Northwestern University
Instructor/Assistant Professor in Family and Community Medicine
This role involves practicing clinical medicine at the Grayslake clinic location and teaching residents in the McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest. The position focuses on creating an educational environment aligned with ACGME competencies, precepting residents, leading clinical discussions, and participating in resident recruitment and evaluation.
Key Responsibilities
- • Administers and maintains an educational environment conducive to educating residents in each of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competency areas.
- • Precepts residents in the Family Medicine Practice (MP) at a ratio of 4 residents: 1 faculty member.
- • Regularly leads and participates in organized clinical discussions, didactic sessions, teaching rounds, and conferences.
- • Participates in the recruitment of new residents, including the coordination of the applicant screening and selection processes.
- • Participates in the evaluation of all residents, including formal and informal performance evaluations and solicitation of feedback from appropriate attending staff.
- • Will assist the program director with tracking, monitoring, and presenting issues related to resident training to the department quality management committee, the Graduate Medical Education Committee, and the Internal Review Committee as required by ACGME, McGaw and Northwestern Memorial Healthcare.
- • Clinical practice exclusive of the residency program.
Required
- • MD or DO
- • Board certified/board eligible in family medicine
The Department of Family and Community Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine seeks a full-time non-tenure-eligible Clinician-Educator at the rank of Instructor or Assistant Professor to practice in our Grayslake, Illinois clinic location and teach in the McGaw Northwestern Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest.
Responsibilities Include
The start date is negotiable and the position will remain open until filled.
When applying, please upload a CV and cover letter describing your interest and alignment with the position.
Please read ALL instructions and make preparations before proceeding to the application page:
Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics, including disability and veteran status. View Northwestern’s non-discrimination statement . Job applicants who wish to request an accommodation in the application or hiring process should contact the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance. View additional information on the accommodations process .
Responsibilities Include
- Administers and maintains an educational environment conducive to educating residents in each of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competency areas.
- Precepts residents in the Family Medicine Practice (MP) at a ratio of 4 residents: 1 faculty member.
- Regularly leads and participates in organized clinical discussions, didactic sessions, teaching rounds, and conferences.
- Participates in the recruitment of new residents, including the coordination of the applicant screening and selection processes.
- Participates in the evaluation of all residents, including formal and informal performance evaluations and solicitation of feedback from appropriate attending staff.
- Will assist the program director with tracking, monitoring, and presenting issues related to resident training to the department quality management committee, the Graduate Medical Education Committee, and the Internal Review Committee as required by ACGME, McGaw and Northwestern Memorial Healthcare.
- Clinical practice exclusive of the residency program.
The start date is negotiable and the position will remain open until filled.
When applying, please upload a CV and cover letter describing your interest and alignment with the position.
Please read ALL instructions and make preparations before proceeding to the application page:
- Applications will only be accepted via online submission (see link below).
- Please prepare all documents in advance as Adobe PDF files, and please be sure all information is entered correctly and accurately (especially names and email addresses), as there will be no opportunity for online revision after your application has been submitted.
- All required fields in the application form are marked with an asterisk and must be filled before clicking the “Submit” button.
- Be aware that incomplete applications cannot be saved.
Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics, including disability and veteran status. View Northwestern’s non-discrimination statement . Job applicants who wish to request an accommodation in the application or hiring process should contact the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance. View additional information on the accommodations process .
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