Job Description

Internal Medicine Physician at University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School summary:

The Clinical Team Leader for the AMPATH/MAPAS Mexico program leads initiatives to improve non-communicable disease care and promote health equity in rural Puebla, Mexico, while dividing time between Austin, Texas and Mexico. This role involves clinical leadership, training, mentoring, and collaboration with local partners and academic institutions to advance healthcare access in vulnerable populations. Additionally, the physician provides direct care to high-risk patients in Austin through Central Health, focusing on trauma-informed, comprehensive, and transitional care services.

About The Clinical Team Lead, AMPATH/MAPAS Mexico Opportunity

The Department of Population Health, Division of Global Health is seeking a Clinical Team Leader for our Academic Model Providing Access to Health Care (AMPATH) global health partnership program in Puebla, Mexico. The Clinical Team Leader will divide time between Austin, Texas and Puebla, Mexico. This is a faculty position at the rank of Instructor, at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin.

The Clinical Team Leader will work with Chief of the Division of Global Health, the AMPATH/MAPAS Mexico Partnership Director and Clinical Lead, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP) leadership and faculty, and Mexican public sector health and community-based partners to primarily advance the non-communicable disease (NCD) program of the AMPATH/MAPAS Mexico partnership, but also to contribute to AMPATH s tripartite mission of care, education and research.

Critical to this role is the leadership, cultural and linguistic skills necessary to develop strong working relationships with our Mexican partners. This is a unique position within the global health space for those interested in pursuing initiatives in partnership with Mexican colleagues that aim to reduce health care inequities faced by people in rural, Puebla, Mexico and in low- and middle-income countries more broadly.

The Clinical Team Leader will help advance the NCD program in Puebla, Mexico inclusive of training and mentoring of local (Mexican) promotoras (community health workers), home and community-based health promotion and screening for NCDs, and implementation of a group-based NCD care model. Furthermore, the Clinical Team Leader will help guide the monitoring and evaluation of the NCD care program. Lastly, the Clinical Team Leader will engage learners from Dell Medical School and BUAP into the AMPATH/MAPAS Mexico program, providing teaching and mentorship.

The Clinical Team Leader will be offered professional mentorship from the Chief of the Division of Global Health, the Partnershp Director and Clinical Lead of AMPATH/MAPAS Mexico, and other UT Global Health faculty to support the candidate s professional career growth.

Central Health Clinical Role

The clinical role in Austin will be with Central Health, Austin/Travis County s safety net hospital district who s mission is to create access to healthcare for those who need it most. Clinical opportunities with Central Health will consist of one of the following options, to be determined with the candidate and with Central Health depending on mutual interest and need.

Central Health Department of High Risk Populations

As a physician in the Department of High-Risk Populations at Central Health, you will be responsible for working with a multidisciplinary team providing compassionate, trauma-informed care to people experiencing homelessness or who are otherwise marginalized or disconnected from care. With a strong commitment to health equity, the Department of High-Risk Populations at Central Health increases access to care for those who need it most.

Within the Department of High-Risk Populations, clinical service lines include the following:

• Bridge/Mobile/Street: low barrier, high access care for people experiencing homelessness or who are otherwise disconnected from care at our Hub Bride clinic or at various fixed community-based mobile sites or on street medicine. The goals is to connect patients to comprehensive care and then eventually transition them to aprimary care medical home
• Respite: care to eligible patients being discharged from the hospital with no other place to heal, requiring medical stabilization and support and assistance with transition to housing, preventing readmissions and return to homelessness.
• Housing for Health: innovative care models for people transitioning from the street or respite into housing, providing the necessary integrated medical and behavioral health care model to meet their needs.

Central Health Department of Transitions of Care

The Transitions of Care staff physician will oversee patient care, manage clinical teams, and provide direct care to low-income and uninsured patients in post-acute settings such as Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), and others including hospitals and home visits. This positions responsibilities encompass acting as an Attending Physician, leading rounds with Advanced Practice Providers in a skilled nursing facility and providing medical care in the home of patients. The staff physician will also collaborate with Nurse Case Managers, Social Workers, Community Health Workers, Physicians, and other healthcare professionals to provide care. They may also provide inpatient care in partnership with Dell Medical School and local hospital systems and coordinate transitions of care and navigation services.

• Collaborate with APPs, Transitional Care at Home team and the case management team for the Transitional Care at Home program with home visits.
• Provide direct patient care in Skilled Nursing Facilities and acute hospital settings.
• Serve as an attending physician in SNFs.

Required:

• Fluency in both verbal and written English and Spanish, inclusive of both professional and medical Spanish.
• MD Required with residency training in Internal Medicine, Medicine-Pediatrics or Family Medicine. An additional MPH or other graduate degree in public health / global health, health care administration, business, or medical science preferred.
• Eligibility for faculty appointment at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School with rank appropriate with the candidate s experience;
• Experience working in low-income settings, ideally in Latin America.
• Strong ability to organize and conduct education and clinical activities in an international setting;
• Exceptional ability to communicate in-person and across multiple digital and other written platforms;
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with multiple sectors and levels, in diverse international settings;
• Ability to collaborate effectively with administration, staff, peers and other faculty at multiple levels, and from diverse communities and cultures;
• Ability to collect and manage data to track performance outcomes;
• Strong collaboration, team building, and conflict resolution skills;
• Passion for and commitment to undergraduate and graduate medical education for purposes of optimizing patient outcomes, particularly vulnerable and marginalized patient populations;
• A growth mindset, with demonstrated flexibility and adaptability;
• Commitment to social justice and health equity.

Keywords:

internal medicine, clinical leadership, global health, non-communicable diseases, health equity, mentorship, transitional care, community health, bilingual healthcare, rural healthcare

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