Description

Job Description

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham ( UAB ) is offering full-time faculty position for an academically-oriented BC/BE child and adolescent psychiatrist in the Division of Child/Adolescent Psychiatry. This position would be non-tenure, rank and salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. This position provides an excellent opportunity for a clinician teacher who enjoys collaborative work and enjoys interdisciplinary training of residents, fellows, medical students and other professionals. Primary responsibilities include clinical services in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and participation in the teaching and supervision of child and adolescent psychiatry residents, general psychiatry residents, and medical students.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham ( UAB ) is a research university and academic health center that discovers, teaches, and applies knowledge for the intellectual, cultural, social, and economic benefit of Birmingham, the state, and beyond. UAB is internationally renowned for its intensely collaborative culture that has - for more than five decades - produced breakthroughs in education, health care, research, and service. UAB was ranked #1 in the United States for 2018 and 2019 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Young University Rankings. In 2021, Forbes named UAB as America's No. 1 Best Large Employer, topping a list of more than 500 public and private corporations, hospitals, universities, Fortune 500 companies and more, across dozens of industries.

UAB Medicine is the third largest public academic medical center in the country, with more than 1,900 beds and almost 18,000 employees. We are the only Level 1 Trauma Center in the state of Alabama. UAB Hospital is the centerpiece of the UAB Health System and is the teaching hospital for the UAB School of Medicine. Situated among major research centers and clinics, UAB Hospital provides patients with a complete range of primary and specialty care services, as well as the most up-to-date treatments and innovations in health care. In addition to UAB Hospital, UAB Medicine includes The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital, UAB Callahan Eye Hospital, as well as several primary and specialty care clinics, a dozen member and affiliate hospitals within Alabama, more than 10 cancer associates in the Southeast, and the Viva Health HMO .

Required Qualifications

Board Certified/Board Eligible child and adolescent psychiatrist

Preferred Qualifications

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number
F2053P

Open Date
01/30/2023

Close Date

Open Until Filled
Yes

Nondiscrimination Statement

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, religion, 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.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Pre-employment Background Check

A pre-employment background check investigation is performed on candidates selected for employment.

Drug/Nicotine Screen (if applicable)

In addition, physican and other clinical faculty candidates who will be employed by the University of Alabama Health Service Foundation ( UAHSF ) or other UAB Medicine entities, must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen to be hired.

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