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Department OBGYN-MFM - 412440Posting Open Date 09/23/2022 Application Deadline Open Until Filled Yes Position Type Permanent Faculty Working Title Open Track Assistant Professor Appointment Type Open Rank Vacancy ID FAC0004219 Full-time/Part-time Full-Time Permanent Hours per week 40 FTE 1 Position Location North Carolina, US Hiring Range Salary will be commensurate with experience. Proposed Start Date 07/03/2023
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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service. OUR VISION Our vision is to be the nation's leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding. OUR MISSION Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond. Education: We will prepare tomorrow's health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team- oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce. Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
Position Summary
The University of North Carolina's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is recruiting an open track Assistant Professor of Maternal Fetal Medicine. Responsibilities include care of inpatient and outpatient obstetrics patients, education of medical students, residents, and fellows, and participation in the division's research mission. The division's clinical programs include high-risk obstetric care, perinatal consultation, prenatal diagnosis, ultrasound, genetic services, invasive fetal therapy, and perinatal outreach. Division faculty members are engaged participants in the activities of UNC's Collaborative for Maternal and Infant Health (www. mombaby.org), which provides multidisciplinary care coordination for families referred for fetal malformations. Division members actively participate in student and resident teaching and provide subspecialty training for six Maternal Fetal Medicine fellows through its 3-year ABOG approved fellowship program.
The academically oriented division has an outstanding record of health services research, reproductive genetics, translational and epidemiologic research, with a strong portfolio of NIH and HRSA funded research and programs. UNC is one of the participating institutions in the NICHD Maternal- Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU) and has an active Women's Reproductive Health Research Career Development Program. Biomedical and public health graduate programs offer extensive opportunities for collaboration in basic science and translational research.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
The successful candidate must have earned a MD or DO degree, have completed a 4-year ACGME approved OB-GYN residency and a Maternal Fetal Medicine fellowship accredited by ABOG/ABMGG. Board Certification in OB-GYN and either Board Certification or being an Active Candidate in Maternal Fetal Medicine are required.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
In addition to a record of excellence as a clinician and clinician educator, the candidate should ideally have a strong background and interest in community engaged clinical research and quality improvement. The candidate must display interest and aptitude for team-based science, with excellent communication and writing skills. Those with experience and interest in health equity, quality improvement and implementation science are particularly encouraged to apply.
Special Physical/Mental Requirements
Some night, weekend and holiday work will be expected, in rotation with other division members.
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities
Not Applicable.
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