Clinical, Academic or Hybrid full-time Emergency Medicine positions available

This is an exciting time to be a part of UAB, we are expanding again … the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine has experienced rapid growth and will be moving into a new Emergency Department this year. Additional physicians are needed for the State’s only ACS Level 1 Trauma Center and the nation’s first accredited ACEP Level 1 facility.

Diverse clinical and academic opportunities go beyond traditional emergency care:

• Geriatric Emergency Program specifically designed to meet the needs of older patients
• Events Medicine provides coverage for all major events in the area including concerts, football, baseball, racing, etc.
• 30-bed Observation Unit
• Comprehensive Snakebite Program (first in the nation)
• Global health initiatives supporting BLS, EM skills, ultrasound training in Kenya, Nigeria, the Dominican Republic, and Cameroon
• Expanding hyperbaric wound care program
• Critical Care Transport utilizing avenues by air and ground
• Point-of-care ultrasound using Butterfly technology

We take pride in INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE with the motto of “train well, treat well”. Our educational programs offer challenging, hands-on patient care experience across three distinct emergency departments—UAB Hospital, UAB Highlands, and community facilities. Faculty have opportunities to develop expertise in joint specialties including emergency medicine-sports medicine, emergency medicine-geriatrics, and emergency medicine-toxicology. Fellowship training in these and related areas is highly valued.

UAB Medicine is the nation's third-largest public academic medical center, with more than 1,900 beds and over 18,000 employees. Our recent acquisition of Ascension St. Vincent's Health System includes an additional 409 beds, and extensive outpatient facilities throughout Alabama. UAB is internationally renowned for its intensely collaborative culture that has, for more than five decades, produced breakthroughs in education, health care, research and service. We take pride in INVESTING IN OUR PEOPLE. Our educational programs offer challenging, hands-on patient care. Fellowship training is highly valued.

Birmingham, located in the heart of the Southeast, is within a short drive of Atlanta, Nashville, Chattanooga, New Orleans, Memphis, and Gulf Coast beaches. Surrounded by beautiful suburbs, the city has earned recognition as an "All American City". The area is a great place to live and work, as well as a top entrepreneurial and job growth hotspot. The combination of pleasant weather, diverse culture, abundant activities, and family-friendly lifestyle makes Birmingham an exceptional place to live, raise a family, and practice medicine. ALL WE ARE MISSING IS YOU.

A qualified candidate can expect a competitive compensation package that is not typically found in a traditional academic setting that considers the many factors of individual candidates.  The benefits offered complement the overall final package with outstanding perks.

UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance.  It is an exciting time to be at UAB and it is a unique opportunity to put your skill set to work on behalf of the UAB.

Evaluation of applications will occur as they are received and will continue until all available positions are filled.