As part of your application, please submit a brief statement of values (less than 250 words) describing how your personal and professional values align with NEOMED’s core values of Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence. We are seeking individuals who not only bring strong skills and experience, but also demonstrate a commitment to these values in their work performance.

Posting Details

To create a Posting, first complete the information on this screen, then click the Next button or select the page in the left hand navigation menu. Proceed through all sections completing all necessary information. To submit the Posting to Human Resources, you must go to the Posting Summary Page by clicking on the Next button until you reach the Posting Summary Page or select Posting Summary Page from the left navigation menu. Once a summary page appears, hover your mouse over the orange Action button for a list of possible approval step options.

Position Information

Position Title	Professor & Chair, Dept. of Family & Community Medicine
Position Type	Faculty
Department	Family & Community Medicine
Full or Part Time	Full Time
Pay Grade	5

Position Summary Information

Department Specific Information
Summary	The Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine plays a vital role in shaping the future of medical education, clinical practice and community health and is able to balance the academic, clinical and administrative aspects of leading a department through an evolving healthcare landscape. The Professor and Chair is a scholar and educator in research and teaching, focusing on primary care, public and community health, behavioral health, geriatrics, palliative care, bioethics and the humanities and will further develop and enhance these focus areas.
Principal Functional Responsibilities	Education: Engage with students and prospective students, serving as a model of medical professionalism. Maintain strong ties with students as they graduate and progress in their training and practice in various settings. Maintain and expand our current pathways in rural, urban, and social justice care and oversee their transition to incorporate digital badging. Maintain and expand the accelerated family medicine track. Continue to explore possibilities in our trial work on developing a longitudinal integrated curriculum. Build and maintain strong ties with our family medicine residency partners. Build and maintain strong ties to the community and community leaders, federal, state and county health care authorities, community family medicine health care centers, advocacy groups and philanthropy. Supports the growth and excellence of the Student Run Free Clinic. Administrative Leadership: Recruit, retain and mentor faculty with expertise in teaching, research, and clinical practice in family medicine. Recruit, develop, and maintain additional clinical partners and preceptors who will provide high quality educational experiences. Maintain a strong affiliated family medicine residency program. Oversee, monitor and evaluate departmental operations, operating budgets, extramural funding, performance of faculty and staff. Serve on other University and College committees as needed and perform other duties as assigned. Strategic Leadership: Responsible for carrying out the mission of NEOMED by providing faculty and staff opportunities for education, research, clinical care and scholarship. Develops shared departmental vision in alignment with NEOMED’s mission and growth-oriented vision. Entrepreneurial and fiscally responsible. Provide innovative, inspiring leadership to the faculty, students, staff, clinical preceptors, affiliate organizations, and the community. Provide leadership in refining and advancing NEOMED’s unique approach to interprofessional education, incorporating increased opportunities for interdisciplinary practice. Enhance and Expand Departmental Research: Further enhance and expand a competitive research portfolio which obtains funding from federal, (e.g. NIH, AHRQ, and national foundation funding), state and local sources, as investigator or co-investigator. Disseminate scholarly activity and publish articles in peer-reviewed journals. Commitment in the area of research should align with the community-based primary care research focus area as well as College and University strategic goals. Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned. May provide direct patient care.
Qualifications	M.D. or D.O. Board Certified by the American Board of Family Medine Minimum ten years’ experience in the practice of family medicine, preferably in public and community settings. Eligible for appointment as Chair with a faculty appointment consistent with a full professor designation. Experience in a university setting with multiple health professional programs and with interdisciplinary care models. A record of success as a leader, (e.g. as vice chair; institute, center, or program director), in a higher education and clinical environment, including experience in successfully growing a program, department, center or institute or equivalent leadership in public/community mental health settings affiliated with an academic institution. A record of contribution to improving family medicine, including program development, research/scholarship, and teaching. Experience in research and fostering research initiatives, strong record of research/scholarship, including successful grant funding and work with foundations; experience in development, philanthropy and innovative alternative approaches to revenue generation. An understanding of the latest trends in health care delivery and financing, with a clear vision for the future of medical practice, education, and research in family/community medicine. Experience with health care delivery in diverse settings and with working in and promoting a multicultural, diverse environment. Experience with curriculum development and assessment and its implementation at an institutional level.
Preferred Qualifications	Additional advanced degree(s).
Physical Requirements	Must be able to utilize a phone, computer and other office equipment.

Posting Detail Information

NEOMED Campus Safety Guidelines	In an effort to keep our campus community as healthy and safe as possible, NEOMED may require vaccinations as a condition of attendance and employment. This policy will allow for exemption of the vaccination requirement for those individuals with valid medical reasons, sincerely held religious beliefs and matters of conscience.
Close Date

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Applicant Documents

Required Documents

Curriculum Vitae
Statement of Values

Optional Documents

Resume
Cover Letter/Letter of Application
Teaching Philosophy
Reference Letter
Portfolio/Website
Research Interest
Teaching Interests

Apply now

See more open positions at Northeast Ohio Medical University

Privacy policy Cookie policy