Job Overview

As one of the oldest medical schools in the country, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (UC COM) has a reputation for training best-in-class health care professionals and developing cutting-edge procedures and research that improves the health and clinical care of patients. The Department of Family Medicine is a top-tier department with world-renowned faculty and staff. The residency program has a mission to train the next generation in care of vulnerable populations both locally and abroad.

The Department of Family and Community Medicine is recruiting an Assistant Professor of Clinical to provide clinical and precepting services in The Family Medicine Center (FMC) at The Christ Hospital (TCH) and ambulatory primary care at a Cincinnati Health Department site. The physician will serve as Residency Faculty for the TCH/UC family medicine residency. They will have teaching responsibilities including teaching principles of osteopathic manipulative medicine, supervising and teaching osteopathic and allopathic residents osteopathic manipulative treatment within the FMC, and providing care and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) for patients whose medical home is the FMC.

Residency faculty report to the Program Director of The Christ Hospital-University of Cincinnati Family Medicine Residency. Direct supervision for time in the FMC will be provided by the FMC Medical Director. Direct supervision for the time at the Cincinnati Health Department (CHD) will be provided by the CHD Medical Director.

Essential Functions

Teaching: 

• Provide hands-on OMT instruction in both didactic and clinical settings.
• Mentor osteopathic and allopathic residents in the principles and techniques of osteopathic medicine.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of the residency?s OMT curriculum, including workshops, lectures, patient care teaching, and longitudinal integration of OMT principles.
• Work toward meeting requirements for osteopathic recognition and ensure compliance with Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)/ American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) educational standards.
• Work one-on-one with medical students and/or family medicine residents to teach and model ambulatory primary care.

Clinical Care:

• Provide direct patient care with a focus on OMT in a family medicine outpatient setting.
• Re-establish and maintain an OMT referral clinic within the FMC, serving patients across the lifespan for musculoskeletal and somatic dysfunction concerns.
• Provide primary care at a branch of the Cincinnati Health Department, including managing a primary care patient population and meeting quality of care standards.
• Collaborate with interprofessional colleagues to promote holistic, evidence-based care.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives within the clinical site(s).
• Serve on health system committees as needed.
• Attend weekly practice meeting for the FMC.

Scholarship:

• All faculty are expected to contribute to scholarship, including any of the following: curriculum development; research; regional and national presentations; publications; peer review.

Minimum Requirements

• DO degree from an accredited College of Osteopathic Medicine.
• Unrestricted Ohio Medical License and DEA license. 
• Completion of three-year Family Medicine residency program.
• Board-certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) or the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians (AOBFP). Board eligible applicants may apply, but full certification required prior to start date.

Additional Qualifications Considered

• Demonstrated proficiency in a broad range of OMT techniques.
• Prior teaching experience ideal but not required.
• Strong commitment to teaching, mentorship, and academic medicine through: 
  • Developing teacher-learner relationships with residents from R1 through R5 year of training and medical students MS1-4.
  • Crafting a supportive learning environment through expressed enthusiasm, approachability, and respect for learners, peers and all members of the healthcare team.
  • Providing point-of-care teaching tailored to the resident and patient scenario.
  • Directing residents to appropriate resources.
  • Assessing residents and providing timely feedback.
  • Role modeling excellence in patient-centered care, communication, reflective practice, and professionalism.
• Demonstrates commitment to professional development through seeking additional training and/or participating in scholarly work.
• Demonstrates a commitment to vulnerable populations in current or prior clinical care activities.