Open Rank Lecturer Family and Community Medicine Physician Assistant Program

The Department
of Family and Community Medicine seeks a full-time faculty member for the
Physician Assistant (PA) Program. This
position would include instructional duties (course design, development,
teaching, evaluation, and planning), course coordination, test-writing and
grading and clinical responsibilities. PA
Program faculty are involved in all aspects of a student's PA education
journey, from admissions through didactic and clinical education. This person will serve as a problem-based
learning facilitator in various blocks as assigned, and also as a student
advisor. The new faculty member will
actively participate in the ongoing program self-assessment process and carry
out other duties as negotiated with and assigned by the Program Director (e.g.
Community Outreach Coordination and interprofessional education).

UNM PA
Program Mission
The mission of
the University of New Mexico Physician Assistant Program is to educate PA
students to become exemplary providers with a focus on primary care medicine
for the underserved and rural populations of New Mexico.

Department
of Family and Community Medicine Vision and Mission: Innovation, Partnership,
Education, Research
Our vision is
that the well-being and healthcare of individuals, families and communities in
New Mexico will be enhanced through our integration of and advocacy for the
principles of Public Health and Family and Community Medicine. It is our mission to be leaders in partnering
with communities to enhance the health and well-being of the people of New
Mexico through innovative education, research and service.

What We Are
Known For

• Passionate
  about supporting and defining diversity, equity and inclusion towards improving
  the health of all human beings
• Providing care
  to underserved and vulnerable populations
• Ranked #1 for
  US medical schools having the highest percentage of students entering family
  medicine (30.3% in 2016-2017)
• Consistently
  ranked within the top 10 in NIH research funding among Family Medicine
  departments nationally and currently ranks 6th
  
• #11 US News and
  World Report national ranking of top family medicine program (2023-2024)
  
• #2 US News and
  World Report for Most Graduates Practicing in Medically Underserved Areas
  (2023-2024)
  
• Approximately
  half of the Health Sciences Center leadership are family Physicians (most of
  whom are graduates of the UNM Family Medicine Residency Program)

Patient
Centered Care: in the clinical
area, the candidate will be engaged in a primary care, team-based model
exploring innovative methodology of health care delivery. We have a growing number of Family Medicine
clinics throughout Albuquerque in which faculty practice. These are all moving toward the Patient
Centered Medical Home Model and currently many of these clinics are rated the
top level, PCMH (level 3).

Innovative
Education

• We are
  nationally and internationally known for educational innovation, currently in
  the area of the integration of medicine and public health. Our faculty are major contributors to the
  education of medical students at UNM, and our residency program creates
  opportunities for rotations in both rural and underserved settings as well as
  UNM rotations.
• We have several
  Fellowships including Maternal Child Health, Sports Medicine and Addiction
  Medicine.
  
• We boast a
  large number of residents practicing in New Mexico including those not native
  to New Mexico
• We are home of
  the UNM Physician Assistant Program

About
Albuquerque, New Mexico: Albuquerque, NM
is a beautiful city with mountains to the east and a mesa to the west. It is ideal for outdoor activities and sports
all year-round including running, hiking, biking and skiing. Albuquerque is 1 hour from Santa Fe, NM and
2.5 hours from Taos, NM, both world famous for their art and culture. The State of New Mexico is multicultural and
diverse with 19 indigenous native pueblos, Navajo reservation and three Apache
tribal lands. We have excellent local
cuisine, breathtaking sunsets, multiple cultural and historic sites, lakes,
rivers, deserts and mountains.

Benefits: UNM offers a
comprehensive benefit package including paid professional liability insurance,
medical/dental/vision plan, retirement, annual and professional leave,
continuing education tuition and dependent tuition program, and a competitive
salary with incentive.

Salary and
lecturer rank commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Minimum
Qualifications:

• Current NCCPA
  certification
  
• Master's Degree
  
• Minimum four
  years clinical experience
  
• Eligible to
  obtain NM state PA license
• Must be
  eligible to work in the U.S.

Preferred
Qualifications:

• Clinical
  experience in primary care setting
  
• Experience
  teaching MD or PA students in preclinical didactic course(s)
  
• Experience
  teaching/precepting MD or PA students in the clinical setting
  
• Experience in
  writing programmatic reports
  
• A demonstrated
  commitment to cultivate an understanding of the rich and varied cultures of New
  Mexico and to the success of the university's mission to serve local and global
  communities.

Only applications submitted through
the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job
advertisement on a 3rd party site, please
visit UNMJobs to submit an application.

Please attach a Cover Letter and CV. For assistance with the application process, contact FCM-HR@salud.unm.edu.

The University of New Mexico is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.