• Serve on appropriate hospital committees to improve the quality of patient care, for example, hospital formulary, infection control, or antimicrobial stewardship committees
• Perform inpatient and outpatient care as a consulting and attending infectious disease physician specialist
• Work 3-4 half-days per week in the ambulatory care of HIV-infected and/or infectious disease patients
• Opportunity to participate as a general internal medicine hospitalist attending physician on the resident teaching service
• Deliver 1-2 lectures per year during medicine grand rounds on topics of relevance to general internists
• Support and develop the research and scholarly activities of the Department of Medicine and the Section of Infectious Disease
• Function as a faculty person within the statutes of the University of Illinois
• Function as staff member within the bylaws of the university-affiliated hospital(s)
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Chair of the Department of Medicine
Qualifications
• Required MD or equivalent degree
• Required completion of an infectious disease fellowship program
• Required current certification or eligible for certification in the subspecialty of infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine, or equivalent specialty qualifications
• Required eligibility for medical license in the State of Illinois and medical staff appointment at hospitals affiliated with the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
• Preference given to applicants with experience as faculty members in training programs approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
• Preference given to applicants with administrative experience
• Preference given to applicants experienced with investigator-initiated research leading to extramural grant funds and/or peer-reviewed publications
• Teach infectious disease topics to medical students in lectures, seminars, clinics, and wards
• Develop and deliver resident education in the subspecialty of Infectious Disease by providing rotations for residents on an infectious disease service, giving infectious disease core lectures, and attending morning report and other conferences
• Serve on appropriate educational committees at the College of Medicine
• Serve on appropriate hospital committees to improve the quality of patient care, for example, hospital formulary, infection control, or antimicrobial stewardship committees
• Perform inpatient and outpatient care as a consulting and attending infectious disease physician specialist
• Work 3-4 half-days per week in the ambulatory care of HIV-infected and/or infectious disease patients
• Opportunity to participate as a general internal medicine hospitalist attending physician on the resident teaching service
• Deliver 1-2 lectures per year during medicine grand rounds on topics of relevance to general internists
• Support and develop the research and scholarly activities of the Department of Medicine and the Section of Infectious Disease
• Function as a faculty person within the statutes of the University of Illinois
• Function as staff member within the bylaws of the university-affiliated hospital(s)
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Chair of the Department of Medicine
Qualifications
• Required MD or equivalent degree
• Required completion of an infectious disease fellowship program
• Required current certification or eligible for certification in the subspecialty of infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine, or equivalent specialty qualifications
• Required eligibility for medical license in the State of Illinois and medical staff appointment at hospitals affiliated with the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
• Preference given to applicants with experience as faculty members in training programs approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
• Preference given to applicants with administrative experience
• Preference given to applicants experienced with investigator-initiated research leading to extramural grant funds and/or peer-reviewed publications