School of Health Professions--Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences

School of Health Professions-Open Rank-Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is seeking applications for a twelve-month, open rank, open tenure faculty position in the Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) Program, housed within the Department of Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences (CDS) in the School of Health Professions (SHP).

This full-time faculty position focuses primarily on teaching, with required contributions to scholarship and service consistent with departmental, school and university expectations.

The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching didactic and laboratory courses in the areas of Clinical Chemistry and Instrumentation/Automation at both the bachelor’s (BS) and master’s (MS) levels.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Contributing to program curriculum development and accreditation activities.
• Advising and mentoring students.
• Engaging in scholarly activities appropriate to a tenure-earning faculty role.
• Participating in departmental, school, and university service.
• Teaching other program or departmental courses as needed.

• Master’s degree required; doctoral degree strongly preferred.
• National certification as a Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) or Board Certification in Clinical Pathology.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

• Doctorate preferred.
• Prior teaching experience in an accredited Medical Laboratory Science program.
• Experience teaching or practicing within Clinical Chemistry and/or laboratory instrumentation.
• Evidence of scholarly engagement or interest in research.

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.

The Title IX notice of nondiscrimination is located /titleix.