Osteopathic Principles and Practices Faculty Position at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia

Job Description:

Position Title:

Osteopathic Principles and Practices Faculty Position

Unit/Division:

Academic Affairs

Scheduled Hours Per Week:

37.5

FLSA Status:

Exempt

Job Description Summary:

 

The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) is seeking a physician to fill a full-time tenure track position in the Department of Osteopathic Principles and Practices (OPP).

WVSOM offers an excellent benefits package including educational loan repayment, fully paid malpractice insurance and relocation expenses. Salary and faculty rank will be based on experience and training. We have ultra-modern lecture and laboratory facilities, and our ambulatory clinic is a state-of-the-art facility serving communities in the greater Greenbrier Valley.

Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Leslie Bicksler, MSW, Vice President of Human Resources at lbicksler@osteo.wvsom.edu or (304) 647-6279 for more information. Applicants can also apply online by completing this application.

The search committee will begin its review of applications upon receipt and the search will remain open until the position is filled. Final candidates are subject to employment and credential verification, reference and background checks. Applications are considered confidential, and references will not be contacted without notification to the applicant.

 

Minimum Education:

Doctorate

Required Licenses/Certification:

 

Successful candidates must have a D.O. degree from an accredited college/school of osteopathic medicine and be residency-trained and board-certified or board-eligible by the American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine, (ONMM or CSP-OMM). Teaching and clinical experience preferred. The successful candidate must be eligible for licensure in West Virginia.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

 

The primary job of this faculty position is to provide education in osteopathic principles and practices and assist in providing OPP integration to all phases of the WVSOM predoctoral and postdoctoral curriculum. Duties include participation in the curricular duties of the OPP faculty in training/teaching all four years of osteopathic medical students. Academic responsibilities may include preparing and delivering lectures, instruction in OPP labs, development of test questions, and small-group activities. OMM clinical practice occurs at the Robert C. Byrd Clinic adjacent to the school campus and may include precepting OMM rotation students and ONMM resident clinic. Research or scholarly activity opportunities are available.

 

Open Until Filled:

Yes

Special Instructions:

 

WVSOM requires official transcripts of your highest degree earned and/or the degree in which qualifies you for the position. WVSOM requires these transcripts prior to an offer of employment, and we do recommend you send those to WVSOM once you have been selected for an interview. A transcript is official if it bears the authorizing signature and the official seal of the issuing institution and is sent directly by the school or college to the Office of Human Resources. Should your college or university provide this information electronically, we would ask that you submit that to Tiffany Burns at tburns@osteo.wvsom.edu

 

Quick Link to Posting:

https://careers.wvsom.edu/postings/2914

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