Transplant Nephrologist, Physician Opportunity - Hackensack, New Jersey

The Division of Organ Transplantation at Hackensack University Medical Center is seeking a Transplant Nephrologist physician to join their transplant team. You will be joining an expanding renal transplant program with a reputation of providing excellent and compassionate clinical care. This role will involve clinical activity and academic teaching and training tailored to the interest and skills of the physician as well as the needs of the Division.
This physician shall provide nephrology evaluation services and medical care to patients with chronic kidney disease who are pre and post kidney transplantation as well as living kidney donors.

The successful candidate will:

• Participate in quality and selection committees
• Act as a key member of the multidisciplinary transplant team
• Collaborate with other physicians, administrators, coordinators, social workers, and support staff
• Participate in the development of educational content and provide teaching to fellows, residents, nurses, students and other personnel involved in the care and treatment of transplant patients
• Participate in and act as a resource in outreach activities to community physicians, dialysis centers and other venues.

Requirements include:

• MD or DO
• BC in Internal Medicine, and BC/BE in Nephrology and Renal Transplant
• Academic accomplishments that would merit appointment in the School of Medicine
• Excellent clinical and teaching skills
• Encourage both experienced physicians and new graduates to apply

In addition to our collegial work environment, we offer a highly competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits.

Founded in 1888 with just 12 beds, Hackensack University Medical Center was Bergen County's first hospital. As we continue to grow and flourish, this nonprofit, teaching and research hospital has grown to become the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in New Jersey. Not only have we added 763 more beds to our facilities, we’re now Bergen County’s hub of healthcare for the Northern New Jersey and New York metropolitan areas.

HackensackUMC enjoys numerous clinical, research and academic affiliations with world-renowned partners. HackensackUMC is one of Bergen County’s largest employers with a work force of over 7,600 employees. The more than 1,600 physicians and dentists on the medical and dental staff represent the full spectrum of specialties and subspecialties and are international leaders in healthcare.

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Our collaborative team of physicians and advanced practice professionals help make us a distinguished leader, committed to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

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Hackensack Meridian Health is the leading not-for-profit health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. We aim to serve as a national model for changing and simplifying health care delivery through partnerships with innovative companies and focusing on quality and safety.

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We will transform health care and be recognized as the leader of positive change.

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Because innovation is in our DNA, compelling us to create a world where the highest quality care is human-centered, accessible and affordable; we’re always ready to deliver the outcomes that matter most, and excellence is the standard.

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Hackensack Meridian Health was created in 2016 as a merger of Hackensack University Medical Center and its affiliated hospitals, with Meridian Health System, and is now a large integrated not-for-profit health care organization spanning the eastern shore of New Jersey. HMH comprises 18 hospitals, including two academic medical centers, two children’s hospitals and ten community hospitals, physician practices, more than 120 ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, hospice services, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness centers, rehabilitation centers, and urgent care and after-hours centers.

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At the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, our mission is to develop our students, residents, fellows, faculty, and health care environment to deliver the highest quality care for all. Our approach is unique as we utilize the best components of different evidence-based teaching methods, and structure our foundational curriculum explicitly to give students what they need to thrive in the modern, technically demanding, clinical setting.

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Hackensack Meridian Health has two hospitals ranked on New Jersey’s Top 10 Best Hospitals list according to U.S. News & World Report. Hackensack University Medical Center is the #1 adult and children’s hospitals in New Jersey, with premier cancer care at John Theurer Cancer Center, a nationally ranked Orthopedics program, the state’s best programs in Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery, Geriatrics, Pulmonology and Lung Surgery, and the only nationally ranked programs in the state for Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Urology. Jersey Shore University Medical Center is ranked #6 and has received national recognition for its Orthopedics, and Pulmonary & Lung Surgery programs. And JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute has once again been ranked among the nation’s best rehabilitation hospitals.

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