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Spelman College

Assistant or Associate Professor, Palliative Care

Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383


Assistant or Associate Professor, Palliative Care

Assistant or Associate Palliative Care Program, on the Clinical Scholar pathway with an approximate 50:50 contribution to clinical service and academic pursuits.The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch) and the University of Washington (UW) are jointly recruiting a full-time faculty member at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level without tenure due to funding (WOT), in the Clinical Research Division of the Fred Hutch and an appropriate Division at the UW depending on training and specialty. Academic appointments at the University of Washington will be commensurate with experience, qualifications, and academic rank.The selected individual is expected to contribute to our mission of delivering outstanding clinical care and developing excellence in clinical research in palliative care. This position is in the Clinician Scholar track.The successful candidate will have clinical responsibilities on the outpatient and/or inpatient palliative care service based on the candidate’s interests (and institutional need). This will comprise approximately 40% of the faculty member’s time.Ten percent of the faculty member’s time will be protected for administrative oversight of Palliative Care-related fellowship activities. Teaching responsibilities will include clinical oversight of fellows, informal teaching sessions, and formal lectures to learners, providers, and the general medical community. The balance of time will be spent in research-related activities. At Fred Hutch, Clinician Scholars are expected to obtain externally funded research (e.g. grants, clinical trials), but this is not required if they maintain 50% of their time in clinical and/or administrative responsibilities.QualificationsApplicants must have an MD/DO degree (or foreign equivalent) and board certification (or be board eligible for current palliative care fellows) in Hospice and Palliative Medicine. While individuals with primary training in internal medicine are preferred, applicants with other training may apply (e.g. family medicine, anesthesiology, rehabilitation, psychiatry, surgery, etc.). The successful applicant will be board certified (or be board eligible for current fellows) in their primary area of training.The ideal candidate will have a record of and primary interest in palliative care research, as demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications, grants and/or clinical trial experience, as well as experience teaching palliative care learners.Other Preferred QualificationsPrior experience working clinically with individuals with hematologic malignanciesWillingness to work at Fred Hutch’s South Lake Union, UW Montlake or other UW sitesExperience working with diverse patient populationsNative or near-native fluency in a language other than EnglishApplication InstructionsInterested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a concise statement of career goals including a description of clinical research goals and a diversity statement describing your past contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion and your future plans for continuing these efforts (two pages or less), and a list of five (5) references, along with a letter of application addressed to: Dr. Elizabeth Loggers. References will not be contacted without first discussing this with the applicant.The annual base salary range for this position is from $208,780 to $453,269 for faculty hired at the Assistant Professor rank, from $247,400 to $501,175 for faculty hired at the Associate Professor rank. Pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

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