Job Description
This competition is open to all applicants; however, internal applicants will be given priority consideration based on minimum qualifications, or a combination of experience, skills, and abilities before external applicants are considered.
Location - This role is hybrid with a mix of remote and in-person. Work primarily takes place at North Campus, Edmonton.
The Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Alberta, in partnership with Alberta Health Services, Edmonton Zone, is inviting applications for an academic/tenured track Academic Medicine and Health Service Program (AMHSP) position for a full-time Intensivist at the Assistant Professor level. Candidates will strategically fulfill the Department's evolving clinical and research priorities in neurosciences and neurocritical care.
The Department of Critical Care Medicine, within the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, is a growing research and education-focused Department, currently consisting of 11 Full-Time and 6 Special-Continuing Academic Faculty and over 70 Clinical Faculty across four teaching hospitals.
The Department has a fully accredited Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada residency program and a well-developed subspecialty fellowship program. The Department also offers clinical experience to medical students and residents from other training programs during their elective critical care rotations. Research groups in the Department spans a wide spectrum from basic science and translational work through health services research and clinical trials across all aspects of the practice of critical care medicine.
Responsibilities
The position will afford protected time for leadership, education and research. The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to education and education scholarship in neurocritical care. The successful applicant will be expected to mentor, supervise and sponsor multi-level learners, including medical students, residents and fellows. In addition, the successful applicant will collaborate with the Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, with a primary clinical focus in stroke neurology.
Qualifications
The successful candidate be certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada with an MD, FRCPC, possess a specialist certificate or equivalent in Critical Care Medicine, and be eligible for licensure with a specialist designation in critical care medicine with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA). The successful candidate will further have demonstrated a proven track record in education across multi-level learners, demonstrated by curriculum development and learner supervision.
Application Instructions
Interested applicants are invited to apply online by submitting a cover letter, their curriculum vitae, a teaching statement, and the names and contact information of three referees, one of whom must be the current supervisor or the most recent supervisor (kindly submit all documents as one single PDF). The cover letter should outline the applicant's vision for a tenured track AMHSP position in the key pillars of clinical service, education, administration/leadership, and, if desired, research.
Remuneration for this position will be commensurate with qualifications and experience and based on the income scale of the six-step Academic Medicine and Health Services Program (AMHSP).
The successful candidate will be offered a tenured or tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, which is in accordance with Schedule A of the Collective Agreement between the Board of Governors of the University of Alberta and the Association of the Academic Staff of the University of Alberta.
About the Team
The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry is one of the world's top academic health science centres. With 21 departments, multiple research institutes and centres, and a focus on excellence in education, research, and clinical care, the faculty trains outstanding medical and dental professionals and drives global health innovation in collaboration with partners across sectors.
