"Assistant/Associate/Professor-Pediatric Nephrology - 1020651"

Hiring Department: Pediatrics

Location:  Peoria, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1020651

Posting Close Date: 6/18/2024

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Peoria (UICOMP), is seeking Assistant/ Associate/Professor for multiple positions to assist the department teach and train medical students, residents and fellows in Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology. The Department will support candidates with research focus and provide protected time for research and additional funding support. We also have resources for faculty career development. Clinical duties include assisting the department provide patient care in the hospital and outpatient clinics and perform administrative duties and University service as assigned. Requirements are an MD/DO degree or its foreign equivalent, eligible for an Illinois medical license, and Board certification or eligibility for certification in Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology. Some travel may be required between healthcare facilities.

The ideal candidate will be joining a pediatric nephrologist and one Nurse practitioner in a division that provides full range of inpatient and outpatient pediatric nephrology services including all standard forms of dialysis therapy and plasma exchange. Our short term goal is to have a Division with three faculty (positions already approved). Current specialty clinics include Hypertension clinic with ability to provide ABPM and Bone/metabolic disorder clinic in collaboration with Pediatric Endocrinology. You will do Collaborative work with our transplant surgeons in caring for kidney transplant recipients, including 2-4 new transplant every year. Inpatient call schedule will be 1:3 rotation. As the Division grows we anticipate additional provider recruitment.

Position Summary

The division of Pediatric Nephrology provides full service, providing care from neonatal to transition care for nephrology patients along with ESRD services. We work closely with our transplant surgeons and urologists and have an established pediatric transplant program. This is a unique opportunity for the successful candidate to advance a strong clinical and academic career in Pediatric Nephrology.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide diagnostic and treatment services to children with conditions affecting the kidney or urinary tract, bladder problems, or high blood pressure. Coordinate the efforts of related professionals to assure continuous availability of services. Monitor and take steps to enhance the quality of nephrology services delivered at UICOMP Department of Pediatrics and at UICOMP's main clinical partner, Children's Hospital of Illinois.
•  Develop and work on educational programs and activities for medical students and residents in relation to pediatric nephrology.
• Maintain a spirit of inquiry and scholarship in the activities of the Nephrology Service.
• Perform administrative duties and University service as assigned.
• Some travel may be required between healthcare facilities.

Minimum Qualifications

• MD degree or foreign equivalent.
• Eligible for Illinois Physician License.
• Board certified or board eligible in Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology.

About University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria (UICOMP) Department of Pediatrics and OSF Healthcare Children’s Hospital of Illinois:

UICOMP is one of the three regional campuses of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, one of the largest public medical schools in the country. UICOMP’s educational programs include 244 medical students and 300 residents/fellows in 21 different post graduate programs. The Department of Pediatrics is one of the largest departments at UICOMP. In collaboration with the OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois, the Department has 19 divisions and over 145 faculty members providing general pediatrics and subspecialty services to the pediatric population in Central Illinois.

About Children’s Hospital of Illinois

The current research infrastructure within the Department includes office of research, a dedicated biostatistician and internal research funding mechanism to support our faculty. The primary teaching hospital of UICOMP is Children’s Hospital of Illinois, a tertiary care facility serving a 37-county region with a population base of over two million. Children’s Hospital of Illinois provides comprehensive services to children, including Level IV NICU and a state-designated Pediatric Critical Care Center. Children’s Hospital of Illinois is a major medical facility with 136 beds and a 32-bed critical care unit and the only Level 1 trauma center in Illinois outside of Chicago. There are existing resources through UICOMP and Children’s Hospital of Illinois for seeding research funding, quality and outcomes focused academic work and innovation in health education. 

About Peoria, Il

One of the oldest communities in Illinois with a population of 112,936, Peoria is equal distance from Chicago and St. Louis. Here we have an enviable standard of living, exciting venues within a 15-20 minute drive from our homes, safe streets, quality and quantity shopping, our own symphony, our own ballet, Broadway Theater League, museums, art guilds, first-class medical facilities, the nation's oldest community theater and oldest Santa Claus parade.

Our vibrant riverfront showcases a multitude of festivals and celebrations that light up the summer nights much like our extraordinary Fourth of July Sky Concert fireworks show that draws well over 100,000 annually. Citizens are flocking to live in the refurbished warehouses and lofts on Water Street that produce the perfect lifestyle for a 24/7 city.

We have many global businesses that allow Peoria to play all over the world through their products and services. Peoria has begun to diversify its economy with infotech industries as well. Thus our business community attracts some of the brightest graduates throughout the nation.

For fullest consideration, please submit your application by 4/8/2024 at: 

https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/6597?c=uic