Emergency Medicine Academic job located in Texas

• Level One Trauma Center
• Academic Teaching for TTUHSC El Paso
• This medical facility is classified as a Level 1 Trauma Center

Requisition ID #: 40172BR, Tactical Medicine

Major/Essential Functions:

• Provides patient care in the Emergency Department
• Participate in the development of curricula for the Tactical Medicine fellowship program and the residency program
• Supervises medical EMS fellows, residents, and students
• Provides performance evaluations, skill testing, and mentoring of residents, fellows, and medical students
• Participates in resident and faculty recruitment
• Serves as medical control physician for El Paso EMS while on duty in the Emergency Department
• Assists Department Chair with implementation of departmental policies and monitoring staffing effectiveness
• Option to serve as Director or Assistant EMS director or equivalent position for local or regional EMS agencies with which the department enters into agreements, upon Department Chair request.
• Option to serve as a response physician to local law enforcement agencies
• Engages in advancement of scientific knowledge through research and/or scholarship
• Participates in medical school and hospital committees
• Assists with development and implementation of special departmental projects; conference presentations to residents, students, nurses, and EMTs
• Participates in chart audits and other clinical performance improvement efforts.
• Attends and participates in morbidity-mortality conference and journal clubs
• Serves the academic community through participation in institutional governance such as committee work and emergency medicine professional organizations
• Contributes to the community through academically-related public service complementary to the institutional mission
• Demonstrates professionalism in accordance with the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine's Declaration of Faculty Professional Responsibility.
• Adhere to all TTUHSCEP policies, procedures, and processes
• Upholds and promotes the values-based culture of TTUHSC El Paso
• Ensures compliance with HIPAA and billing regulations
• Perform all other duties as assigned.
• Attends mandatory training provided and required by Texas Tech University

Minimum Qualifications:

• MD or DO degree
• Successful completion of ACGME-accredited residency program in Emergency Medicine
• Successful completion of ACGME-accredited fellowship program in Emergency Medical Services, or successful completion of fellowship in Tactical Medicine, or one year of Tactical Medicine training and/or practice
• Valid unrestricted Texas medical license, or eligibility for medical licensure in Texas

Preferred Qualifications:

• Board Certification in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine or the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine
• Knowledge and/or training in research, pediatric emergency medicine, occupational and environmental medicine, or preventative medicine
• Experience in teaching residents and medical students
• Evidence of growth in clinical, teaching, and research activities relating to the specialty
• Knowledge of Medical Spanish
• Experience in Tactical EMS operations
• Emerging or established regional or national reputation for the rank of Associate Professor or higher

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.

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