Opportunity Details
Department of Pediatrics
Pediatrics-Div of Critical Care
Tenure
Commensurate w/Experience
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (3162) Faculty Appointment, Investigator Track Position #: 1010048
The Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM)/St. Louis Children’s Hospital (SLCH) seeks Pediatric Intensivists at the Instructor/Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor level for appointment on the Investigator track. The major criterion for appointment to an investigator track is evidence of academic productivity associated with consistent success in securing extramural support, outstanding clinical skills, and effective teaching skills across multiple learner domains. Successful faculty candidates will be committed, effective teachers, outstanding clinicians, and skilled team builders. They will join a faculty of 26 pediatric intensivists who provide clinical care, perform clinical and basic science research, and mentor 15 critical care fellows. The activities of the Division are diverse and include cutting-edge, multidisciplinary, family-centered patient care in a 30-bed, high-acuity, high-complexity PICU (expanding to 40 beds in 2017) and provision of all forms of intensive care for children with diverse critical illnesses including ACS Level I Trauma Care, solid organ and bone marrow transplantation, and all forms of pediatric cancer. The Division participates in the education of pediatric residents, emergency medicine residents, and pediatric critical care fellows in ACGME-accredited training programs, as well as medical students from Washington University School of Medicine. Extensive opportunities exist for research collaborations with investigators in the Department of Pediatrics, at the School of Medicine, and in other Departments/Schools at Washington University. Washington University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty. It welcomes nominations of and applications from women and members of minority groups, as well as others who would bring additional dimensions to the university's research, teaching and clinical missions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, protected veteran, or disability status. Please visit our website at http://hr.wustl.edu to view a summary of benefits.
The ideal candidate should be board certified/eligible in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and board certified in Pediatrics and will have a track record academic productivity associated with consistent success in securing extramural support
The successful candidates will have focused research interests that can be pursued with the support of the rich sets of resources and academically productive faculty members in the Division, in the Department of Pediatrics, at Washington University School of Medicine, and at other Schools at Washington University.
Please contact F. Sessions Cole, M.D., Acting Director of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, with any questions related to this posting.
F. Sessions Cole, m.D.
314-454-4826
8/22/2016
No end date
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer
Washington University seeks an exceptionally qualified and diverse faculty; women, minorities, protected veterans and candidates with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.