Clinic Physician Health Services Agency

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• Salary: $247,333 - 267,488 Annually

• Sign-on incentive pay

• Comprehensive benefits to eligible employees and their dependents

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Health Sciences Clinical Professor Series - Assistant/Associate Clinical Professor, Gottschalk Plaza (JPF08167)

APPLICATION WINDOW:

Open April 14, 2023, through Friday, Jul 14, 2023, at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

POSITION OVERVIEW:

UC Irvine Family Medicine is recruiting a full-time faculty member to join a dynamic academic department dedicated to excellence in patient care, medical education, scholarship and community engagement. We are seeking an excellent family physician with a strong commitment to medical education. This position is offered in the Health Sciences Clinical Professor Series at the Assistant or Associate level. This position will be based at the Gottschalk Plaza and will be moving to a beautiful new multidisciplinary Center for Ambulatory Care as part of the new Irvine Medical Campus by early 2024. The incumbent will participate in ambulatory patient care, fellow supervision, resident teaching, medical student precepting; perform university and public service, and demonstrate professional competency and activity.

REQUIREMENTS:

M.D., D.O. or M.D./Ph.D. from an accredited institution with appropriate clinical training and experience. Board Certification in Family Medicine and eligibility for UCI Medical Center medical staff privileges. Candidates must have demonstrated capabilities for teaching, professional service and/or research suitable to the HS Clinical Professor series.

SALARY RANGE:

Positions are dependent upon funding. The salary range for this position is $82,200-$129,300. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan, which provides for eligibility for additional compensation. Initial appointments are for one year and renewal is based on availability of support.

VIEW THIS POSITION ONLINE: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF08167

TO APPLY: Please log onto UC Irvine’s RECRUIT located at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF08167

CAMPUS INFORMATION:

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy. As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California Policy on Vaccination Programs – With Updated Interim Amendments. All Covered Individuals under he policy must provide proof of receiving the COVID-19 Vaccine Primary Series or, if applicable, submit a request for Exception (based on Medical Exemption, Disability, Religious Objection, and/ or Deferral based on pregnancy or recent COVID-19 diagnosis and/or treatment) no later than the applicable deadline. All Covered Individuals must also provide proof of receiving the most recent CDC-recommended COVID-19 booster or properly decline such booster no later than the applicable deadline. New University of California employees should refer to Exhibit 2, Section II.C. of the SARSCoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Attachment for applicable deadlines. All Covered Individuals must also provide proof of being up-to-date on seasonal influenza vaccination or properly decline such vaccination no later than the applicable deadline. Please refer to the Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Program Attachment. (Capitalized terms in this paragraph are defined in the policy.) Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

What brings you joy in practice?

The joy of medicine is integrated into the physician-patient relationship, being able to care for people holistically by considering medical, behavioral, social, and spiritual aspects of care. Also being able to care for people in various environments and modalities of care to improve whole person care. Another aspect of joy to mention is working with a care team that believes in the mission to support and enhance the care of our patients. Team-based care brings joy for our staff, medical providers and patients.

What is your message to the next generation of Family Physicians – what will sustain them?

For us to sustain our health care workforce and the joy of medicine it is important we wake up remembering the “why” we came into health care. We need to look at the opportunity we have been given to serve as doctors and practice graciously and serve our patients. We also need to look at our communities and the immense need to provide equitable care and look at collaborative models to ensure we address the social determinants of health.

When the pandemic hit and in a state of emergency, we started drive-through testing, vaccine distribution, we collaborated with our local county health departments, police and fire departments, the school districts as well as non-profit organizations to deliver care that was needed for the community. The common thread during that moment was to care for one another and keep each other safe. That experience taught me an important lesson, when talented people come together and are focused, organized and collaborative, they can deliver the best outcome in the most compromising of events we may face. I say we are one phone call, one hello, one meeting, one opportunity from a collaborative model that benefits the community.

We as Family Physicians are well trained and best positioned to lead any community in need. We must continue the transformation, where we can change every corner of society, from that newborn baby, supporting a colleague through an illness, the patient needing support through the substance use disorder, that policy in your clinic to provide equitable health care, speaking in legislative chambers supporting reproductive rights, in city council to provide safe places for the homeless, we as Family Physicians do this now, the next step is to amplify the voice of our patients, our colleagues, and our specialty.

We are in a new age, times are changing, some are good and some not as pleasant, there is one thing that is the same — the love we have for our patients, the love we have for our community, the love we have for another. We must stand up and move in the direction of change, we have the strength, we have been chosen, be that voice that changes that child to be the next Family Doctor. The change for a better tomorrow is not for us, it is for our children and many generations to come.

Finally, what are three things CAFP members may not know about you?

-I love to BBQ.

-I love boots.

-I used to race cars.