ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 12 - VASCULAR SURGERY

Job Posting: Oct 15, 2024, 2:35:06 PM Closing Date: Nov 15, 2024, 5:59:00 AM Full-time A. M. P. M. Collective Bargaining Unit: SEIU Local 20 Stroger, Cermak, ACHNNone Posting Salary: COMPETITIVE SALARY Organization: Health and Hospital Systems

LOCATION: John H. Stroger Hospital

Vascular Surgery

Applicants may apply for this position online or submit a resume/ CV to the following email address: . @cookcountyhhs. org

When submitting a resume/CV by email, you must include the job title and posting number in the subject line of your email. An application or resume/CV must be filed for each position which interests you.

To receive Veteran Preference, appropriate discharge papers must be attached to the online application or must be included with your emailed resume/CV. Please refer to Veteran Preference document requirements listed on the bottom of this posting.

Typical Duties

• Is present during significant portions of every procedure performed in the operating room and the entire course of all minor procedures.
• Provides appropriate preoperative and postoperative evaluation of patients as required to meet standards of care.
• Provides minor surgical services as needed and as time permits; provides inpatient and outpatient consultations while on call.
• Provides diagnostic and treatment services to patients including benign and malignant disease
• Shares rounding responsibilities with other members of the Division such that the care of all inpatients and observation patients is supervised on a daily basis by an attending
• Documents Attending clinical activity and supervision of surgery residents and mid-level providers including Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) and Physician Assistants (PA) in the clinic, ward operating room and emergency room including: History and Physical, Preoperative Notes, Brief Post Op Notes, Operative Notes, Inpatient and Outpatient Progress Notes, Consult Notes Discharge Summary and all required finance documentation.
• Responds promptly to all on-call queries from Residents in situations of pressing acuity. Communicates directly with other Attending physicians and surgeons when communication through Residents or Mid-level providers may be unreliable.
• Communicates promptly to the Division chairman all information necessary for the creation of assignments and on-call rosters.
• Acts with courtesy and collegiality and upholds the highest standards of professionalism in all arenas as representative of the Surgical Services as a whole.
• Participates in ongoing clinical trials and investigations offered in the division; participates in administrative committees servicing the department and Hospitals as schedule permits.
• In concert with division personnel, helps develop new programs and processes that enhance patient care.
• As coordinated with and approved by the Division Chair and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB), performs research activities; follows all ethical guidelines.
• Engages in sufficient Continuing Medical Education to satisfy the requirement of the appropriate Board, Illinois Department of Public Health and Medical Staff by laws; attends Mortality and Morbidity conference, as well as required.
• Division and Department meetings on regular basis and in accordance with established attendance benchmarks.
• Requests appropriate specialty consultations, and performs inpatient rounds and required Resident teaching sessions as assigned and as clinical needs dictate.

• A Doctorate in Medicine (M. D. ) or Doctorate in
  Osteopathic Medicine (D. O. ) is required.
• Must possess a valid Illinois medical license or
  have the ability to obtain this license prior to the start of this employment.
• Must possess a valid Illinois Controlled
  Substance License or have the ability to obtain this license prior to the start
  of this employment.
• Must possess a valid Federal Drug Enforcement
  Administration (DEA) license or have the ability to obtain this license prior
  to the start of this employment.
• Board Certification in Vascular Surgery or must
  be on pathway leading to certification within five (5) years or terminal
  training.
• Successful completion of a Vascular Surgery
  Fellowship is required prior to the start of this employment.
• Recent (over the past two years) operative
  experience consisting of a minimum of 200 operative Vascular or Vascular access
  cases.

Knowledge,
Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics

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Current knowledge of the principles and methods
of open Vascular Endovascular and Vascular Access surgery to ensure quality and
standards of care.

• Skill in the application of the principles and
  methods of vascular surgery to ensure quality and standards of care.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of
  medical research to help implement clinical protocols/internal research.
• Knowledge of the principles and methods of
  training medical staff to ensure standards of care.
• Skill to analyze data/information accurately in
  order to determine and implement an effective and appropriate course of action.
• Skill to prepare written documents to provide
  information and/or direction to staff and others.
• Skill to communicate effectively in order to
  exchange and/or provide information and/or direction to staff and others.
• Demonstrate the ability to follow department
  specific work rules, hospital and personnel rules.
• Ability to meet requirements of on call
  schedule.
• Demonstrate attention to detail, accuracy and
  precision in decision making.
• Ability to adhere to department policies and
  standards utilizing best practices and the appropriate us of the electronic
  health record (EHR).
• Ability to maintain a professional demeanor and
  composure when challenged.
• Ability to follow.