Pediatric Neurology Assistant or Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

This is a full-time academic position in the practice and teaching of pediatric neurology to medical students, residents, and allied health professionals.

Teaching

1. Mentor pediatric neurology residents rotating on child neurology.
2. Provide an outpatient experience for MS III's and MS IV's in pediatric neurology.
3. Present lectures, seminars, conferences and rounds for residents and students.
4. Present one Pediatric Grand Rounds per year.
5. Present lectures in local and regional meets for the Department of Pediatrics.
6. Evaluate student and resident performance.
7. Provide one student seminar during each six-week pediatric clerkship.

Service

1. Demonstrate, by actions, commitment to the mission and the behavioral standards of SIU School of Medicine. Provides excellent service to both internal and external customers through collaboration and partnership; compassion and respect; integrity and accountability; diversity and inclusion; as well as continuous learning and improvement.
2. Develop and maintain a professional practice in accordance with department policy and the SIU HealthCare practice plan.
3. Establish a pediatric neurology outpatient clinic a minimum of 6 half days per week. The outpatient clinics may include: Springfield, IL; Decatur, IL; Quincy, IL and other sites to be determined.
4. Provide ER consultations and inpatient care through consultations on the Pediatric wards, PICU and NICU at St. John's Children's Hospital and Memorial Medical Center.
5. Read EEG's at HSHS St. John's Children's Hospital/Springfield, IL; Memorial Medical Center/ Springfield, IL; Blessing Hospital/Quincy, IL; Sarah Bush Lincoln/Mattoon, IL; Passavant Area Hospital/Jacksonville, IL; and Southern Illinois Health Care/Carbondale, IL.
6. Develop Telemedicine clinics in Decatur, IL and other regional off-site centers to meet the needs of children with neurological disorders in central and southern Illinois.

Qualifications

• Sensitive to the needs of underrepresented minority populations
• MD or equivalent degree
• Board eligible for Certification in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Eligible for licensure in the State of Illinois
• Demonstrated potential, interest, and/or ability for effectiveness in teaching, service, and/or research