Open Rank (Clinical Instructor or Clinical Assistant Professor)

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.

OUR VISION

Our vision is to be the nation's leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We will prepare tomorrow's health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.

Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

Clinical Instructor or Clinical Assistant Professor faculty appointment in the Department of Health Sciences, Division of Physical Therapy. This position is a 12-month fixed term appointment and eligible for annual renewal.

The faculty member will practice as a physical therapist in our University Physical Therapy (UPT) outpatient faculty practice managing patients with musculoskeletal disorders in outpatient setting. This position will also serve as a clinical instructor/preceptor for DPT students and residents within the orthopedic residency program. The position is 80-100% clinical service including direct patient care and clinical teaching. There are opportunities for academic teaching in musculoskeletal content areas for qualified candidates.

Applicants must have a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. Applicants must also hold an active unrestricted PT license in a state in the USA and be eligible for physical therapy licensure in North Carolina.

A minimum of 1 year of full-time post-licensure clinical experience is preferred. Completion of a physical therapy residency, ABPTS certification, or plans to complete in near future are preferred. Experience or interest in serving as a clinical preceptor is preferred. Any experience in academic teaching would be advantageous/favored/desired.

Not Applicable.