Community and Family Medicine Faculty

Community and Family Medicine Faculty Full time University Health Physicians, is a multi-specialty academic group practice affiliated with the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC SOM) in conjunction with its major teaching facility University Health (UH). UHP is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit.

We are an equal opportunity employer and proud of our diverse workforce. UH Lakewood Medical Center Many UHP physicians have teaching responsibilities for residents, fellows, and medical students. The UMKC SOM accepts students directly out of high school for a six-year combined baccalaureate/Doctor of Medicine program.

The UMKC SOM Graduate Medical Education program supports over 30 residencies and fellowships. UH is known as “Kansas City’s Essential Hospital” and is the safety net healthcare system for Jackson County/Kansas City, MO.

UH is an academic medical center, serving as the primary teaching institution for the UMKC Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, and Pharmacy. A 547-bed, not-for-profit health system, UH delivers the highest-quality medical care for our patients, with compassion, empathy, and unparalleled dedication to service.

During the 2020 pandemic, UH has been recognized as a regional leader in COVID care and testing.

Job Description WHO IS University Health Physicians University Health Physicians (UHP) is the physician group practice for the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC) in conjunction with its major teaching facility.

UMKC supports several residencies and the candidate will have teaching responsibilities for Family Medicine obstetrics fellows, Family Medicine residents, and medical students. UHP is also the primary physician group for Truman Medical Centers Lakewood/University Health in Kansas City, MO.

RESPONSIBILITIES The Department of Community and Family Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, University Health and University Health Physicians seek a full-time board-certified family physician faculty with or without obstetrics. Our department has a competitive 14-14-14 university-sponsored, community-based residency program located on the eastern edge of Kansas City, MO with a diverse patient population as well as a one plus 2 rural training program with 2 residents per year. We are a full-spectrum Family Medicine department. Duties can include hospital medicine, maternity care, precepting residents and students in clinic (including prenatal, pediatric, adult & older adult, and office procedures), resident mentoring and advising, and scholarly activity including curriculum development and research. We have several community clinics as well and in those locations teaching and academic duties are more limited in scope. The ideal candidate will have post graduate clinical practice and teaching experience, however residency faculty experience is not required. Training and mentoring will be offered to those new to academic medicine. In addition to a commitment to excellence in resident/student education and patient care, we highly value a commitment to working with the underserved. Desired traits include; flexibility, curiosity and teamwork. This faculty position provides an opportunity to become a member of a dynamic, expanding academic program and allows for faculty development. Academic appointment and salary commensurate with background. DEPARTMENT The Department of Community & Family Medicine is proud of its diverse composition and is an equal opportunity employer. Since its inception in 1972, University Health Physicians is organized for the following medical, charitable, scientific and educational purposes:

• To provide for the medically indigent and other individuals who are in need of health care;
• To promote, conduct and administer programs in mental health, maternal and infant care, family planning, communicable disease control, community health, accident prevention, rehabilitation, home care and other areas affecting health;
• To teach, instruct, promote and encourage disciplines involving any of the above by use of training, research and educational programs, courses of instruction and any other means;
• To employ, maintain and retain physicians, surgeons, dentists, osteopathic physicians and surgeons, and other educators and support personnel as staff for hospitals and other healthcare facilities, as faculty for medical and dental schools and for related activities; and
• To do and perform any other activity which promotes physical and mental health and to support and conduct any and all activities connected with the operation of hospitals, other healthcare facilities, and educational institutions and any charitable, scientific or educational activities in any manner related thereto.