Assistant Professor Non-Tenure Teaching Track

Recruitment/Posting Title Assistant Professor Non-Tenure Teaching Track

Department RWJ-Biochemistry&Molecular Biology

Salary Commensurate With Experience

Posting Summary 

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) seeks applications for a full-time, non-tenure track faculty position in medical education. The successful candidate will be capable of developing and delivering content for the pre-clerkship medical student curriculum with additional responsibility for oversight of interdisciplinary pre-clerkship courses. Experience teaching cellular or molecular biology and/or physiology is required. Educators with experience in programmatic assessment as well as instructional modalities that incorporate interactive learning, team-based, problem-based, or case-based learning preferred. Ability to work with clinician educators and educators trained as basic scientists to develop interdisciplinary curriculum content is essential. Educators hired on the teaching-track are expected to earn outstanding teaching evaluations, engage with education leaders at other medical schools, and develop disseminated scholarship related to education to secure future promotion. Candidates must have a doctoral degree (MD or PhD). This appointment will be made at an academic rank commensurate with experience. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide oversight of course content; recruit faculty to teach individual lectures, facilitate small group exercises, and supervise laboratory-based activities; prepare formative and summative assessments; advise and counsel students; coordinate course content and scheduling with other curriculum leaders; work with leadership and administrative staff in the Office of Education and the Cognitive Skills Program; teach a portion of the course content; ensure that curricular objectives are met and maintain course materials on the learning management platform.
• In coordination with other pre-clerkship course directors, participate in the direction of existing and new courses in the medical curriculum as they evolve.
• Work with clinician educators and educators trained as basic scientists to develop interdisciplinary curriculum content.
• Conduct scholarly work in the field of education, with the goal of disseminating teaching methods and materials, develop educational materials that bring recognition to the individual, department, and institution, and participate in national organizations devoted to medical education.
• Support the educational goals and activities of Rutgers University through teaching and service.

Required Documents to upload with your application:

(1) a letter of interest directed to the Faculty Search Committee (upload as Cover Letter)

(2) a curriculum vitae

(3) a summary of educational accomplishments

(4) a statement describing your approach to inclusive teaching and integrating diversity in pursuit of academic excellence

(5) full contact information for at least three references

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Position Status Full Time

Posting Number 24FA1277

Posting Open Date 11/26/2024

Posting Close Date 12/31/2024

Minimum Education and Experience 

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

Qualified candidates must have experience teaching cellular or molecular biology and/or physiology within a medical or health-professional school, and have evidence of excellence and productivity as a course director. Knowledge in one of these three areas and a willingness to learn and teach in others is required. Candidates must have a Doctoral degree (PhD, MD, MD/PhD or equivalent graduate degree).

Preferred Qualifications:

Educators with experience in programmatic assessment as well as instructional modalities that incorporate interactive learning, team-based learning (TBL), problem-based learning (PBL), or case-based learning (CBL) preferred.

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Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 

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Overview 

RBHS Overview: New Jersey’s premier academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes Robert Wood Johnson Medical Schools and seven other schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our elite and renowned faculty are teachers, health researchers and providers, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education and training in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. An important mission of RBHS is to promote the careers of faculty, staff, and learners. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped to transform lives.

School Overview: Founded in 1966 as Rutgers Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is located on the New Brunswick/Piscataway campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. As one of the nation’s leading comprehensive medical schools, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, research, health care delivery, and the promotion of community health. In cooperation with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the medical school’s principal affiliate, they comprise New Jersey’s premier academic medical center. In addition, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has 34 other hospital affiliates and ambulatory care sites throughout the region.

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School encompasses 20 basic science and clinical departments, and hosts centers and institutes including The Cardiovascular Institute, the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, the Institute for Neurological Therapeutics, and the Women’s Health Institute. The medical school maintains educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels for more than 1,500 students on its campuses in New Brunswick and Piscataway, and provides continuing education courses for healthcare professionals and community education programs.

RWJMS is part of a vibrant and interactive research community at Rutgers, an elite research institution, exceeding $929 million in annual research funding (FY2023). The Rutgers life and biomedical sciences community includes over 200 faculty members in different departments within Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, School of Engineering as well as within institutes including the New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health (IFNH), Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey (HGINJ), Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine, Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), Child Health Institute of New Jersey (CHI), Rutgers Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, the Brain Health Institute, , and the NIH-funded Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science leading the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS), with Princeton University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Statement 

It is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment. For additional information please see the Non-Discrimination Statement at the following web address: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/non-discrimination-statement

Special Instructions to ApplicantsRequired Documents to upload with your application:

1. Resume/CV

2. Cover Letter/Letter of Application

3. Summary of Educational Accomplishments (upload as Personal Statement)

4. Statement describing your approach to inclusive teaching and integrating diversity in pursuit of academic excellence (upload as Teaching Philosophy)

5. List of Professional References (contact information for three individuals) 

Quick Link to Postinghttps://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240639

Campus Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)

Home Location Campus Piscataway (RBHS)

City Piscataway

State NJ

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