Salary and compensation is commensurate with education, experience, and achievements. The salary is subject to availability of funds.
Comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, 13 paid holidays, vacation leave, sick leave, generous retirement plans, tuition waiver, wellness options, and much more!
Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program.
Rank and salary are determined at the time of hire and are based on a variety of factors including but not limited to experience, education, credentials, specialty, training, etc. while also considering internal equity and market data.
Advancement through the faculty ranks at Augusta University is only through the annual Promotion and Tenure process in which faculty may apply if eligible (typically five-year increments). For more information on ranks, please review the Augusta University Promotion and Tenure Website:
https://www.augusta.edu/faculty-affairs/promotionandtenure.php
Required Education:
Doctorate
Additional Information:
Employer will assist with relocation costs.
Internal Number: Job Opening 280263
Job Opening: 280263
Position #: 40084210
The Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia is actively seeking a board certified/board eligible full-time Clinical Geneticist to join a growing program. Academic rank will be commensurate with experience. Devotion to excellence in clinical care, teaching, and clinical, translational, or basic research will promote the professional goals of the faculty member and needs of patients. Clinical responsibilities will be shared with another pediatric geneticist, and the faculty member will work with genetic counselors and genetics assistants. Clinical supervision and education of pediatric residents, medical students, genetic counseling graduate students who rotate from programs in Georgia and South Carolina, and ancillary staff is included in faculty responsibilities, as well as didactic teaching of medical students at the Medical College of Georgia. Academic rank will be commensurate with experience.
Comprehensive services are provided in the 154 bed Children’s Hospital of Georgia with the region’s only Level IV NICU. We have a comprehensive group of pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists serving children and families from across Georgia, and we are a key subspecialty referral center for the southeast. The Children’s Hospital of Georgia is part of the Augusta University Health System which includes a 478-bed medical center, a Medical Office Building with more than 80 outpatient practice sites in one convenient setting, and a Critical Care Center housing a 13-county regional trauma center.
Augusta University is Georgia’s health/sciences/medical college. Home to the Medical College of Georgia, the nation’s eighth-largest and 13th oldest medical school, the university’s Health Sciences Campus is at the forefront of health care innovation. Located in beautiful downtown Augusta and housing the state’s largest College of Nursing, the comprehensive College of Allied Health Sciences, The Graduate School and the state’s only dental school, The Dental College of Georgia, the Health Sciences Campus is also home to the state’s only public academic medical center.
Augusta University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer welcoming applicants from underrepresented groups, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.
MD, DO or equivalent from an appropriately accredited institution. Must have or be able to obtain a state of Georgia medical license, be CPR certified, and a federal DEA.
Required faculty employment qualifications for all USG institutions and all academic ranks within these institutions shall be:
- Consistent with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)'s requirements for institutional accreditation;
- Evidence of ability as a teacher;
- Evidence of activity as a scholar and ability in all other duties assigned;
- Successful experience (which will necessarily be waived for those just entering the academic profession who meet all other requirements); and,
- Desirable personal qualities judged on the basis of personal interview, complete biographical data, and recommendations.
Comprehensive services are provided in the 154 bed Children’s Hospital of
Georgia with the region’s only Level IV NICU. We have a comprehensive
group of pediatric medical and surgical subspecialists serving children and
families from across Georgia, and we are a key subspecialty referral center for
the southeast. The Children’s Hospital of Georgia is part of the Augusta
University Health System which includes a 478-bed medical center, a Medical
Office Building with more than 80 outpatient practice sites in one convenient
setting, and a Critical Care Center housing a 13-county regional trauma center.
Augusta University is Georgia’s health/sciences/medical college. Home to the
Medical College of Georgia, the nation’s eighth-largest and 13th oldest medical
school, the university’s Health Sciences Campus is at the forefront of health
care innovation. Located in beautiful downtown Augusta and housing the
state’s largest College of Nursing, the comprehensive College of Allied Health
Sciences, The Graduate School and the state’s only dental school, The Dental
College of Georgia, the Health Sciences Campus is also home to the state’s
only public academic medical center.
