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General Pediatrics - Child Abuse Pediatrician
Position overview
Position titles:Health Sciences Clinical Professor - HCOMP
Health Sciences Clinical Professor-HCOMP
Health Sciences Clinical Professor-HCOMP
Application Window
Open date: October 14, 2024
Next review date: Monday, Nov 11, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Tuesday, Oct 14, 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 Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital is recruiting a full-time academic Child Abuse Pediatrician to join the Department of Pediatrics Health Science Series in the Division of General Pediatrics. Academic rank will be commensurate with experience.
The successful candidate will join the current Medical Director of the UCLA Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect team in providing consultations in a busy regional Level 1 Trauma Center serving Southern California. The candidate will be expected to provide clinical expertise in the evaluation of children and adolescents with concerns for abuse and/or neglect in a variety of clinical sites. Duties will include patient care, teaching of fellows and residents, and participation in research or other scholarly endeavors that will lead to academic promotion. The candidate will work collaboratively with local child welfare agencies, and have the opportunity to participate in multidisciplinary committees including the county death review committee.
The David Geffen School of Medicine provides ample opportunities for professional development as well as education and research. The Department of Pediatrics has over 30 Divisions and Programs. The Department is the home of the Children's Discovery & Innovation (CDI) Institute which promotes research, funding, and training activities related to improving children's health and health care, spanning from research discoveries in basic science, through translation to clinical care, and implementation in community practice. A unique feature of UCLA is the presence of the Center for the Health Sciences (CHS) complex that includes the UCLA Medical Center, School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, School of Nursing, School of Public Health, and California NanoSystems Institute, all on the same campus as the Division of Life Sciences and 7 other professional schools and the largest undergraduate student enrollment in the UC system. UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital is consistently ranked as one of the best children's hospitals in the nation by the US News & World Report. Annually Mattel Children's Hospital serves more than 6,000 inpatients and 40,000 outpatients of diverse racial/ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
For further information please contact:
Rebecca Dudovitz, MD, MSHS Chief of General Pediatrics; rdudovitz@mednet.ucla.edu
Claudia Wang, MD; Medical Director, SCAN Team; claudiawang@mednet.ucla.edu
How to apply:Qualified applicants please apply to this link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09914
The posted UC salary scales (See Table 5, APU 4: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/oct-2024-scales/t5-summary.pdf set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. The base salary range for this position is $127,000 - $253,112. This position also includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-670.pdf, which provides eligibility for additional compensation (APM 670-18).
Cultural North Star: The shared values of the DGSOM are expressed in the Cultural North Star, which was developed by members of our community and affirms our unswerving commitment to doing what’s right, making things better, and being kind. These are the standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read more about this important DGSOM program at https://medschool.ucla.edu/cultural-north-star.
Anti-Racism Roadmap: The David Geffen School of Medicine Anti-racism roadmap is our co- created path to ensuring racial justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. We are committed to actively dismantling structural racism in our organization as descried in more detail
at: https://medschool.ucla.edu/diversity-anti-racism-roadmap
UC Regents Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct:
All aspects of searches are confidential and all candidates are expected to review and abide by UC Regents Policy 1111 on Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of
Conduct https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/1111.html.
Qualifications
M.D. or equivalent
Board Certification in Pediatrics
Board Certification/eligibility in Child Abuse Pediatrics
Licensed or eligible for licensure in the state of California
Application Requirements by Level
HS Assistant Clinical Professor-HCOMP
Position title: Health Sciences Clinical Professor - HCOMP
see requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter
Statement of Research (Optional)
Statement of Teaching (Optional)
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 EDI Statement FAQ document, and Sample EDI Statements.
- 4-6 letters of reference required
References must hold the title of Assistant Professor or higher. Letters will be reviewed and included as part of the appointment dossier of the selected candidate
HS Associate Clinical Professor-HCOMP
Position title: Health Sciences Clinical Professor-HCOMP
see requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter
Statement of Research (Optional)
Statement of Teaching (Optional)
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 EDI Statement FAQ document, and Sample EDI Statements.
- 6-8 letters of reference required
References must hold the title of Associate Professor or higher. Letters will be reviewed and included as part of the appointment dossier of the selected candidate
HS Clinical Professor-HCOMP
Position title: Health Sciences Clinical Professor-HCOMP
See requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter
Statement of Research (Optional)
Statement of Teaching (Optional)
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 EDI Statement FAQ document, and Sample EDI Statements.
- 6-8 letters of reference required
References must hold the title of Professor or higher. Letters will be reviewed and included as part of the appointment dossier of the selected candidate
Help contact: carterberry@mednet.ucla.edu
About UCLA
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The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.
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