"Academic Pediatric Genetics Physician (NTT)"

Hiring Department

Department of Pediatrics

Job Description

The Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine seeks a full-time Geneticist. The position provides general consultative and patient care responsibilities in genetics; it will also include teaching responsibilities and the opportunity for research. The applicant will join a busy Medical Genetics Division and provide service in Columbia and at outreach locations throughout rural Missouri.

The new Children’s Hospital at the University of Missouri Health Care opened June of 2024 has over 160 beds, offering a wide variety of pediatric medical and surgical sub-specialties, and comprehensive ancillary services.

“We brought together all of our highly specialized teams, top researchers and advanced resources together in one location to ensure our patients receive the best possible care close to home,” Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean of the MU School of Medicine, Richard Barohn, MD.

Job Details:

Join a team of:

• 30 Pediatric specialties, including Genetics
• Genetics Counselors
• Dieticians
• APPs

Responsibilities are:

• Clinical care in multi-disciplinary team
• Education across the medical education spectrum from pre-clinical to graduate medical education
• Research can be added for interested and established candidates
• Research opportunities through grant/clinical trials

Call Schedule

• 17 weeks per year with additional compensation for additional service
• Opportunities for remote call with virtual care

Highlights:

• New Hospital opened in June 2024
• Excellent work-life balance
• Competitive base salary and great university benefits
• 8% 401K match and other retirement options

About Columbia:

Be surprised by what Columbia has to offer from picturesque parks to award winning cuisine to amazing art and superb shopping. Columbia is “more than a college town” and “surprisingly sophisticated.”

• Rated as one of the Top 10 most livable college towns in America by Strategistico.com July 2022
• #6 Most affordable outdoorsy paces to live by Realtor.com June 2022
• #28 of the Best Places to Live in the US from CBS News April 2022
• 20% Population growth since 2016, low cost of living and great schools

About Missouri University Health Care (MUHC) and University of Missouri (Mizzou):

The School of Medicine partners with both MU Health Care (MUHC) and the University of Missouri campus. Highlights include:

• MUHC has one of the highest employee engagement scores in the Midwest.
• Recognized as one of the “150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare” by Becker’s Hospital Review.
• MUHC has consistently been named one of the nation’s “Most Wired” health systems by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).
• Missouri’s largest public research university with an average enrollment of 35,000 students.
• One of only five universities nationwide with law, medicine, veterinary medicine, and a nuclear research reactor on one campus.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• MD/DO
• BC/BE in Medical Genetics from an ACGME- or ACGMEi-accredited institution

Application Materials

In addition to filling out an online application please provide a CV