Assistant Professor (N-T Trk Clin), Internal Medicine – Palliative Care

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

JOB SUMMARY

The physician will\: provide care to patients of the Palliative Medicine practice in the ambulatory and inpatient settings; participate in the education and mentorship of medical students, interns, residents, and fellows; participate in departmental meetings and committee meetings; and other scholarly activities.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Excellent and supportive team environment
• Ability to work within a multifaceted palliative program, working with interdisciplinary teams, including, bioethics, hospitalists, critical care and CCU teams, hospice
• Excellence teaching palliative medicine to health science students, post graduate trainees
• Opportunities to work with underserved patients including patients who are in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice population at Hospital Galveston.
• Ability to work with trauma and burns patients.
• Ability to work within an interprofessional team that includes advance practice providers, social workers and pastoral care providers
• Commitment to academic growth and programmatic development in a growing program that is embedded in the UTMB system.
• Expertise in pain and symptom management in patients with serious medical illness and serious illness conversations.
  
  

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Board certification in primary specialty, Board certification or Board eligibility in Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Palliative Medicine Fellowship training or other comparable experience

SALARY

Commensurate with experience.