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The University of California, Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine is seeking candidates for a full-time faculty position as an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor (level depending on experience) in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology.

The division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology is home to faculty, fellows, and staff who have a passion for patient care, medical education, scholarship and community health. Our mission, as a department in the UCI School of Medicine is to Discover, Teach, Heal and Serve. We are committed to delivering exemplary clinical care, teaching health professionals and conducting scholarship.

Our division includes Family Medicine and Internal Medicine physicians, advanced practice providers, and psychologists, comprising a team-based approach to Geriatric medicine, and well as a researcher and a dedicated staff. Geriatricians provide care in many environments including UCI Health’s Senior Health Center, Laguna Hills specialty care, affiliated skilled nursing facilities and in patients’ homes. The Division has been awarded major grants and donor funds to improve the health of seniors through education, innovative clinical care and to prevent and address neglect and abuse. We offer an outstanding Geriatric Fellowship with three fellows annually.

REQUIREMENTS: M.D. or D.O. from an accredited institution with appropriate clinical training and experience. Board certification in Family Medicine/ Internal Medicine and board eligibility/board certification in Geriatric Medicine; excellent clinical skills; interest in clinical teaching; eligibility for UC Irvine Medical Center medical staff privileges required. Candidate must have demonstrated capabilities for teaching, professional services and/or research suitable to the HS Clinical Professor series.

PRACTICE INFORMATION: We are seeking an enthusiastic, caring geriatrician to join an interdisciplinary outpatient practice at the Senior Health Center at the UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, CA. The academic clinician will join the clinician-educator faculty series and work with other Geriatricians as well as Advance Practice Providers, Psychologists, Pharmacists, and Social Workers. Our goal is to provide superb medical care for a diverse patient population. The outpatient practice is a teaching site for all levels of academic learners.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Oversee and coordinate innovative clinical programs to enhance care and access to care for Orange County’s seniors. Examples may include enhancing telehealth, care in the home, and interdisciplinary and interdepartmental programs which support an Age Friendly Health System.

• Collaborate with faculty in the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Population Health to develop interdisciplinary education.

• Participate in local, national and international geriatric associations and organizations

• Ambulatory patient care practice

• Fellow supervision, residency teaching, and precepting medical students

TO APPLY: Please log onto UC Irvine’s RECRUIT located at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF08976

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 anti-discrimination policy.

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