Heersink School of Medicine-Open Rank-Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Portal•Birmingham, AL

About The Position

The Department of Pediatrics and Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are seeking multiple board-certified or board-eligible Pediatric Emergency Medicine physicians to join the division. Families from Alabama and surrounding states seek care at Children’s of Alabama, the state’s only freestanding children’s hospital. In 2025, its Emergency Department cared for approximately 74,000 patients. The department’s facility, opened in 2012, includes 48 medical beds, four resuscitation beds, and a dedicated 16-bed behavioral health section. The division has a fellowship program that has been active for more than 35 years and currently trains three fellows per year. Faculty are encouraged and supported in education, advocacy, quality improvement, and/or research. Scholarly activity is expected and broadly defined. The department seeks excellent clinicians and energetic, team-oriented faculty passionate about educating trainees, developing programs, and contributing to the academic environment. A clinical promotion pathway is available, as is a nocturnist shift differential for interested faculty. Academic rank and salary are commensurate with experience, achievement, and qualifications. Compensation includes a guaranteed salary and a productivity-based incentive plan. Children’s of Alabama is a private, not-for-profit medical center and the primary site for UAB’s pediatric medicine, surgery, research, and residency programs. The long-standing partnership between UAB and Children’s provides pediatric care and supports Birmingham’s nationally recognized pediatric medicine community. UAB is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives, collaboration, and innovation, and promotes fairness, equity, and opportunity.

Requirements

Board-certified or board-eligible in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
Excellent clinical skills.
Team-oriented approach.
Passion for educating trainees, developing programs, and contributing to the academic environment.

Nice To Haves

Interest in working nocturnist shifts, for which a shift differential is available.
Interest in education, advocacy, quality improvement, and/or research.

Responsibilities

Provide pediatric emergency medicine clinical care.
Educate trainees.
Develop programs.
Contribute to the academic environment.
Engage in scholarly activity, broadly defined, with potential focus areas including education, advocacy, quality improvement, and/or research.