The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

Location: Chattanooga, TN

The Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) seeks a full-time 9-month, tenure track faculty member in the Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) Program. Within this role, opportunities exist for maintaining some clinical practice.

Effective Date: August 1, 2026 or later depending upon availability of the selected candidate.

Responsibilities:

• Teach and advise students within the OTD Program
• Engage in research with regular scholarly dissemination
• Engage in department, college, university service and/or professional service
• Contribute to OT Department outcome assessment, OTD Program accreditation activities, curriculum and other continuous quality improvement initiatives
• Engage in ongoing professional development in andragogy and clinical occupational therapist skills as related to teaching assignments

Qualifications:

Required qualifications:

• Terminal academic degree (e.g., PhD, EdD)
• Occupational Therapy degree
• Tennessee licensed or eligible
• American Occupational Therapy Association member
• 3+ years full-time clinical experience
• Expertise for lead teaching of research methodologies and evidenced-based practice, additional program content areas related to clinical expertise, additional program content areas related to evolving curricular need(s)

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in lead teaching at the doctoral level
• Experience in research with peer-reviewed product dissemination
• Service and leadership in the occupational therapy profession
• Orthopedic clinical expertise with Certified Hand Therapist (CMT), Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist (COMT), or other specialty certification
• Clinical experience in multiple healthcare settings (e.g., outpatient, acute care, home health, skilled nursing, inpatient rehab)
• Clinical experience with management of patients with significant multi-system involvement