Open Rank, Clinical Faculty Appointment, Melanoma Medical Oncology

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

I.        Clinical:

Provide clinical expertise in patient care management and an appropriate teaching environment for fellows, residents, and students in the specialty of Melanoma Medical Oncology. Will primarily serve as an attending physician in both the outpatient clinical area and the inpatient setting. Provides the capability of a primary physician, including patient history, physical examinations, and provides all aspects of primary patient care, including cardiac resuscitation.

Medical Practice

Practice clinical medicine in an exemplary manner in standards set forth by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners and the American College of Physicians, balanced with other academic activities.

Must be capable of providing complete and thorough history and physical patient examinations. Must be able to perform invasive procedures as dictated by the physician’s subspecialty of Melanoma. This may require standing, bending, stooping, lifting, hearing, manual dexterity, and clear and concise verbal communications.

Develop and maintain clinical practice for patients referred to UT MD Anderson.

A.     Provide physician staffing for the outpatient Melanoma clinics and the inpatient Melanoma service at a level commensurate with that which would be provided by other staff/internists with the same level of training and experience.

B.     Visually review for proper ICD-10 and CPT coding and approve all charge documents within five working days.

C.    Complete patient documentation for medical records within timeframes provided by institutional policy. Will require dictating clearly and concisely, and visual review of documents.

D.     Correspond as appropriate in writing or in telephone conversations with physicians regarding patient care and treatment.

E.      Keep abreast of current approaches in the management of patients through attendance at continuing education conferences in the specialty. This will require listening to and assimilating information from the conferences.

F.      Request appropriate consultations for Melanoma patients by phone conversations or in writing to other physicians.

G.    Provide a role model as a practitioner for faculty, fellows, residents, and students.

H.    Provide peer review for assessing the clinical practice of faculty within the department.

I.        Must be able to work within a context of intense interpersonal relationships, including other physicians, patients, and subordinates.

II.     Research:

A.     Develop research programs of scholarly activities in keeping within the goals of the

a.      Department. This includes participating in the recruitment of patients to clinical trials, participating as a principal investigator or co-investigator in single-institution or multi-center clinical trials, and developing investigator-initiated clinical trials. Requires the ability to synthesize a myriad of information pertaining to the area of research. May necessitate instructing, through written or verbal communication, research support personnel in clinical trials implementation.

B.     Identify grants and funding sources for funding research, submit grants and protocols in accordance with rules and deadline applications, and develop budgets and analysis and complete grant and protocol application forms

III.   Administrative and Service:

A.     Participate in the investigation and review of best practice initiatives and clinical and institutional effectiveness projects.

B.     Serve on institutional and hospital committees as requested by the Chair. Visually review all documents pertaining to committee functions.

C.    Represent the Department by participating in or presenting at local, regional, state, and national meetings in the field of medical oncology.

IV.   Education/Teaching:

A.     Provide a balanced and integrated educational program in cancer medicine for fellows, medical residents, and students rotating through the Melanoma services.

B.     Attend and participate in Division/Department teaching and continuing education conferences, which require verbal interaction with colleagues and walking to meeting locations throughout the campus.