"Assistant Professor MCG-Med-Cardiology-Part Time"

Job Summary
Job ID: 251056 Position number: 40048820 Assistant Professor-PT .50 FTE The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University is recruiting critical care specialists to staff our newly constructed multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit. The Unit is a combined medical/surgical unit and will accommodate our expanding heart failure/shock program, which includes ECMO and mechanical assist components. Candidates with various training backgrounds (i.e., Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesia Critical Care) are welcome to apply and would receive academic appointments in their respective Departments (i.e., Medicine, Anesthesiology) while functioning as a member of the Cardiovascular ICU Team. Non-physician providers with significant interest and/or experience in cardiovascular critical care are also encouraged to apply. Candidates should have a strong interest in surgical and medical critical care delivery and clinical outcomes, and experience working with multi-disciplinary teams. Augusta University has the region's only academic medical center with a dedicated heart and vascular program that offers a broad range of training programs to include Residencies in Internal Medicine, Surgery and Anesthesiology, and Fellowships in General Cardiology, Cardiac Electrophysiology, and Interventional Cardiology. AU's dedicated team of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and advanced practice providers care for patients with all varieties of complex and high-risk heart and vascular disease.

Required Qualifications
Board certified/Board eligible for Critical Care Medicine

Shift/Salary/Benefits
Academic rank, tenure status and salary to be commensurate with qualifications and experience of the selected candidate. Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees. Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays. Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program.

College/Department Information
The Medical College of Georgia is one of the nation's largest medical schools by class size, with 260 students per class. The educational experience is anchored by the main campus in Augusta, regional clinical campuses for third- and fourth-year students across the state and a second four-year campus in Athens in partnership with the University of Georgia. MCG's expanding partnerships with physicians and hospitals across Georgia currently provides about 350 sites where students can experience the full spectrum of medicine, from complex care hospitals to small-town solo practices. MCG and its teaching hospitals also provide postgraduate education to more than 500 residents and fellows in 50 different Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-approved programs. Our researchers and clinicians focus on what most impacts the health of Georgia's and America's children and adults, including cardiovascular biology and disease, cancer, neurosciences and behavioral sciences, public and preventive health, regenerative and reparative medicine, personalized medicine and genomics. Our physician faculty also share their expertise with physicians and patients at about 100 clinics and hospitals statewide.

About Us
Augusta University is Georgia's innovation center for education and health care, training the next generation of innovators, leaders, and healthcare providers in classrooms and clinics on four campuses in Augusta and locations across the state. More than 10,500 students choose Augusta for educational opportunities at the center of Georgia's cybersecurity hub and experiential learning that blends arts and application, humanities, and the health sciences. Augusta is home to Georgia's only public academic health center, where groundbreaking research is creating a healthier, more prosperous Georgia, and world-class clinicians are bringing the medicine of tomorrow to patient care today. Our mission and values make Augusta University an institution like no other. The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found online at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct. Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found online at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Location
Augusta University - Our Health Sciences Campus: 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912 Our Summerville Campus: 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904