Job description
Type: Full-Time
Salary: The budgeted salary range for the position is $90,000 to $100,000.
Application Due: 09/22/2025
Category: Occupational Therapy
Clinical Assistant Professor & Academic Fieldwork Coordinator
Anywhere
- Share:
Anywhere
Type: Full-Time
Salary: The budgeted salary range for the position is $90,000 to $100,000.
Application Due: 09/22/2025
Category: Occupational Therapy
The Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is seeking a dynamic, clinically focused faculty member to join our interdisciplinary department as a full-time academic fieldwork coordinator (AFWC) and clinical faculty member. This is a 12-month, full-time appointment. The AFWC will contribute to all aspects of the fieldwork program including student preparation, collaboration with external fieldwork sites and personnel, and coordination fieldwork placements across the curriculum. This position also have teaching responsibilities, to be assigned based on expertise and knowledge of the content delivery methods. This AFWC will work closely with the current AFWC of record to deliver the fieldwork portion of our program as part of the established UIC fieldwork team.
The members of our department strive to be change agents who transform the health and quality of life of individuals and communities through our research, education, and service. We actively support synergies across these three areas to enable our faculty and students to “create tomorrow’s practice. ” This mission, our dynamic scholarly environment and our excellent infrastructure offer many opportunities for the clinically focused candidate to excel. Graduate teaching responsibilities are negotiated based on areas of expertise and include mentoring professional students (in both the entry-level and post-professional OTD programs). Involvement in research is encouraged among clinical faculty members and supported by the entire department; the nature of research responsibilities depends upon expertise and interest.
Our faculty is strong, innovative, and highly productive, and our department is well-regarded in the profession and the university. For more information about our areas of scholarship, teaching, and service, please visit our website.
About the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)The University of Illinois Chicago is Chicago’s largest university and its only public research institution, serving nearly 34,000 students across 16 academic colleges. With one of the nation’s largest colleges of medicine and other nationally ranked health sciences programs, including our occupational therapy programs, UIC is a leading educator of health professionals and a major provider of care to underserved communities.
UIC’s urban campus, located just west of Chicago’s Loop, offers rich opportunities for community engagement, research, and interprofessional collaboration. Its academic medical center, UI Health, includes a 462-bed hospital, Children’s Hospital, 26 outpatient clinics, and 14 federally qualified Mile Square Health Centers across Chicago. Close partnerships with UI Health and the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) foster innovative research, clinical education, and faculty practice initiatives in collaboration with health systems and community sites throughout the city.
Qualifications: Required:
Preferred:
Salary and benefits:
The budgeted salary range for the position is $90,000 to $100,000.
The University of Illinois Chicago offers a very competitive benefits portfolio. Click for a complete list of Employee Benefits, https://www.hr.uillinois.edu/benefits/
Please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the names of three professional references via the UIC Job Board https://uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/16493?c=uic
Applications received by September 22, 2025 will receive full consideration. For questions regarding this position, please contact Phanethia Joe, Associate Director of Business Operations, and Human Resources Representative in the Department of Occupational Therapy, at [email protected].
Offers of employment by the University of Illinois may be subject to approval by the University’s Board of Trustees and are made contingent upon the candidate’s successful completion of any criminal background checks and other pre-employment assessments that may be required for the position being offered. Additional information regarding such pre- employment checks and assessments may be provided as applicable during the hiring process.
The University of Illinois System requires candidates selected for hire to disclose any documented finding of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment and to authorize inquiries to current and former employers regarding findings of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. For more information, visit https://www.hr.uillinois.edu/cms/One.aspx?portalId=4292&pageId=1411899
The University of Illinois at Chicago is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to
race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an
individual with a disability.
