Recruitment/Posting Title Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor Department RWJ-Pediatrics-General Pediatrics Salary Commensurate With Experience Posting Summary The Department of Pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Medical School is seeking to hire a Director of Pediatric Palliative Care. The candidate will be an MD or DO faculty member preferably with eligibility or board certification in hospice and palliative medicine. At RWJMS Pediatric physicians see patients and mentor students and residents on our ambulatory clinic primarily at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, ancillary locations and inpatient medical units of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital, a facility on our academic child health campus, which also includes the PSEG Children’s Specialized Hospital (for acute Rehabilitation) and the Child Health Institute of NJ. The children’s hospital is adjacent to the RWJUH adult hospital which is connected via a bridge to the Rutgers Cancer Institute of NJ – the only NCI designated center in the state of New Jersey.Our physicians participate in onsite pediatric coverage, both ambulatory and inpatient as well as provide telemedicine coverage., on call, weekend and holiday coverage. We are seeking a candidate who has a passion for teaching, enjoy caring for children with a wide variety of conditions including those who are medically complex. We value leadership. Applicants with research training and a portfolio of scholarly productivity are encouraged. As a part of Rutgers University RWJMS faculty have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues in the basic and social sciences, other clinical arms of the university (e.g. Social Work, Pharmacy) and the Rutgers School of Public Health, among others. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and experience including those underrepresented in medicine.Rutgers is NJ’s State University and provides broad opportunities for collaboration within the School and across the state. Rutgers Health Professions Schools and the Institute for Health, Healthcare Policy, and Health Policy, and Brain Health Institute comprise Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Rutgers University is the lead institution (along with Princeton University and NJ Instituted of Technology), in NJ ACTS, a Translational Research Institute that is one of 42 funded by the NIH as part of its Clinical and Translations Science Award (CTSA) program.This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic career-oriented physician. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits package and academic rank commensurate with experience.
Interested candidates should email a cover letter and your CV to:M. Douglas Baker, MDProfessor and Vice ChairDepartment of PediatricsRutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolChild Health Institute of NJ, CHINJ-222189 French StreetNew Brunswick, NJ 08901Phone: 732-235-7906Email-mb1913@rutgers.edu Position Status Posting Number 22FA0401 Posting Open Date Posting Close Date