Chair, Department of Medicine and Primary Care

Job Description:

POSITION SUMMARY

The proposed Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine seeks an accomplished physician, educator, and leader to serve as the founding Chair of the Department of Primary Care and Medicine. Reporting to the Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, the Chair will provide leadership and strategic direction for the Department, oversee and manage departmental operations and administration, recruit and oversee the evaluation, mentoring, and development of departmental faculty, and represent the Department's interests at the College and University levels. The Department Chair will lead an interdisciplinary team of physician educators in developing and delivering an innovative osteopathic medical curriculum encompassing internal medicine, family medicine, critical care, emergency medicine, pediatrics, and related medical specialties.

The successful candidate will establish the Department's goals and objectives, manage faculty and staff, oversee the Department's contributions to the curriculum, develop internal and external partnerships, manage budgets and resources, and ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations. The Chair will be responsible for advancing osteopathic excellence through innovative education, research, and clinical partnerships across the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine curriculum. Applicants are expected to merit the rank of associate or full professor.

The position is based on the Chicago, IL campus, with relocation assistance available for eligible candidates.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES

Department Vision and Priorities

As Chair, you will establish, articulate and implement the vision for the Department’s education, research and clinical service within primary care and internal medicine specialties at the College. Top priorities include:

• Fostering the College’s vision, mission, values, goals, and agenda within the department and align the department’s focus and activities with the College's strategic priorities
• Working across interdisciplinary teams to develop curriculum integrating osteopathic principles across all learning modalities: classroom and lab instruction, simulation (working with the Associate Dean of Simulation), ambulatory care, inpatient service
• Recruiting and developing talented physician educators with exemplary teaching, scholarship and practitioner capabilities
• Securing diverse affiliations with clinics, hospitals and healthcare centers to provide robust clinical training environments (working when necessary with the Office of Clinical Affairs).
• Fostering passion for lifelong learning and commitment to underserved communities among trainees
• Building partnerships to increase research capacity and external funding
• Achieving early programmatic accreditation milestones and helping prepare for COCA site visits

Education Leadership

As Chair you will provide vision, oversight and direction for the Department’s teaching and instruction, including:

• Partnering with the Office of Academic Affairs to provide oversight of curriculum design, delivery, and evaluation to …