Director of Division of Child & Community Health - Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa
Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015
The Department of Pediatrics is seeking faculty candidates for Director of the Division of Child & Community Health which operates Iowa's statewide Title V program for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) under the Title V Maternal & Child Health Block Grant, Iowa Department of Public Health. The position will have responsibility for public health policy, child advocacy and regionalized care coordination and clinical services, and will assume the duties of Title V-CYSHCN Director. The position may provide clinical expertise to the Title V Maternal & Child Health program administered through the Iowa Department of Public Health, Division of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention.
The successful candidate will partner with other divisions within the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics to develop new clinical and research programs. Responsibilities also include leadership in Title V strategic planning, serving as the Principal Investigator for multiple discretionary grants, and providing vision for emerging public health issues. The Division serves the state with 15 centers across the state, ~150 staff and estimated $11M budget. Opportunities exist for teaching, clinical services, and public health research.
Appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor (clinical or tenure track), depending upon qualifications.
Required qualifications:
Must hold MD/DO or equivalent
Board certified or board eligible in Pediatrics
Experience in public policy/child advocacy
Demonstrated experience promoting a diverse workforce/academic environment
Desired qualifications:
MPH, MPA, MHA, or public health experience or equivalency,
Demonstrated leadership experience in operation of a large scale service/program.
Previous Title V experience
Experience with grant writing, successful awards and project management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Previous work in an interdisciplinary model of care
The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine is one of the top biomedical research institutions in the nation and ranked 41st overall and 20th among public medical schools for NIH funding in FY14. The U.S. News and World Report research ranking places the College 11th among public institutions, and the Stead Family Department of Pediatrics ranked 24th overall and 13th in NIH funding among all public pediatric departments nationwide in FY14. The ACGME-accredited pediatric residency program at the Children's Hospital trains 42 pediatric residents.
The Stead Family Department of Pediatrics comprises the medical and research staff of UI Children's Hospital. The University of Iowa Children's Hospital is one of the nation's top-ranked pediatric care and research institutions. It is the only university-affiliated hospital in Iowa devoted solely to the care of infants, children, adolescents and young adults, and is Iowa's only accredited Level 1 Regional Resource Pediatric Trauma Center. In 2015-16 the University of Iowa Children's Hospital ranked in nine pediatric specialties in the Best Children's Hospitals U.S. News and World Report, including cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology, and urology. A new 189-bed children's hospital is scheduled to open in 2016.
For more information contact:
Robert Bacon, MA
Director, Iowa's University Center for Excellence on Disabilities
Center for Disabilities and Development
319-356-1335
[email protected]
Visit us on the web at: http://www.uichildrens.org/.
To apply for this position please visit The University of Iowa website at http://jobs.uiowa.edu, requisition number 68012.
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discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, sexual
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