Assistant / Associate Professor - Interventional Pain

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Recruitment/Posting Title	Assistant / Associate Professor - Interventional Pain
Department	RWJ-Anesthesiology-Meb
Salary	Annual Salary
Posting Summary	RBHS Overview: New Jersey’s premier academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our elite and renowned faculty are teachers, health researchers and providers, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education and training in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. An important mission of RBHS is to promote the careers of faculty, staff, and learners. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. School Overview: Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) is dedicated to transforming health care for New Jersey and the nation through innovation and excellence in education, discovery, patient and family-centered care and addressing the health of our diverse community. The Medical Education Program aspires to be a nationally recognized medical education program that prepares medical learners to become resilient and adaptable physicians who provide high value, ethical and appropriate healthcare in an ever changing system; communicate respectfully and effectively in a patient and family centered fashion; collaborate with other health care professionals to devise treatment plans and strategies for adherence and self-care, tailored to the needs and preferences of the patient; integrate the scientific underpinnings of clinical medicine and best evidence into daily practice; and distinguish themselves as medical professionals in discovery, service and leadership; and that prepares educational leaders to teach, mentor and disseminate educational innovation, discovery and methodology. Position Summary: Renders expertise of clinical interventional pain management practices and techniques for patients. Supervises medical students, residents and fellows. MANDATORY CORPORATE COMPLIANCE RESPONSIBILITIES Understands and adheres to legacy UMDNJ’s compliance standards as they appear in legacy UMDNJ’s Corporate Compliance Policy and Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest Policy. Keeps abreast of all pertinent federal, state and legacy UMDNJ regulations, laws and policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.
Position Status	Full Time
Posting Number	24FA0257
Posting Open Date	03/05/2024
Posting Close Date	01/31/2025

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible and will require a NJ medical license, CDS and DEA.
Certifications/Licenses	Minimum Qualifications and Experience: Valid New Jersey Medical License is required. CDS/DEA are required. Board certified or board eligible in specialty area. Fellowship trained as appropriate.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Teach students, residents and fellows in the clinical setting. • Participate in educational activities within the Division and the Department of Anesthesiology. • Conduct a clinical practice of the highest standard of professionalism and accordance with established benchmarks for quality, safety, and efficiency. • Maintain clinical productivity by full participation in Division clinical workload, including night and weekend call, and in accordance with established productivity benchmarks. • Ensure timely billing and documentation for clinical services provided. • Engage in review of outcomes for length of stay, performance metrics, protocol compliance, and adverse events. • Maintain NJ licensure, full privileges at RWJUH, and Board Certification Eligible status. • Maintain open lines of effective communication with administrative and clinical leadership at Rutgers RWJMS and RWJUH. • Assessment of, consultation for, and preparation of patients for anesthesia. • Relief and prevention of pain during and following surgical, obstetric, therapeutic, and diagnostic procedures. • Monitoring and maintenance of normal physiology during the perioperative period. • Management and Teaching of critically ill patients. • Diagnosis and treatment of acute, chronic, and cancer related pain. • Clinical management and teaching of cardiac and pulmonary resuscitation. • Evaluation of respiratory function and application of respiratory therapy. • Conduct clinical, translational, and basic science research. • Supervision, teaching, and evaluation of performance of personnel, both medical and paramedical involved in perioperative care. • Administrative involvement in multidisciplinary committees such as performance improvement and others as deemed appropriate. • Posses knowledge, judgment, adaptability, clinical skills, technical facility and personal characteristics sufficient to carry out the entire scope of anesthesiology practice. • Resident and fellow education in peri procedural areas. • Educational activities including didactic session and lectures. • Participate in the recruitment of faculty, fellows and staff to the Division. • Display outstanding citizenship: timely communication, meeting attendance, chart completion, teaching expectations and participation in hospital and university committees. • Deliver quality anesthesia to all patients as assigned.
Equipment Utilized	N/A
Physical Demands and Work Environment	PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Standing, sitting, walking, talking, or hearing. No special vision requirements. Ability to lift or exert up to 25 lbs.
Overview	WORK ENVIRONMENT: Medical setting.
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Posting Details

Special Instructions to Applicants
Quick Link to Posting	https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/223038
Campus	Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Home Location Campus	Rutgers University - New Brunswick
City	New Brunswick
State	NJ
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It is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment. For additional information please see the Non-Discrimination Statement at the following web address: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/non-discrimination-statement