"CCHS - Assistant Professor/Associate Professor – Neurology - Renewable Contract - 521121"

Job Details

Job no: 521121

Work type: Regular Full-time (Benefits eligible)

Location: Alabama

Categories: Non-Tenure-Track/Clinical Faculty

Department/Organization: 208181 - Psychiatry

Rank: Assistant/Associate Professor

Position Summary: Assistant or Associate Professor, non-tenure earning clinical track position. Academic responsibilities include teaching family medicine residents and medical students, patient care and scholarly activity, and focusing on general adult psychiatry (forensic and geriatric and inpatient focus possible).

Detailed Position Information: Assistant or Associate Professor, non-tenure earning clinical track position. Academic responsibilities include teaching family medicine residents and medical students, patient care and scholarly activity, and focusing on general adult psychiatry (forensic and geriatric and inpatient focus possible). The Department of Behavioral Health and Psychiatry in the College of Community Health Sciences at the University of Alabama (UA) is excited to announce the availability of an assistant or associate professor faculty position for full time non tenure earning clinical track. Candidates must be Board Eligible/Board Certified in Neurology, meet requirements for an academic appointment at UA, and be eligible for licensure in the state of Alabama. Faculty are responsible for teaching medical students and residents in clinical training, engaging in scholarly activity, providing direct patient care, and administrative tasks typical for a faculty appointment.

Minimum Qualifications: M.D. or D.O. and Board Eligible/Board Certified in Neurology required. Candidates must meet Alabama medical licensure requirements and complete licensure within the state prior to start date.

Preferred Qualifications: Preference to candidates with both ambulatory and inpatient neurological treatment and track record of scholarship, focusing on learning and teaching in a health professions or medical school environment would be desirable. Successful candidates will display a collaborative and entrepreneurial spirit, a desire to work in multidisciplinary and inter-professional teams and have excellent communication skills in both written and spoken English. J-1 visa holders are eligible to apply.

Instructions and Required Materials for Application: Cover Letter & CV

About the Division/College/School: The College of Community Health Sciences (CCHS) was founded in 1972 by William Willard, MD, author of the “Willard Report” and considered the “Father of Family Medicine,” with a mandate to train family physicians for Alabama, particularly its rural areas. The College also provides medical student education as the Tuscaloosa Regional Campus of the four-campus University of Alabama School of Medicine, based at UAB in Birmingham. The College’s mission focuses on improving the health of individuals and communities in Alabama and the region through leadership in medical education and primary care; the provision of high-quality, accessible health care services; and scholarship. CCHS is sponsor of the UA Family Medicine Residency and seven fellowships for family physicians. The Residency, a 16-16-16 program now in its 45th year, is the second largest family medicine residency in the country. Of the more than 470 Residency graduates, 85% practice in the five-state area of the Southeast, with half in rural areas, and comprise 1 of 7 family physicians practicing in Alabama. Nearly 900 medical students have completed their clinical training at the College since 1974, entering Family Medicine and primary care careers at more than twice the national average. The College’s nationally recognized Rural Pipeline Programs and the Institute for Rural Health Research, along with basic sciences, social sciences, and health professional faculty and resources on the UA campus and innumerable specialty and medical research faculty among the School of Medicine faculty, create a uniquely resource-rich environment for a medical educator. The College’s clinical enterprise also conducts 150,000 ambulatory visits and more than 10,000 admissions a year to a broad patient population, including UA faculty and staff and the general population of West Alabama. For more information about the College, visit http://cchs.ua.edu.