School of Medicine-Open Rank-Pediatrics -Cardiac Critical Care Position Available In Jefferson, Alabama

School of Medicine-Open Rank-Pediatrics -Cardiac Critical Care School/College School of Medicine
Title School of Medicine-Open Rank-Pediatrics -Cardiac Critical Care
Assignment Category Full-Time
Rank Open Rank
Tenure Status Open Tenure
Payroll Status Faculty 12
Job Description The Section of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine within the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has an immediate opening for recruitment of a cardiac intensive care faculty member to join our current team of 6 faculty members in the CVICU. Entry or mid-level candidates are encouraged to apply. The new faculty member would provide care for children in our 20 bed state-of-the-art pediatric CVICU located within The Benjamin Russell Hospital for Children at Children’s of Alabama. They will work in close collaboration with our multidisciplinary team of cardiovascular surgeons, anesthesiologists, perfusionists, cardiologists and nurses. The Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center of Alabama performs over 400 surgical cases/year and has active programs in heart failure, transplant, and mechanical circulatory support. There are over 500 children/year with acquired and congenital, medical and surgical heart disease admitted to our CVICU. This includes all preoperative neonates with surgical cardiac disease and high risk patients from our busy interventional and electrophysiology programs.
The CVICU attendings provide in-house 24/7 coverage of the CVICU, supervising an excellent team of 11 acute care PNPs with active PICU and cardiology fellowships. Additionally we support a one year clinical CVICU fellowship that has trained 6 fellows in the last 4 years. The current faculty are active in CVICU quality and safety initiatives, simulation, and a robust CVICU clinical and translational research team – currently conducting studies on acute kidney injury, peritoneal dialysis, inflammation after bypass, cardiac arrest, ECMO, mechanical ventilation, oxygen delivery, and multicenter registry studies. We have an active biorepository, CVICU clinical database, 2 research coordinators, statistician, and data collector to facilitate research activity.
Individual’s board eligible in critical care/cardiology/NICU/anesthesia with additional 1 year of training in pediatric cardiac critical care or double boarded in cardiology and critical care will be considered. A history of excellent communication and evidence of exceptional clinical and teaching skills are a must. Preference will be given to individuals with a strong interest/experience in scholarly activities and clinical/translational research. Start-up resources for faculty development, research and teaching are available where appropriate.
Rank, salary and tenure status are commensurate with training and experience. Required Qualifications MD, PhD, DO Preferred Qualifications Posting Detail Information Posting Number F2501P
Open Date 10/18/2024
Close Date Open Until Filled No
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