Department

BSD MED - Department of Medicine

About the Department

The Department of Medicine was the first department created when the medical school began over 110 years ago. It has evolved into the largest department not only in the medical school with over 300 full time faculty but is also the largest department in the University. The main missions of the Department of Medicine, scholarship, discovery, education and outstanding patient care, occur in a setting of multicultural and ethnic diversity. These missions are supported by exceptional faculty and trainees in the department.

The Department of Medicine also takes great pride in providing unparalleled, comprehensive and innovative patient care. The Department's clinical excellence is continually recognized by the highly regarded US News and World Report. Each of the Department's sub-specialty practices are recognized as programs of national, regional, and local distinction for our novel diagnostic and therapeutic patient care offerings.

The Department of Medicine has a long and proud history of research and discovery in the basic, clinical and translational sciences. Currently, the Department of Medicine is among an elite group of medical centers who are leading in the discovery and delivery of personalized medicine. Our impressive pool of talented researchers is renowned for bridging the bench to the bedside, and clinical research evaluations of new drugs and devices. The educational mission of the Department of Medicine is to train exceptional healers and the future leaders in academic medicine.

The Department is home to four top residency programs (Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Dermatology and Medicine-Pediatrics) and twelve fellowship programs, including seven federally-funded training grants. Diversity of house staff and faculty is a key priority in our enterprise, both to cultivate leadership from underrepresented minorities and women and to reflect the ethnic and racial makeup of the patients we serve. Our trainees and faculty are recruited from top medical schools in the country.

Job Summary

The job leads and provides expertise for the development and implementation of faculty growth in the Department of Medicine’s clinical and research faculty. Uses considerable on-the-job experience to ensure timely engagement with both internal faculty leaders and external faculty recruits. Develops the department’s implementation strategy for faculty growth consistent with the Elevate 2035 vision, reduces total recruitment time, and provides leadership to the professionals responsible for evaluation, submission, posting, hiring, appointment, credentialing, and other faculty intake. Ensures compliance with the policies and guidelines of the provost and BSD Office of Academic Affairs.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Executive Administrator for the Department of Medicine (DOM) with matrix reporting to others, the Director of Faculty Growth will facilitate and improve the faculty recruitment activities throughout the Department of Medicine, with other Departments and Institutes in the Biological Sciences Division, and across the UC Medicine enterprise including both employed faculty and joint venture practices.

Assumes ownership for the execution of the entire lifecycle of a faculty recruit from conceptualization of need through business case development and position control, posting, recruitment, appointment/reappointment, credentialing, provisioning, and start.

Acts independently to evaluate current activities, identifying and implementing opportunities to improve and streamline throughout the entire faculty recruitment lifecycle.

Serves as a liaison between UChicago Medicine, UChicago Medical Center, UChicago Medical Group, UCM Care Network, the Biological Sciences Division, and leaders within the Department of Medicine such as Vice Chairs, Section Chiefs, Section Administrators.

Proactively and independently communicates with stakeholders, managing expectations and improving process.

Evaluates and ensures consistent alignment with departmental, divisional, and university processes and procedures by proactively addressing concerns before they result in process delays.

Supports Section Administrators, Section Chiefs, and Medical Directors by developing resources that improve understanding, transparency, and communication.

Creates support and harmony for a team of professionals independently focused on portions of a large, disjoined, and evolving process within a matrix organization with an ambitious growth strategy.

Independently acts to create and implement a growth strategy that simultaneously forecasts turnover and integrates the organization’s future capacity needs, resulting in net growth of research and clinical faculty.

Manages employees by establishing annual performance goals, allocating resources, assessing annual performance, and determining individual merit, incentive and/or promotional increases.

Manages program operations and administrative functions which may include planning and scheduling, program evaluation, policy implementation, personnel administration, budget, marketing, fundraising and proposal development.

Manages the dissemination, interpretation and application of program policies and recommends or makes exceptions.

Contributes to design of program content, policies and strategic planning efforts.

Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Education:

Advanced degree.

Experience:

Prior experience in academic medicine.

Prior experience at the University of Chicago.

Prior experience in academic affairs, medical staff credentialing, or faculty recruitment.

Prior process improvement experience.

Prior experience developing and evaluating recruitment proformas for both clinical and research faculty.

Technical Skills or Knowledge:

Workday or similar HRIS system experience.

Knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Working knowledge of employment regulations and typical human resources procedures.

Preferred Competencies

Computing skills sufficient to effectively use many diverse managerial and administrative computer applications.

Strategic leadership skills.

Project management skills.

Supervisory skills.

Analytical skills.

Problem-solving skills.

Decision-making skills.

Attention to detail.

Organizational skills.

Quantitative skills.

Oral and written communication skills.

Interpersonal skills.

Negotiation skills.

Ability to work independently with a high degree of initiative.

Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Working Conditions

Position location is primarily at the University of Chicago’s Hyde Park campus.

The ability to work remotely more than 20% of time is not anticipated.

Application Documents

Resume/CV (required)

Cover Letter (required)

When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Job Family

Administration & Management

Role Impact

People Manager

Scheduled Weekly Hours

37.5

Drug Test Required
 

No

Health Screen Required
 

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required
 

No

Pay Rate Type

Salary

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FLSA Status

Exempt

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Pay Range

$130,000.00 - $170,000.00

The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.

Benefits Eligible

Yes

The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.

Posting Statement
 

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