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Job Title:Asst Prof/Clinical

Department:Center on Aging

Location:Farmington

FTE%:1

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Search #:2022-421

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Recruiter:Smith, Joyce

ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR - CENTER ON AGINGThe UConn Center on Aging is seeking to hire a ACGME-accredited fellowship-trained board certified/eligible geriatrician (MD or DO) for a full time position as clinician educator who will be appointed as an assistant or associate professor in the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. The successful candidate will assist with the expansion of the skilled nursing post-acute care network being undertaken by the UConn Center on Aging. The ideal candidate will have clinical experience working in long-term care (LTC) and post-acute care. The ideal candidate will have experience working as a nursing home medical director. Preference will be given to candidates who are a Certified Medical Director (CMD). Although most of the successful candidate’s clinical practice will concentrate on providing care in LTC and post-acute care, clinical care may also be provided in the outpatient geriatrics office on the UConn campus in Farmington CT. As a member of the faculty of the UConn School of Medicine, the successful candidate will also be involved in teaching medical students, internal medicine residents and geriatrics fellows.

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.

UConn Health is an affirmative action employer, in addition to an EEO and M/F/V/PWD/PV employer.

All employees are subject to adherence to the State Code of Ethics which may be found at www.ethics.state.ct.us

 

All Workforce Members are required to have or obtain a vaccination as a term and condition of employment or to work in a UConn Health facility, unless an exemption or deferral has been approved. All new Workforce Members shall be required to provide proof of their vaccine status prior to the start of their employment. All records of vaccinations and approved exemptions will be maintained by Employee Health Services. Additional information regarding this policy may be found at https://health.uconn.edu/policies/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2021/08/2021-03-COVID-19-Mandatory-Vaccination-Policy.pdf 

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