Division Chief for Hospital Medicine [Req#: 579526, Position#: 109722]

Job description

Description The University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, invites nominations and applications for the position of Division Chief of Hospital Medicine. This position represents a major leadership appointment in the Department. Hospital Medicine will be a new Division in the department, comprised of academic hospitalists who provide inpatient care at the Clements University Hospital (750 beds), Parkland Memorial Hospital (900 beds), and VA North Texas Health Care System (279 beds). The new Division will be home to 160 faculty and 65 APPs, making it the largest Division in the Department. Hospital Medicine faculty already play key leadership roles in the clinical operations, quality and patient safety improvement, medical education, and informatics programs of the hospitals and Department. The Division Chief will be expected to lead and grow the Division’s clinical, educational, quality/safety, and research programs at all three sites. Developing faculty academic careers, recruiting faculty from various backgrounds, and promoting fair health access will be key responsibilities. UT Southwestern is renowned for its biomedical research progra...