The Department of Emergency Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for an Associate or Assistant Professor position in either the non-tenure clinician-educator track or the non-tenure academic-clinician track. Track and rank will be commensurate with experience. The successful applicant will have experience in the field of emergency medicine/medical informatics. Responsibilities include assisting the ED Information Systems Director, Penn Medicine CMIO and other members of the Information Technology (IT) Leadership Team in developing and maintaining IT Strategic Plans, with particular emphasis on Clinical Information Systems (CIS) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR). This individual will act as the primary liaison between IT, Nursing Staff and Physician Staff to insure that CIS/EMR implementations are optimized based on clinical workflow redesign. S/he will develop plans and strategies for gaining physician acceptance and ongoing use of CIS/EMR. Partnering with the ED IS Director, the Informatics Director will assist in developing, reviewing, and implementing CIS policies and procedures and collaboratively plan strategies for realizing CIS ROI including hard and soft dollar benefits. The Clinical Informatics is a newly formed position in the Director of Emergency Medicine. This position reports to the Chair of Emergency and has clinical and education components as well as an expectation for scholarly work. Applicants must have an M.D or M.D./Ph.D. degree and have demonstrated excellent qualifications in clinical care and education. While evidence of scholarship is required in the clinician-educator track, research is not required in the academic clinician track.

The preferred candidate's background includes progressively more responsible clinical information systems (CIS) selection and implementation experience in areas such as clinical data repositories, electronic medical records, clinical documentation, computerized order entry / results reporting, and physician access systems; experience with clinical systems software is required. The position requires an accomplished team-oriented leader with demonstrated achievements in implementing CIS projects in a complex healthcare/academic organization. S/he must possess strong skills in project management, business and clinical process redesign, written / verbal communication, physician relations, and patient satisfaction.

We seek candidates who embrace and reflect diversity in the broadest sense.

The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.