Assistant Professor

Academic Internal Medicine Position

Job Description

The Department of Internal Medicine and the Division of Ambulatory Internal Medicine at Meharry Medical College and Nashville General Hospital seeks a qualified Internist to join its faculty. This position includes a faculty appointment as an Assistant or Associate Professor in our Clinical Educator Track, with responsibilities related to demonstrating excellence in clinical medicine, teaching, and scholarly activity. Candidates should be focused on high quality patient care, interested in building a robust clinical practice, and have the flexibility to work in various clinical and hospital settings. Previous academic experience is preferred.

Job Duties:

• Clinical responsibilities will include General Medicine Clinic coverage at Nashville General Hospital.
• Maintain an outpatient Internal Medicine Clinic where responsibilities would include seeing outpatients at Nashville General Hospital and at outpatient clinics run by Meharry Medical College.
• Teaching & mentoring responsibilities will include formal and informal teaching activities for medical students, residents and fellows in the pre-clinical and clinical years.
• Service responsibilities will include serving in medical school and/or hospital committees as determined by the Department Chair and Chief of Medicine for the Department of Internal Medicine.
• Serves on department and institutional committees assigned by the Department Chair.
• Research

Required Skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctor of Medicine degree with a license to practice in Tennessee required.
• Successful completion of an ACGME approved Internal Medicine training program required.
• Current ABIM certification in Internal Medicine is required if more than 3 years from completion of Internal Medicine residency training.
• Three or more years of experience in teaching medical students / residents preferred.