Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Rutgers University

United States, New Jersey, Newark

May 03, 2025

Position Details

Position Information

Recruitment/Posting Title	Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Department	NJMS-Emergency Medicine
Salary	Annual Salary
Benefits	Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.
Posting Summary	As a department chair, the individual should have general administrative responsibility for, as well as participate in, the educational, research, patient care, and service programs of the department. ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES include,but are not limited to: The duties and responsibilities as chair include but are not limited to: 1. Continuously evaluate and seek opportunities for growth, expansion and improvement of the educational, research, service, and patient care programs; faculty and staff performance; and administrative processes of the department and make appropriate recommendations to the Vice Dean regarding all issues of concern to the department: a. Enhance faculty recruitment with particular attention to gender equity, diversity and inclusion; b. Pursue contracted clinical services with other entities; c. Consider the establishment of a faculty practice (non-hospital based); d. Conduct annual performance evaluations of all faculty and establish annual goals and objectives for individual faculty members; e. Optimize the quality of the residency training program. 2. Work to maintain a balanced budget annually for the department, as well as the distribution formula for the department's faculty practice earnings, and manage the expenses of clinical practice. 3. Achieve budget transparency and enhance the understanding and involvement of the department's faculty. 4. Optimize the operation of departmental programs and clinical affiliations. 5. Work with other departments and centers to achieve mutually agreed upon interdepartmental goals across the research, educational, and clinical mission areas. 6. Ensure that the clinical faculty of the department provide timely reporting and attestation of effort at University Hospital in compliance with the Clinical Services Agreement between NJMS and UH. 7. Assure departmental compliance with all University policies and mandatory training requirements for faculty and staff, including but not limited to, compliance, HIPAA, Outside Activity Questionnaires, Faculty Time and Effort Reporting. 8. Regularly attend the monthly department chairs meetings, Faculty Council meetings, and other standing and ad hoc committee meetings as assigned by the Vice Dean or Dean. 9. Any other duties as assigned by the Vice Dean and/or Dean.
Position Status	Full Time
Posting Number	25FA0484
Posting Open Date
Posting Close Date

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	MD, DO
Certifications/Licenses	Board cerfied- Emergency Medicine
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
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Physical Demands and Work Environment
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Posting Details

Special Instructions to Applicants
Quick Link to Posting	https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/250280
Campus	Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus	Newark (RBHS)
City	Newark
State	NJ
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