Heersink School of Medicine-Open Rank-Director of Rural Medicine

School/College School of Medicine Title Heersink School of Medicine-Open Rank-Director of Rural Medicine-Huntsville Family Medicine Assignment Category Full-Time Rank Open Rank Tenure Status Non-Tenure Track Payroll Status Faculty 12 Job Description The Huntsville Regional Medical Campus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine seeks a Family Medicine physician to serve as a full-time, non-tenure earning, Assistant, Associate or Professor and as the Director of Rural Medicine.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of three (3) years of experience as a board-certified family medicine physician, ideally in a rural setting or with a practice caring for a rural population.

The position provides an extremely varied and exciting combination of duties including precepting and teaching of family medicine residents and medical students, recruiting and mentoring of rural students from Alabama, collaborating with regional rural family physicians as well as with the Rural Health Board of Alabama, advocating for rural medicine with Alabama legislators, and close interaction with colleagues in similar roles on the Tuscaloosa and Auburn campuses.

Building one's own faculty clinical practice is also encouraged.

As Director of Rural Medicine, the successful candidate will lead the Rural Medicine Program, a five-year program that includes a pre-matriculation year at Auburn University and four years of medical school at UAB with clinical training on the Huntsville Campus.

The ideal candidate will have a love for teaching and for serving as a role model of providing care for people of all backgrounds, especially the underserved.

UAB offers competitive salary commensurate with experience and excellent benefits.

The UAB Huntsville Campus continues to grow and currently provides the clinical training for 70 junior and senior medical students in addition to three residency programs in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine and Psychiatry.

The site has full-time faculty staffing busy clinics in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Psychiatry.

The selected candidate will report directly to the Regional Dean, Dr.

Roger Smalligan.

UAB offers competitive salary and excellent benefits.

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

Benefit information can be reviewed at Required Qualifications Must have MD/DO degree, be board certified/eligible in Family Medicine, and qualify for Alabama licensure.

Experience in primary and rural health.

Strong commitment to service and teaching with participation in research and scholarly activity.

Preferred Qualifications Posting Detail Information Posting Number F2655P Open Date 06/04/2025 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.

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Special Instructions to Applicants Pre-employment Background Check A pre-employment background check investigation is performed on candidates selected for employment.

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