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Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

UUP

Job Summary:

The Department of Medicine at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Clinical Assistant Professor (HS) / Hospitalist. The successful candidate will:

• Admit adult "unassigned" patients (without a private attending in University Hospital Brooklyn) from the Emergency Department, MICU and CCU according to the Hospitalist service schedules.
• Diagnose and treat different medical conditions in the adult hospitalized patients on his/her service.
• Work in a team with the nursing staff and social worker to make appropriate discharge arrangements for the patients admitted to his/her service. 
• Provide consultations for preoperative patients and for patients.
• Function as the teaching attending for the medical resident/student team for approximately eight-months a year.
• Set and communicate to the team expected performance standards. 
• Evaluate and individually discuss the team residents' and students' midmonth and end of each month performance.
• Mentor second-year students in the history taking and physical exam.
• Formally evaluate third-year medical students' bedside performance.
• Teach courses to the medical residents and students.
• Participate in the Hospitalist Service meetings as scheduled by the Director. 
• Participate in different administrative tasks; Performance Improvement, Health Information Management, Medicine Department Operations, HIV Committee, Palliative Care Working Group etc. distributed by the Director.

Required Qualifications:

• New York State Medical Licensure.
• Medical Doctor Degree or equivalent.
• Full training in Internal Medicine.
• Board Certified in Internal Medicine.

Preferred Qualifications:

Work Schedule:

Variable Days; Variable Hours (Full-Time)

Salary Grade/Rank:

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu