FACULTY POSITION

Boston Children’s Hospital Department of Urology

Center for Healthy Elimination and Bladder Rehabilitation (CHEER)

The Department of Urology at Boston Children’s Hospital seeks to recruit at least one new clinical faculty member at the level of Instructor or Assistant Professor to staff the Center for Healthy Elimination and Bladder Rehabilitation (CHEER). The faculty member should have trained in pediatrics or relevant pediatric subspecialties. CHEER offers care for patients with dysfunctional elimination (DE), which manifests as lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), non-febrile urinary tract infections (UTI), and/or constipation. LUTS can include urinary urgency and/or frequency, daytime and/or night urinary incontinence, and pelvic pain. Patients with DE account for approximately 15% of the ambulatory volume (approximately 2,700 visits) in the Department of Urology at Boston Children’s Hospital. Patients and families are cared for in a holistic and collaborative manner, which involves a team of psychosocial providers and nurses. Research in DE is relatively limited and there are tremendous opportunities in quality improvement and clinical research to define and refine clinical practice.

Physicians would be members of the Department of Urology at Boston Children’s Hospital and hold academic appointments in the Departments of Surgery and/or Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Physicians would see patients in clinic and have the opportunity to perform office-based procedures such as non-invasive uroflowmetry testing, invasive urodynamic testing, point of care ultrasonography, and percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS). In addition, we anticipate close collaboration with colleagues in physical therapy who will offer pelvic floor muscle therapy.  Most patients with DE can be managed with a combination of medical, behavioral, and physiotherapeutic treatments; however, a critical function of the CHEER clinician will be to identify patients with anatomic or neurological conditions that require surgical or other treatment.

Boston Children’s Hospital Urology is committed to supporting the work-life balance of its faculty.  The Department values diversity among its faculty, is committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities. Candidates will be joining a group of seventeen clinical faculty who care for approximately 20,000 patients and perform approximately 2,600 operative cases annually across nine locations. In addition, the department supports three full-time basic research faculty and a robust clinical research infrastructure. Competitive salary and benefits will be offered.

Candidates must be board certified or eligible in Pediatrics or related pediatric subspecialty, and eligible for licensure without restriction within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In addition to being active clinically, candidates will be expected to be involved in educational conferences as well as supervising and teaching Medical Students, rotating Residents and Urology Fellows.

All inquiries are strictly confidential. Interested candidates should send a letter of interest and their CV to Jill Harris Tucker at Jill.Tucker@childrens.harvard.edu.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.