Assistant Professor of Clinical - Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac

Job Functions:

• Establishes and maintains quality standards and procedures for children undergoing cardiac surgery and heart transplant.
• Works with the leadership of Holtz Children’s Hospital to ensure that the pediatric cardiovascular surgery program meets or exceeds the criteria required for accreditation of the cardiac surgery/cardiology program by the State of Florida. This includes accreditation/certification of the neonatal intensive care unit as a Level III/Level IV center and accreditation/certification of the Level 1 pediatric trauma center.
• Works collaboratively to implement clinical effectiveness programs, including clinical pathways and similar guidelines and protocols as needed.
• Performs pediatric and congenital cardiac surgeries in neonates, infants, and adolescents.
• Helps the section chief oversee the program's outcomes, quality, and patient experience.
• Works closely and collaborates with pediatric cardiology and Holtz’ Heart Center members.
• Maintains administrative records and ensures the hospital(s) has/have access to such documents.
• Performs daily unit rounds on all assigned inpatients and performs all inpatient follow up.
• Provides outpatient professional medical services in all scheduled clinics related to the Program.
• Coordinates inpatient care and clinic care under the Program with the patient’s primary physician
• Collaborates with other physicians and hospital personnel (including case managers) to reduce medically unnecessary use of resources and length of stay and coordinate interdepartmental patient care.
• Assists as needed to bed control and other hospital personnel to facilitate patient throughput.
• Respond promptly to patients, other physicians, or hospital personnel making patient care-related inquiries.
• Participates in all root cause analysis and related activities conducted for the Program at all service sites.
• Collaborates with hospital personnel to implement the program's quality goals and initiatives to address identified deficiencies.
• Participates in periodic meetings with unit personnel at the hospital related to core measures and patient and physician satisfaction.
• Implements teaching activities related to residents and fellows rotating through the Program.
• Works with hospital personnel to obtain all mutually agreed upon program designations of distinction.
• Works with faculty, residents, and fellows to carry out programmatic research on childhood heart disease (prevention, screening, mechanisms, clinical trials, innovative therapies).

Qualifications:

• Board certified or equivalent in Surgery, completed a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and ideally former experience focused on pediatric cardiac surgery patients.

• Member in good standing of the hospital staff.

• Minimum of five years of clinical experience.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
• Ability to accept and implement changes.
• Ability to problem-solve and make effective decisions.
• Demonstrated a history of positive collegial relations with colleagues, support staff, administrators, and patients.
• Ability to show leadership qualities in the past.

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