CCHS
Company: University of Alabama
Location: Tuscaloosa
Posted on: April 13, 2025
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Job Description:
CCHS - Assistant Professor/Associate Professor - Family Med with
Obstetrics, Renewable Contract - 525801
208131 - Family Internal & Rural Med FIRMRank
Assistant/Associate ProfessorPosition Summary
The Department of Family Medicine in the College of Community
Health Sciences at the University of Alabama (UA) is excited to
announce the availability of one assistant or associate professor
faculty position for full time non tenure earning clinical track
BC/BE family physicians to meet its growing needs. Appointments to
the faculty of The University of Alabama are based on the personnel
requirements of the University's academic programs and on the goal
of achieving and maintaining excellence in its teaching, research,
and service/academic citizenship activities.Detailed Position
Information
The Department of Family Medicine in the College of Community
Health Sciences at the University of Alabama (UA) is excited to
announce the availability of one assistant or associate professor
faculty position for full time non tenure earning clinical track
BC/BE family physicians to meet its growing needs. Family Medicine
with Obstetrics- Responsibilities will include duties teaching
medical students and residents in clinical training, research and
scholarly activity as well as providing direct patient care, with
an emphasis in a rural outpatient/ambulatory and inpatient primary
care setting as well as administrative tasks typical for a faculty
appointment.
The College was established at The University of Alabama in 1972 in
response to the Alabama Legislature's mandate to solve the critical
need for health care in rural Alabama. Since that time, the College
has graduated 495 Family Medicine residents and has educated well
over 800 clinical-years medical students. Today, in addition to
undergraduate and graduate medical education (a large Family
Medicine residency and several fellowships), the College also
includes the University Medical Center, the Rural Health Leaders
Pipeline, graduate level training, and the Institute for Rural
Health Research. The College is dedicated to improving and
promoting 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. This position will help the College to
foster educational programs that prepare learners in population
health principles, and scholarship in medical education and in
relevant and innovative community-based participatory research that
influences population health and supports partnering to address
community health problems.
The College also serves as a branch campus for the University of
Alabama School of Medicine, and trains seventy third and fourth
year medical students as part of its mission. Tuscaloosa, with a
population of approximately 100,000, is located in west central
Alabama. As the home of The University of Alabama, the over 38,000
student flagship campus of the UA System, it offers exceptional
educational, cultural, sports and recreational opportunities.
Located one hour from Birmingham, three hours from Atlanta, and
five hours from the gulf coast, UA is a comprehensive research
institution, which offers a wide variety of opportunities for
faculty and their families.Minimum Qualifications
M.D. or D.O. and Board eligible/Board Certified in Family Medicine
with completion of an Obstetrics fellowship required. Candidates
must meet Alabama medical licensure requirements and complete
licensure within the state prior to start date.Preferred
Qualifications
A 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.Instructions and Required Materials
for Application
Academic appointment and salary will be commensurate with
experience contact Catherine Lavender, MD, Associate Professor,
Family Medicine at calavender@ua.edu. Applications will be accepted
until the position is filled. The application, attach a letter of
interest, a CV, and three references with whom you have
worked.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.About the University
The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, named
one of Travel + Leisure's 25 Best College Towns and Cities in the
U.S. As one of the nation's premier universities, UA offers
bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in nearly 200 fields of
study. With more than 1,400 acres of tree-lined academic core
campus and over 300 state-of-the art facilities, UA has been ranked
among the most beautiful and most impressive college campuses in
the South, in the state of Alabama and in the nation.
In Fall 2023, the Capstone set a new enrollment record with more
than 39,000 students, including more than 8,200 in the freshman
class. The current enrollment includes students from every county
in Alabama, every state in the nation and 92 countries around the
world. More than 1,100 National Merit Scholars are currently
enrolled, making UA one of the largest enrolling institutions of
the scholars in the country.
UA was recently recognized as a Top Producing Institution of
Fulbright U.S. students for the seventh time in nine years, as well
as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the
first time. UA is one of only 12 universities in the nation to
receive both honors.
For reasons like this, the University made Forbes list of America's
Top Colleges for 2023 and Time magazine's list of Top 50 Best
Colleges for Future Leaders. It also made Princeton Review's list
of Top Value Colleges.
UA is also designated among the top doctoral research universities
in the United States in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions
of Higher Education. One of the fastest growing major research
institutions in the nation, UA saw a 21% increase in sponsored
awards in the 2023 fiscal year.
Since 2015, UA has invested over $1.1 billion in the physical
campus, adding more than 2.55 million gross square feet of space,
over 150 new research-intensive faculty, signature research areas
(e.g., "The Alabama Research Institutes"), and a growing number of
partnerships with industry and with state and federal agencies.
The University employs nearly 2,100 faculty and over 4,500 staff,
with 52 UA researchers included in the National Academy of
Inventors. An additional 40 current faculty have received the NSF
CAREER Award, the nation's most prestigious recognition of top
performing young scientists in disciplines ranging from nanoscience
and engineering to biological sciences.Background Investigation and
EEO Statement
Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a
pre-employment background investigation and information obtained
from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction
reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT
automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this
position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative
behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the
prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring
decision is made.
The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational
Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, disability
or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against
because of their protected status. Applicants to and employees of
this institution are protected under Federal law from
discrimination on several bases. Follow the link below to find out
more. "EEO is the Law"
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf
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Keywords: University of Alabama, Birmingham , CCHS , Education / Teaching , Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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