Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.

At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Associate Professor will participate in the planning, implementation, and delivery of the Phase 1 curriculum at the SOM. The Associate Professor, Medical Sciences will be expected to engage with and provide guidance for students, serve in various committee roles, and actively pursue independent scholarship and/or research, as appropriate.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Associate Professor, Medical Sciences at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Participate in the School of Medicine's medical education program, which features an integrated 3+1 curriculum that allows students to develop an individualized 4th year program following a 3-year core curriculum. The curriculum emphasizes lifelong learning by students and the use of active learning pedagogy by faculty.

• Provide service to the School of Medicine and professional committees/communities.

• Be actively involved in curriculum improvement.

• Advise students.

• Assist in LCME, MSCHE, OSHE, NJ-BME, and DOE accreditation activities.

• Engage in research and scholarship to advance medical education and scientific knowledge.

• Perform other faculty duties and assume academic roles commensurate with rank and experience.

• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.

• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Terminal degree (Ph.D., M.D., D.O.) with specialization in a basic science field.

• Expertise in one of the following Pharmacology, Physiology, Pathology, Immunology/Microbiology, Anatomy/Neuroanatomy.

• Evidence of excellence in teaching in an undergraduate medical education and/or other health science settings.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Experience in team-based, problem-based, and case-based learning with students in both large and small class settings.

• Demonstrated scholarship (e.g., publications, patents, extramural grant-funding, reaearch, etc.) in a relevant professional field.

• Demondstrated ability to effectively employ active learning pedagogies.

• Demonstrated experience and ability in developing integrated medical science course materials for undergraduate medical students in both preclinical and clinical phases.

• Skills necessary to contribute to the continued development of a department of medical sciences at an emergent allopathic medical school.

• Experience in LCME accreditation activities and development of new medical schools.

Job ID 2024-147539

Department Off of Research & Grad Studies

Site HM School of Medicine

Job Location US-NJ-Nutley

Position Type Full Time with Benefits

Standard Hours Per Week 36

Shift Day

Shift Hours Day Shift, varies

Weekend Work No Weekends Required

On Call Work No On-Call Required

Holiday Work No Holidays Required