Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician/Healthcare Epidemiologist

About the Role

The Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Utah School of Medicine is recruiting a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician with interest and experience in Hospital Epidemiology. This position is open to both junior faculty and more senior faculty, including those with leadership experience in Hospital Epidemiology. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a vibrant and collegial academic environment and work in a children's hospital ranked as one of the best in the US. There is ample opportunity to develop an independent research career or to focus on quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Play a significant role in the infection prevention and hospital epidemiology program
• Provide clinical consultation on the inpatient service and in the Infectious Diseases clinic
• Engage in academic work that can include investigation, education, administration/service and/or advocacy

Clinical activities will be carried out at Primary Children's Hospital, a 290-bed children's hospital ranked among U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, and in the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare systems, including at the new Primary Children's Hospital location in Lehi, UT.

Qualifications

• Board Eligible/Board Certified in Pediatrics and in Pediatric Infectious Diseases or Infectious Diseases
• Demonstrated research, quality improvement skills, or other scholarly activity

The selected candidate will receive a faculty appointment in the Department of Pediatrics on the Clinical or Tenure track at the academic level commensurate with experience and qualifications.

About the Division and Team

The Hospital Epidemiology team at Primary Children's Hospital involves multiple collaborators as well as three Infectious Diseases physicians and four Infection Preventionists. The team is directly involved in hospital epidemiology at Primary Children's main campus and the new Miller campus in Lehi, UT, and advises Children's Health for Intermountain Healthcare on infection prevention for children throughout the system.

The Division currently includes 12 full-time, one part-time and one adjunct faculty member, three APPs, one RN, and a PharmD faculty member who helps lead the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program along with MD faculty. The Division also has an active fellowship program that includes a global health track.

Research in the Division currently focuses on infectious disease epidemiology including respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, health services research and value-based care, the development and impact of diagnostic tests, and improving the care of children with cancer and transplants. In addition to tracking and preventing hospital-acquired infections at two children's hospitals, the Division works closely with public health experts at the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, and has collaborated in outbreak investigations, worked with state EIS officers, worked on statewide surveillance, and community-wide antimicrobial stewardship efforts. There are multiple opportunities for quality improvement projects, combined epi/stewardship projects and research, as well as involvement in the highly infectious response team.

The Division has active collaborations with the CDC-funded epicenter, which includes the University of Utah Hospital, Intermountain Medical Center, the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center, and the CDC. It is one of the centers for infectious disease modeling research and application funded through the CDC Center for Forecasting and Analytics (CFA), and has developed research, public health, and epidemiologic collaborations with state and county health departments.

Benefits

The Department and University offers a competitive salary and an unmatched benefits program, including non-contributory retirement contributions of 20.2% of annual salary. The Department offers a faculty development and mentoring program designed to foster success in translational or basic research, quality improvement engagement, and excellence as educators.

Location

Salt Lake City offers an incredible quality of life with a growing economy, rich cultural scene with ballet, theatre, symphony, opera, live music, museums, outstanding restaurants, and a moderate cost of living. The city is a well-known ski destination and a gateway to the state's renowned landscapes. In addition to its 14 ski resorts, Utah boasts five scenic national parks (with five more within a day's drive), a variety of golf courses allowing for year-round play, hundreds of miles of hiking and biking trails (some leaving from adjacent to the hospital), and numerous other outdoor activities.