University Health Physicians, the physician group practice for TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTERS, is recruiting faculty at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. Candidates must be board-certified/board-eligible emergency physicians. All qualified candidates will be considered, but preference will be given to candidates with research experience or fellowship training. Compensation and benefits are competitive.

Truman Medical Center is a level I trauma center and STEMI center. The ED has an annual volume of 62,000 adult patients in a modern, state-of-the-art facility with 48 beds. The Department supports one of the nation’s oldest fully accredited three-year residency programs, with 33 residents. In addition, the Department provides EMS medical direction for the Kansas City Missouri Fire Department and recently founded a Medical Education/Simulation fellowship.

Metro Kansas City is a Midwestern city that provides affordable, convenient, family-friendly housing with all the amenities of larger cities including professional sports, world-class museums and theatre. Kanas City offers much more as well and has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation’s best places to live.       

Interested applicants should forward their CV to:

Adam Algren, MD

Interim Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Truman Medical Center

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

2301 Holmes Street

Kansas City, Missouri 64108

adam.algren@tmcmed.org

https://med.umkc.edu/em

EOE – M/F/D/V

Required Skills Required Experience

• Health Promotion and Maintenance, creating a Safe, Effective Environment, Motivating Others, Legal Compliance, Bedside Manner, Medical Teamwork, Mental Health, Pain Management, Listening, Analyzing Information , Quality Focus
• Meets the patient's goals and needs and provides quality care by assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results; determining occupational therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians or by prescription.
• Helps patient develop or regain physical or mental functioning or adjust to disabilities by implementing programs involving manual arts and crafts, practice in functional, prevocational, vocational, and homemaking skills, activities of daily living, and sensorimotor, educational, recreational, and social activities; directing aides, technicians, and assistants.
• Promotes maximum independence by selecting and constructing therapies according to individual's physical capacity, intelligence level, and interest.
• Prepares patient for return to employment by consulting with employers; determining potential employee difficulties; retraining employees; helping employers understand necessary physical and job result accommodations.
• Evaluates results of occupational therapy by observing, noting, and evaluating patient's progress; recommending and implementing adjustments and modifications.
• Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers; contributing to patient care conferences.
• Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing and instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs; recommending and/or providing assistive equipment; recommending outpatient or home health follow-up programs.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects hospital operations by keeping information confidential.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Develops occupational therapy staff by providing information; developing and conducting in-service training programs.
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal and certification requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.