Transplant Infectious Diseases Career Development Position 2024-2025
Position overview
Application Window
Open date: July 2, 2024
Most recent review date: Monday, Sep 30, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Monday, Jun 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is seeking candidates for a one-year clinical (non-ACGME accredited) career development position in Transplant Infectious Diseases during academic year 2024-2025. Eligible applicants will have completed at least two years of an ACGME-accredited Infectious Diseases fellowship program, either board certified or board eligible in Infectious Diseases, and have a California medical license or be CA license-eligible. The application process for this one-year position does not involve the National Residency Matching Program. Successful applicants will be appointed to a full-time faculty position as Health Sciences Clinical Instructor, precepted by UCLA Transplant ID specialists. Under the supervision of the Infectious Diseases faculty, the position will work on the inpatient Transplant ID services for approximately 8 months. This will include approximately 1 weekend per month of coverage as well as working over one major holiday. Additionally, there will be an opportunity to participate in 3 months of elective time designed to complement your ID training and provide time for pursuit of scholarly activities. During general ID service, the candidate will teach medical students, residents and fellows who may be rotating. An M.D. or D.O. is required.
The focus of this position is to provide advanced training in the expanding field of Transplant Infectious Diseases and will offer exposure to patients undergoing heart, lung, liver, and kidney transplantation and ventricular assist device implantation, as well as patients with hematologic malignancies and undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation.
The posted UC salary scales [https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html] set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5. The salary for this position is $100,000. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan [https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-670.pdf] , which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.
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Qualifications
An M.D. or D.O. is required.
Must have completed at least two years of an ACGME-accredited Infectious Diseases fellowship program.
Must be board certified or board eligible in Infectious Diseases.
Must have a California medical license or be CA license-eligible.
Application Requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter
Statement on Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion - An EDI Statement describes a faculty candidate’s past, present, and future (planned) contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion. To learn more about how UCLA thinks about contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion, please review our Sample Guidance for Candidates and related EDI Statement FAQ document.
- 1-3 letters of reference required
1 letter is required, 2 letters optional.
Help contact: tvanwagoner@mednet.ucla.edu
About UCLA
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