The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia seeks applicants for multiple tenure-eligible or tenure-ineligible positions to serve as an Assistant/Associate or Professor of Emergency Medicine. These individuals will work directly with Department leadership and the Chair on research productivity, academic instruction, service activities with a focus on the clinical programs. These positions will include protected time to support scholarly pursuits based on a prior sustained record of achievement. This position carries a faculty appointment in the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

The Department of Emergency Medicine is led by Andrew E. Muck, MD, MBA, and includes adult care, pediatric care, and active air and ground transport programs. There is an established emergency medicine residency program and fellowships in Medical Toxicology, EMS, Cardiovascular Emergencies, Ultrasound, Research, Administration, Global Health, and Education. The UVA Health System is a 700-bed tertiary care and Level 1 trauma center with an annual ED census of 75,000 located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Charlottesville, Virginia, a city that has been rated as one of the best places to live in the United States.

• Clinical Activities – Faculty serve as attending physicians within the UVA emergency department. Completion of residency training in emergency medicine and board-eligibility/certification will be required. Preference given to those applicants who have completed additional fellowship training and board certifications.

• Teaching - Teaching encompasses all activities that directly facilitate student learning, including the contact hours spent in the classroom, office hours, class preparation, grading, answering student email, student advising, evaluating and making available course materials, facilitating e-learning and related duties.

• Research - The research component normally includes scholarly publication, attending academic conferences and obtaining grants. More senior scholars often take leadership roles in scholarly associations and act as editors, board members and referees for grant-giving organizations, academic presses and scholarly journals.  External grant funding is encouraged and a support system exists to provide assistance in seeking and obtaining grant funding.

• Service - University service involves membership in departmental, college-level and university committees, attending departmental meetings, student recruitment and processing routine paperwork such as filling out reports, answering email, participating in surveys and voting in university elections.

• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

Qualified candidates must have an MD or DO and residency trained in Emergency Medicine.  Applicants with specific fellowship training and/or a continued record of academic accomplishment are encouraged to apply.

Successful applicants will demonstrate a commitment to advancing their academic career by joining a diverse and highly accomplished faculty.  The successful candidate will have a proven track record or a significant potential for leadership and collaboration to promote the continued growth of the emergency medicine program. These opportunities are for the EM Physician with an interest in a balanced career of research, clinical care, service and teaching with time allocated from the Department to support interest in scholarly pursuits.

Questions related to this opportunity should be directed to Daniel A. Griffith, DHA, MBA, Assistant Administrator for Operations, at dag8j@uvahealth.org.

We look forward to your application.

Salary, rank, and tenure are commensurate with education and experience.

This position will remain open till filled.  The University will perform background checks on all new hires prior to employment.  A completed pre-employment health screen is required for this position prior to employment.

To Apply:

Please apply through interfolio: apply.interfolio.com/136414.  Complete an application online with the following documents:

• CV
• Cover Letter – please include how you learned about this position and a statement of contributions or potential contributions to the UVA Health ASPIRE Values.
• Contact information for at least 3 references

Upload all materials into the submission fields, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field as a merged pdf file, if needed. Applications that do not contain all required documents may not receive full consideration. 

For questions about the application process, please contact Ashley Cochran, Senior Recruiter at alc6dk@virginia.edu.

UVA is located in beautiful Charlottesville with easy access to the Blue Ridge Mountains, the eastern shore and the nation's Capital. Charlottesville is one of the best places to live; outdoors, vibrant town with culture, music, restaurants, excellent schools, etc. Opportunities for excellent clinical, and laboratory-based research and teaching pursuits working within the collegial work environment are available.

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.