University of California  Los Angeles

Clinician-Investigator Positions in Geriatrics 2026-2027

Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • M.D., D.O., or equivalent required.
  • Board-eligible or board-certified in Geriatrics.
  • Formal research training or substantial research experience required.
  • Experience in primary care and geriatric medicine.
  • Teaching experience with medical students and residents preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct research and submit grants to achieve investigator independence.
  • Provide ambulatory primary care and consultation services.
  • Involve in inpatient care and consult attending duties at UCLA Healthcare System.
  • Teach medical students, medical housestaff, and geriatric fellows.
  • Contribute to the academic and service mission of UCLA.
  • Engage with the strategic goals outlined in UCLA's 2023-28 plan.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape the future of geriatrics through research and education.
  • Support for grant writing and independent research development.
  • Access to a diverse patient population in a major healthcare institution.
  • Collaboration with a renowned faculty team within a public research university.
  • Involvement in community engagement initiatives through UCLA.
Full Job Description
Position description

The Division of Geriatrics in the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is seeking applications for Clinician-Investigator positions in the Health Sciences Clinical Professor series at the Instructor, Assistant, Associate or full Professor ranks. Rank and step are commensurate with experience. Successful applicants are expected to conduct research and submit research grants leading to independence as an investigator. The position will include various amounts of ambulatory primary care, consultation practice, inpatient and consult attending responsibilities in the UCLA Healthcare System. Other responsibilities will include teaching UCLA medical students, medicine housestaff, and geriatric fellows. An M.D., D.O., or equivalent is required. Applicants must be board-eligible or board-certified in Geriatrics and have formal research training or substantial research experience.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications
An M.D., D.O., or equivalent is required.

Additional qualifications
Candidates must be board-eligible or board-certified in Geriatrics. Candidates must have formal research training or substantial research experience.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most updated C.V.
  • Statement of Research
  • UCLA Mission Statement - As the nation's premier public research university, UC's mission is the creation, dissemination, preservation and application of knowledge for the betterment of our global society. We have a particular responsibility to the people of the state of California which we express in the excellence of the education we provide, the impact of the research we do, the comprehensive, life-saving medical services we provide, and the public service mission we are devoted to. The University of California promotes the social mobility of its students, equips them with the tools and experience that furthers their ambitions, and regards their accomplishments across the life span as evidence of the profoundly positive impact of higher education.

    The UCLA campus has expressed these goals in its strategic plan as follows:

    Deepen our engagement with Los Angeles
    Expand our reach as a global university
    Enhance our research and creative activities
    Elevate how we teach
    Become a more effective institution

    Prompt for candidates for recruitment:

    Reflecting on your personal and professional experiences, highlight your past contributions and future commitments to advancing UCLA's mission as embodied in the 2023-28 strategic plan. These accomplishments and ambitions may be discussed in the context of describing your teaching, scholarship, and service.


Reference requirements
  • 3 required (contact information only)

Provide contact information for at least 3 references.
Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11118

Help contact: [email protected]

Job location

Los Angeles, CA

About University of California Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School. This school was absorbed with the official founding of UCLA as the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the 10-campus University of California system. UCLA offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines, enrolling about 31,600 undergraduate and 14,300 graduate and professional students. UCLA received 174,914 undergraduate applications for Fall 2022, including transfers, making the school the most applied-to university in the United States. The university is organized into the College of Letters and Science and 12 professional schools. Six of the schools offer undergraduate degree programs: the School of the Arts and Architecture, Samueli School of Engineering, Herb Alpert School of Music, School of Nursing, Luskin School of Public Affairs and School of Theater, Film and Television. Three others are graduate-level professional health science schools: the David Geffen School of Medicine, School of Dentistry and Fielding School of Public Health. The School of Education & Information Studies, Anderson School of Management and School of Law round out the university.
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