Organization

University of Virginia Department of Pediatrics

Location

Charlottesville, Virginia

Date Posted

August 10, 2023

We are looking to fill three positions in our outpatient, primary care pediatric practices.  One is a resident teaching clinic and one is off grounds.  Come and join our team and live in beautiful Charlottesville, Virginia!

The Department of Pediatrics Division of General Pediatrics, at the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, seeks candidates for a non-tenure eligible clinical faculty position at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level, to join their growing team.  These positions are ideal for highly motivated candidates with a strong interest in advancing his/her career through excellence in clinical practice, teaching, quality improvement, and advocacy.  Rank and compensation are dependent upon qualifications.

The position requires excellent clinical and teaching skills and experience necessary to precept residents and medical students.

The Division of General Pediatrics is currently comprised of 38 full and part-time pediatricians. The Division has outstanding collaborative working relationships with other pediatric subspecialists, our surgical colleagues and our colleagues in adult medicine.

The University of Virginia Health is composed of the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, University Physicians Group and the Medical Center. The Medical Center is a 735-bed, level 1 trauma center that serves as the primary, specialty and sub-specialty hospital for central Virginia. The University of Virginia consists of 13 schools in Charlottesville, plus College at Wise in rural Southwest Virginia.  The University of Virginia is in Charlottesville, a cultured, cosmopolitan community with a charming, small-town feel. Located in a beautiful setting surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains, the region is home to several historical places of interest.

UVA Health Children’s is ranked as the number 1 children’s hospital in Virginia by US News and World Report and is nationally ranked in five subspecialty areas.  The University of Virginia is annually ranked as one of the premier public institutions in the United States and is located in Charlottesville, a picturesque small but cosmopolitan city perennially ranked as one of the best places to live in the U.S.

Required Qualifications: Applicants must be board certified/eligible in pediatrics and have an M.D. degree or equivalent.

Priority candidate review will begin Summer of 2023 but the position will remain open until filled.

To Apply:

Process for External Applicants: Please visit and apply for any/all:

Note, one Northridge position could start anytime, one available for July 2024 start.

Complete an application online with the following documents:
•    Cover letter
•    CV/resume
•    Statement addressing efforts and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and/or community outreach.
•    Professional reference list
Upload all materials into the resume submission field, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission.  Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration.

Physical Demands: This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

The successful candidate will pass a criminal background check and pre-employment health and drug screenings.

This position may be eligible to convert to tenure-track at an appropriate time in the future, consistent with SOM Promotion and Tenure guidelines and candidate qualifications.

For additional information about the position, please contact Dr. Ann Kellams at ALK9C@uvahealth.org. For questions about the application process, please contact Christi Maguire, at clm8sd@virginia.edu

UVA assists faculty spouses and partners seeking employment in the Charlottesville area.  To learn more please visit https://dualcareer.virginia.edu/.

For more information about UVA and the Charlottesville community please see http://www.virginia.edu/life/charlottesville and https://embarkcva.com/.
For more information on the benefits available to faculty at UVA, visit  https://faculty.med.virginia.edu/facultyaffairs/ and hr.virginia.edu/benefits.
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Responsibilities

 

Attending physician in academic, pediatric primary care ambulatory clinic.

 

Qualifications

 

see description above

 

Application Process

 

Process for External Applicants: Please visit and apply for any/all:

Note, one Northridge position could start anytime, one available for July 2024 start.

Complete an application online with the following documents:
•    Cover letter
•    CV/resume
•    Statement addressing efforts and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and/or community outreach.
•    Professional reference list
Upload all materials into the resume submission field, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission.  Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration.

Physical Demands: This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

The successful candidate will pass a criminal background check and pre-employment health and drug screenings.

This position may be eligible to convert to tenure-track at an appropriate time in the future, consistent with SOM Promotion and Tenure guidelines and candidate qualifications.

For additional information about the position, please contact Dr. Ann Kellams at ALK9C@uvahealth.org. For questions about the application process, please contact Christi Maguire, at clm8sd@virginia.edu


About the Organization

 

see above

 

Contact Name

Ann Kellams, MD, IBCLC

Contact Phone

434-924-5899

Contact Email

alk9c@virginia.edu

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