Physician, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine (Senior Faculty)
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Job posting number: #7284351 (Ref:20306-en_US)
Posted: September 29, 2024
Job Description
Summary
The Department of Medicine - Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine is seeking an Associate Professor to cover the Inpatient Consult service and provide Outpatient general pulmonary and sleep medicine services.
Baylor (www.bcm.edu) is recognized as one of the nation's premier academic health science centers and is known for excellence in education, research, and healthcare and community service. Located in the heart of the world's largest medical center (Texas Medical Center), Baylor is affiliated with multiple educational, healthcare, and research affiliates (Baylor Affiliates).
Minimum Qualifications
- Education required: M.D.
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
- Commitment to clinical excellence and a track record of excellent clinical performance.
- Scholarly enthusiasm.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrates knowledge of internal and external patient needs, addresses complaints, makes, and meets realistic commitments, and effectively communicates needs.
- Maintains all channels of communication via efficient verbal and written methods.
- Provides concise, complete, and professional information to others.
- Responds to change with a positive attitude and willingness to learn as well as takes responsibility and accountability for actions.
- Willingness to assist others; possess critical thinking and problem-solving skills; escalates issues to management; supports team members; meets deadlines; acts upon directives; and takes initiative to resolve issues to produce a quality outcome.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
