Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Virginia in Charlottesville seeks an Emergency Medicine physician to join the UVA Health system as a faculty member. The role emphasizes clinical care in the emergency department, resident and student teaching, and clinical research with opportunities for leadership in scholarly activities.

Salary, rank, and tenure are commensurate with education and experience. A completed pre-employment health screen is required and background checks will be performed.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree required.
• Residency training in Emergency Medicine completed.
• Board eligibility or certification in Emergency Medicine preferred.

Responsibilities

• Clinical activities as attending physician in UVA emergency department.
• Teaching responsibilities for medical students and residents.
• Engage in research, scholarly publications, and grant activities.
• Provide university service and participate in committees.

Skills

Clinical care

Teaching

Research

Leadership

Education

MD or DO degree

Job description

About the Department of Emergency Medicine

The UVA Department of Emergency Medicine is a nationally recognized leader in clinical care, education, and research. The department’s faculty care for more than 75,000 patients annually across UVA Health’s academic emergency department and regional sites.

Educational excellence is a core mission, with a robust residency program, fellowships in EMS, medical toxicology, ultrasound, and global health, and active student programs. Faculty are nationally recognized for innovation in AI-augmented learning, simulation-based education, physician well-being initiatives, and operational research.

The department has strong institutional support for educational innovation, with collaborative ties to the School of Medicine Office of Educational Affairs, UVA’s Link Lab for data science and engineering, and the Center for Advanced Medical Analytics.

Research is a rapidly growing pillar of the Department’s mission under the leadership of the Vice Chair for Research and Innovation, with a distinctive emphasis on digital health, artificial intelligence, data science, clinical informatics, and robotics. Departmental faculty develop and deploy clinical AI and prediction tools on real-time health system data, build health data infrastructure, and study the sociotechnical and ethical dimensions of technology in acute care, in close collaboration with UVA’s School of Data Science, School of Engineering, and Link Lab. Departmental research infrastructure includes a weekly research incubator series, an internal pilot grant program for junior faculty and trainees, embedded data science support, and strong ties to UVA’s emerging enterprise research data platform. Prehospital research is a strategic priority for the Department, and this position offers the opportunity to help build it with dedicated mentorship and support.

About UVA Health and Charlottesville

UVA Health is the flagship academic health system for the Commonwealth of Virginia and is consistently ranked among the nation’s best. The University of Virginia is a top-public university with a strong culture of interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation, and service.

Charlottesville offers an outstanding quality of life, combining the vibrant intellectual and cultural environment of a university town with the natural beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains. For more information about UVA and the Charlottesville community please see http://www.virginia.edu/life/charlottesville and https://embarkcva.com/.

Job Summary

• 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.

Salary, rank, and tenure are commensurate with education and experience. For more information on the benefits available to faculty at UVA, visit https://faculty.med.virginia.edu/facultyaffairs/ and hr.virginia.edu/benefits.

This position will remain open till filled. The University will perform background checks on all new hires before employment.

A completed pre-employment health screen is required for this position before employment.

Qualifications

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 significant potential for leadership and collaboration to promote the continued growth of the emergency medicine program. These opportunities are for the Emergency Medicine physician with an interest in a balanced career of research, clinical care, service, and teaching, with time allocated by the Department to support scholarly pursuits.

Required Qualifications

• MD or DO degree.
• Completion of residency training in Emergency Medicine.
• Board eligibility or certification in Emergency Medicine.

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional fellowship training and/or board certifications.
• Continued record of academic accomplishment.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.

The University of Virginia offers confidential Dual Career Services to partners of incoming faculty candidates. To learn more, please visit dualcareer.virginia.edu