"Assistant Professor - Physician Associate Studies Program"

Job Details

FACULTY POSITION
Physician Associate Studies, Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences,
School of Health Professions

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is accepting applications for a full-time, twelve-month faculty position, non-tenure track at the rank of assistant professor in the Physician Associate Studies Program (PA), located within the Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences (CDS), in the School of Health Professions (SHP).

The PA program is seeking a principal faculty member to join its energetic and cohesive faculty team. We are seeking individuals who highly regard opportunities for community service, outreach, and engagement. The candidate’s primary responsibilities will include working collaboratively with the Director of Clinical Education to assist in developing the clinical-year schedule and working collaboratively with the Program Director and Associate Program Director to assist in coordinating the clinical curriculum. Additional responsibilities will include providing instruction to students completing the didactic curriculum, as well as participating in scholarly activities and providing mentorship and advisement to PA students. The ideal candidate must have a minimum of three years’ clinical experience in any of the following areas: hospitalist, primary care, emergency medicine, and/or critical care. Candidates must also possess at least a master’s degree in a related health sciences discipline and have either a minimum of two years’ experience serving as a preceptor for PA or medical students or two years’ experience in academia. Salary, academic rank, and tenure status will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Student training experiences are integrated within UAB Medicine and the surrounding medical community. However, we welcome candidates with clinical ties to the surrounding medical community in Alabama and surrounding states.

About CDS

The Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, housed in the UAB School of Health Professions (SHP), is one of the most programmatically diverse departments at UAB. It is home to 8 programs from the undergraduate through the doctoral level. The programs offer a variety of education opportunities in clinical and research fields. Several of its programs are the only one of their kind in Alabama. For additional information about the CDS department, please visit https://uab.edu/cds.

About SHP

The School of Health Professions is home to nearly 30 programs and more than 40 offerings at the bachelor, master and doctoral levels. As one of the six schools comprising the renowned UAB Academic Health Center, our students are exposed to vast resources, state-of-the art facilities and progressive research during their academic and clinical education. Learn more at https://uab.edu/shp.

About UAB

Known for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach to education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a part of the University of Alabama System, is an internationally renowned research university and academic medical center with more than $780 million in annual research expenditures and an economic impact on the state exceeding $12.1 billion a year. UAB is Alabama’s single largest employer, with some 28,000 employees, and was named Forbes’ No. 1 Large Employer in the United States in 2021. UAB enrollment surpassed 21,000 for the sixth consecutive year in fall 2023. The university offers more than 180 degree programs in nine schools and one college. The four pillars of UAB’s mission are education; research, innovation and economic development; community engagement; and patient care. Learn more at www.uab.edu.

UAB has outstanding core facilities in molecular sciences (EM, MS, X-Ray, and more), engineering, nanosciences, preclinical and clinical imaging, informatics, and translational and clinical research. Selected candidates will have access to the Central Alabama High Field NMR Facility in the Department of Chemistry, the UAB Cyclotron Facility in the Heersink School of Medicine which produces radiopharmaceuticals and radioisotopes for medical imaging and other studies, and state-of-the-art small animal PET/CT imaging facility for translational research.

UAB is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex (including pregnancy), genetic information, age, disability, and veteran’s status. As required by Title IX, UAB prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to UAB’s Assistant Vice President and Senior Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX notice of nondiscrimination is located at uab.edu/titleix. A pre-employment background investigation is performed on candidates selected for employment.

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