Assistant Professor, Clinical Faculty Appointment (CFA), General Internal Medicine (Geriatrics)

• 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.
• Provide talks to interdisciplinary teams, patients, and caregivers across the institution and nationally on onco-geriatrics topics.

• Develop programs of clinical research and scholarly activities in keeping with the goals of the Department. Requires the ability to synthesize a myriad of information pertaining to the area of research. May necessitate (orally or in writing) instructing research support personnel in protocol implementation.
• Seek appropriate funding mechanisms to support clinical research. May require completion of grant application forms through oral dictation or the use of a computer and keyboard. Will also require budget development and analysis related to the clinical practice.

• 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 specialty. This may require standing, bending, stooping, lifting, hearing, manual dexterity, and clear and concise verbal communications.
• Develop and maintain a clinical practice for patients referred to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
• Provide physician staffing for the Department of General Internal Medicine at a level commensurate with that which would be provided by other geriatricians with the same level of training and experience.
• Visually review for proper ICD-10 and CPT coding and approve all charge documents within 5 working days.
• Complete patient documentation for medical records within the time frames provided by institutional policy. Will require proficiency with electronic medical record use, the ability to dictate clearly and concisely, and visual review of documents.
• Correspond as appropriate in writing or in telephone conversations with physicians regarding patient care and treatment.
• Keep abreast of current approaches in the management of onco-geriatric patients through attendance at continuing education conferences. This will require listening and assimilating information from the conferences.
• Request appropriate consultations for patients by phone conversations or in writing to other physicians.
• Commitment to expanding MD Anderson's onco-geriatrics footprint to best meet the needs of older adults across the institution.
• Willingness to take on a leadership role in the development of the geriatrics service, including leading quality improvement initiatives, program evaluation, and training of additional staff.
• Provide a role model as a practitioner for faculty, fellows, residents, and students.
• Provide peer review for assessing the clinical practice of faculty within the Department.

• Administrative Duties
• Faculty will participate in a range of departmental, divisional, and institutional initiatives that involve collaborations with internal and external stakeholders.
• Enter and complete medical record documentation and compliance records
• Participate in departmental Quality Improvement & Patient Safety programs, patient experience initiatives, EHR system, and charge capture and coding updates
• Attend academic engagement and professional development events, (i.e., divisional grand rounds, departmental journal club, continued medical education (CME), departmental fellowship lectures, and department and section meetings).

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