Heersink School of Medicine-Open Rank-Pediatrics -Hospital Medicine

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is seeking an outstanding academic pediatric hospitalist to join the Divisions of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and Academic General Pediatrics, within the Department of Pediatrics. This faculty position will drive the Division and Department’s strategic goal to provide excellent clinical care and medical education.

The divisions of Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) and Academic Pediatrics (AGP) are comprised of an outstanding group of academic faculty and staff who are recognized as local and national leaders in education, quality improvement, advocacy, informatics, and health systems research. Members within the division are established leaders within the Department and Children’s of Alabama, with roles including leadership of the Pediatrics Clerkship and the Residency Programs, medical directorships of clinical units, and chairs of institutional committees. This role will include clinical effort on the pediatric hospital medicine service at Children’s of Alabama as well as on the newborn hospital medicine service at University of Alabama at Birmingham hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Both services are responsible for clinical teaching of students and residents.

The successful candidate will have excellent clinical and teaching skills, as well as interest in scholarship. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are necessary, and a record of interdisciplinary collaboration is desirable. Candidates should possess a Doctoral degree (MD, DO, and/or MD/PhD), be licensed or eligible for license in the state of Alabama, and be board certified or board eligible in pediatric hospital medicine and general pediatrics. Salary, rank and tenure to be based on experience and current academic achievements.

The UAB Department of Pediatrics has nationally recognized expertise and firmly established multidisciplinary programs. This position will provide opportunities for growth of divisional programs as well as opportunities for collaboration with other distinguished programs within UAB.

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