Emergency Medicine- Instructor - Ultrasonography (Emergency Medicine) (Physician )

Company: Texas Tech University Health Science Center El Pas
Location: El Paso
Posted on: March 20, 2023

Job Description:

Emergency Medicine opening in El Paso, Texas. Requisition ID #: 322309BR

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso (TTUHSC El Paso) Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking board-eligible or board-certified physicians in the area of emergency medicine with a successful completion of an advanced emergency medicine ultrasound fellowship or experience in emergency medicine ultrasonography to become part of its team of professionals. The TTUHSC El Paso Department of Emergency Medicine staffs the emergency room of University Medical Center of El Paso, a Level I Trauma Center with approximately 60,000 visits annually.

Major/Essential Functions: --- Supervises residents and medical students in a clinical setting. --- Provides performance evaluations, skills testing, and mentoring of residents, fellows and medical students. --- Participates in resident and faculty recruitment. --- Attends and participates in morbidity-mortality and journal clubs. --- Provides patient care in the Emergency Department. --- Serves as medical control physician for El Paso EMS while on duty in the Emergency Department. --- Engages in scholarship and clinical quality improvement initiatives within the department. --- Assists the department chair with the implementation of departmental policies and monitoring staffing effectiveness. --- Serves the academic community through participation in institutional governance such as committee work and emergency medicine professional organizations. --- Adheres to institutional and departmental safety policies and procedures. --- Demonstrates professionalism in accordance with the Foster School of Medicine's Declaration of Faculty Professional Responsibility.

Preferred Qualifications: --- Experience with education of residents and medical students. --- Evidence or growth in clinical, teaching and research activities related to the specialty. --- Knowledge of medical Spanish. --- ACLS/PALS/ATLS certifications. --- Board certification in emergency medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine or the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine for the rank of assistant professor or higher. --- Focused practice designation in advanced emergency medicine ultrasonography by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. --- Regional or emerging national reputation for the rank of associate professor or higher.

Required Qualifications: --- M.D. or D.O. degree. --- Successful completion of ACGME-accredited residency program in emergency medicine. --- Successful completion of advanced emergency medicine ultrasonography fellowship training or experience in emergency medicine ultrasonography with evidence of a minimum of 200 reviewed scans. --- Valid unrestricted medical license or eligibility for medical license in the state of Texas. EEO Statement

As an EEO/AA employer, the Texas Tech University System and its components will not discriminate in our employment practices based on an applicant s race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.

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