City : Hamilton

Category : Other

Industry : Education

Employer : McMaster University

Critical Care Hospitalist

Department of Medicine, McMaster University

Clinician-Educator Faculty Position

McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences are inviting applications for a Critical Care Hospitalist within the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. This is a full-time faculty position. Academic rank will be commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Position:

Academic Critical Care Hospitalist/Nocturnist. Full-time active staff appointment at Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University. Clinical activities for this position will occur at the Juravinski Hospital and will be focused on the Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit (4-6 nights/month), and the Level II Stepdown Unit (6-8 weeks/year). The effective start date of this appointment is flexible.

Applicant Qualifications:

Applicants must be eligible for or have certification from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Applicants must hold a licence (or be eligible for licensre) with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Applicants must have formal fellowship training in Critical Care and demonstrate evidence of proficiency in management of critically ill patients with multi-organ failure, including complicated hematological malignancies, and patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy. Proficiency with point of care ultrasound is required. Research and quality improvement experience with a focus on management of infections in critical care would be an asset.

This is a Clinician-Educator track University appointment. The successful individual is expected to be involved in formal teaching activities in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programs. Such activities include but are not limited to Medical Foundations tutoring, Clinical Skills preceptoring as well as teaching academic half days and point of care ultrasound for the Critical Care trainees. They will also be expected to participate in all the appropriate hospital departmental and university research, quality improvement, educational and administrative activities as set out by the clinical and academic leaders. These include but are not limited to: enrolment of patients in relevant clinical studies; supervision and teaching to postgraduate and/or undergraduate learners and relevant committees and meetings.

Candidacy for this position will be assessed by an applicant portfolio of training and experience. This will include their postgraduate training and specific experience with critical care medicine, as well as their grant and publication history, awards, prior teaching evaluations and any other professional development considerations. The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal  and communication skills and thrive within the collaborative and interdisciplinary critical care program.

Hospital Description:

Hamilton Health Sciences is one of the largest hospital systems in Ontario and provides regional medical care to over 2 million people in southern Ontario. Hamilton Health Sciences is an academic hospital organization affiliated with McMaster University. The Department of Critical Care at Hamilton Health Sciences supports 6 Intensive Care Units across various sites in Hamilton, including Hamilton General Hospital, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre and McMaster University Medical Centre. Across all sites, the physician group consists of 25 ICU Physicians who are responsible for the comprehensive care for all patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.

Intensive Care Unit Description:

The Medical/Surgical ICU at Juravinski Hospital is a 26-bed unit providing advanced critical care.  The Level II Stepdown Unit is a 9-bed unit providing care to patients who require non-invasive life support or closer monitoring than is possible on the ward.

Remuneration and Academic Standing:

Academic rank, salary and contractual arrangements will be commensurate with the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. For the successful candidate

remuneration will be competitive with the usual income range for an academic intensivist in the province of Ontario.

Application Instructions:

Please apply online to Job Opening 72537 via the McMaster Academic Careers website https://hr.mcmaster.ca/careers/current-opportunities/ directing your application to:

Lorrie Reurink, Manager, Human Resources and Faculty Recruitment 

Expressions of interest should include: 

• An up-to-date curriculum vitae and cover letter
• A description of training and research experience as well as the names and addresses of three professional referees
• A brief statement describing any contributions made or planned in relation to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion or inclusive excellence in teaching, research, or service within higher education, community-based or other profession settings (2-page maximum) 

Letters of reference are not required and will not be reviewed at the application stage; letters of recommendation from referees will be requested at later stages of the search process.

All qualified applicants are encouraged apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanentresidents will be considered first for this position. To comply with the Government of Canada’s reporting requirements, the University is obliged to gather information about applicants’ statusas either Permanent Residents of Canada or Canadian citizens. Applicants need not identify their country of origin or current citizenship; however, all applications must include one of thefollowing statements:

“Yes, I am a citizen or permanent resident of Canada” OR

“No, I am not a citizen or permanent resident of Canada”