Emergency Medicine Center Critical Care

Posting Number: req
30693

Employment Type:

Faculty

Faculty Type:
Open Rank

Hiring Department:
Emerg Med Intensive Care Unit (558I)

Academic

Location:

School of Medicine

Benefits Eligible:
The University of New Mexico provides a comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. In addition, UNM offers educational benefits through the tuition remission and dependent education programs. See the Benefits home page for more information.

The University of New Mexico, Department of Emergency Medicine's Center of Adult Critical Care (DEM) is currently seeking full-time faculty members with training and experience in Critical Care and academic Emergency Medicine. Successful applicants must have completed a medical, surgical, neuroscience or anesthesia critical care fellowship. Clinical responsibilities include direct patient care and supervision in the adult Intensive Care Units, and the Emergency Departments at the University of New Mexico Hospital and Sandoval Regional Medical Center, our affiliated community hospital.

Academic opportunities include participation in the teaching, administrative and research activities with the Center for Adult Critical Care and the Department of Emergency Medicine.

UNM Health System is opening a new Critical Care Tower (CCT), in the summer of 2025. The CCT will include 96 ICU beds and 18 ORs and a new Emergency Department.

UNM Hospital has 556 inpatient beds and is home to New Mexico's only:

• Level I Trauma Center
• Children's Hospital
• ELSO Gold Level ECMO Center
• Comprehensive Stroke Center

The UNM Center for Adult Critical Care is currently responsible for 90 Critical Care and Critical Care step down beds system wide. Our team of physicians and nurse practitioners covers more than 520 weeks of clinical service per year across the health system. The UNM Center for Adult Critical Care is responsible for more than 6,000 unique ICU patient encounters each year.

The Department of Emergency Medicine has 72 full-time and part-time attending physicians, with Divisions of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Prehospital, Austere & Disaster Medicine. Our Toxicologists run the New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center. Our education section includes an outstanding EM residency, multiple fellowships, and the EMS Academy. Our providers staff the Emergency Departments for UNM Hospital and Sandoval Regional Medical Center, the UNM Pediatric Emergency Department and Urgent Care.

Opportunities exist to provide clinical care at the Gallup Indian Medical Center and the Metropolitan Detention Center.

Minimum Requirements:

• Have an MD/DO or equivalent
• Completed a surgical, neuroscience, medical or anesthesia critical care fellowship
• Board certified or board eligible in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
• 3 to 5 years of directly related experience which may include time spent in residency and fellowship
• State of New Mexico Medical license and Federal DEA Certification at time of hire

Preferred Qualifications: (We invite applicants to talk about their knowledge. experiences, and impact in the following areas)

• Clinical skills relevant to Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
• Communicate effectively with physicians, patients and other health professionals as well as with multi-lingual populations
• Commitment and activities related to community engagement
• Interest or experiences in scholarly, educational, or administrative work to include coaching and mentoring
• Personal and professional alignment with the values of the Department and the UNM School of medicine
• A demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and student success, as well as working with broadly diverse communities

Only applications submitted through the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job advertisement on a 3rd party site, please visit UNMJobs to submit an application.

Please include a cover letter which describes your educational and professional background, lived experiences and alignment with the values of the Department and the UNM School of Medicine, (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). The cover letter may also include a description of work in the four domains listed above with a focus on activities which have made a demonstrated positive impact.

We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits. For additional information, please contact Dr. Jonathan Marinaro ;
Diane Rimple  or Amy Jameson at .

For best consideration, please apply by 9/15/2024. This position will remain open until filled.

The University of New Mexico is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.