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Assistant Professor - Community and Population Health

Position Number: 6374853
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Position Type: Medicine

Assistant Professor - Community and Population Health
Memphis, TN, United States

Job Identification: 3850
Job Category: Faculty
Posting Date: 07/10/2025
Job Schedule: Full Time
Locations: 848 Adams Street, Memphis, TN, 38103, US

Job Description
Responsibilities for this role include 95% clinical practice assignment functioning as an Advanced Practice Provider within Cardiac Critical Care Complex, including patients in the Cardiac Intensive Care/Cardiac Care Units. The incumbent will act as a change agent for patients by incorporating the role of clinical expert, role model, consultant, educator, practitioner, researcher, and nurse leader; provide clinical expertise to patients/families by providing direct/indirect patient care; collaborate with the healthcare team in assessing, designing, implementing, and evaluating population-based programs of patient care to enhance high quality and cost effective patient outcomes. The position also includes a faculty appointment at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing with ample opportunity for academic growth and the opportunity to progress to a terminal nursing degree with options for PhD/DNP tracks. This is a full-time non-tenure track position.

Responsibilities

Assesses, diagnoses, and treats patients in the assigned division according to approved protocol and acceptable standards.
Performs necessary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures according to written, approved protocols developed with and under the supervision of the Collaborating Physician. Participates in the design and revision of protocols.
Collaborates with Medical Physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, and ancillary personnel as appropriate to promote quality care for patients. Makes referrals as appropriate.
Recognizes and reacts appropriately to environmental safety factors related to patient care.
Develops strong partnerships with patients, family members, fellow physicians/nurses, and support staff. Focuses on high patient and family satisfaction and retention.

In addition, 5% educational responsibilities in the College of Nursing will be determined in collaboration with Department Chair and Director of Advanced Practice

Qualifications
EDUCATION: Master's Degree or higher in a nursing specialty from an accredited university required.

EXPERIENCE: Three (3) years of clinical practice experience at the RN level. (Experience in the role of an APRN preferred.)

LICENSES: Current DEA certification and must be certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support. Unencumbered licensure as a registered nurse (RN) and advanced practice nurse (APN) in Tennessee or eligibility to obtain licensure in Tennessee or eligibility to obtain licensure in Tennessee required. Current certification as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Acute Care.

Applicants should attach curriculum vitae to the application.

If you need additional information about this position, please contact:

Elizabeth Paton, Associate Professor and Director of Advanced Practice

Email: epaton@uthsc.edu or call 901-481-5155

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.

Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT's doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state's largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.

Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.

Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley's Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

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