CCHS - Assistant Professor/Associate Professor Psychiatry – Renewable Contract - 520888

<p><strong>Department/Organization</strong><br/><span>208181 - Psychiatry</span></p> <p><strong>Rank</strong><br/><span>Assistant/Associate Professor</span></p> <p><strong>Position Summary</strong><br/><span>The Department of 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 a fulltime, non-tenure earning, clinical track BC/BE Psychiatrist 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.</span></p> <p><strong>Detailed Position Information</strong><br/><span>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. In addition, our Family Medicine Residency Program and medical education programs are in continual growth and development. This growth generates multiple opportunities for moving into leadership roles depending on the experience and interest of the individual.</span></p> <p><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong><br/><span>M.D. or D.O. and Board eligible/Board Certified in Psychiatric Medicine required. Candidates must meet Alabama medical licensure requirements and complete licensure within the state prior to start date.</span></p> <p><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong><br/><span>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.</span></p> <p><strong>Instructions and Required Materials for Application</strong><br/><span>Cover letter and CV required</span></p> <p><strong>About the Division/College/School</strong><br/><span>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>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. <br/><br/>For more information about the College, visit <a href="http://cchs.ua.edu">http://cchs.ua.edu</a>.</span></p> <p><strong>About the University</strong><br/><span>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. <br/><br/>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