Job Opportunities
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If you’re admitted to the hospital, your primary care physician will ensure that you receive care from a UCLA Health hospitalist. Please call us at 855-488-9550 if you have questions.
Message from the Vice Chair of Hospital Medicine for Inpatient and Hospitalist Services
Thank you for your interest in our Hospital Medicine program! As Vice Chair for Inpatient and Hospitalist Services and Section Chief for Hospital Medicine, I am honored to invite you to learn more about hospital medicine at UCLA Health, which is deeply rooted in our commitment to excellence in delivering compassionate, patient-centered care, educating the next generation of physicians, engaging with our community, and contributing to innovation and scholarship in our field.
Our team plays a central role in the care of hospitalized patients, throughout southern California. We are proud to offer a collegial and collaborative environment where physicians are empowered to lead interdisciplinary care, engage in quality improvement initiatives, contribute to undergraduate medical education, and serve the community across southern California.
We value individuals who bring not only a strong clinical acumen but also a spirit of teamwork. curiosity, and compassion. Our faculty development efforts and mentorship from leaders across hospital medicine are here to work with you and to guide you to accomplish your career goals.
Joining our hospital medicine team means becoming part of the mission-driven community that prioritizes patient- centered care, health equity and inclusive excellence, and continuous and life-long learning. I encourage you to explore what makes our program unique and hope your aspirations align with our vision, mission, and core values in the Department of Medicine at UCLA Health.
We look forward to learning more about you!
With my best wishes,
NEVEEN S. EL-FARRA, MD, FACP
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Vice Chair for Inpatient Medicine and Hospitalist Services
Section Chief, Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal
Medicine & Health Services Research
Department of Medicine
UCLA Health | David Geffen School of Medicine
Job Opportunities
UCLA Hospital Medicine has openings for full-time faculty positions across multiple sites in the Greater Los Angeles area, which include the following:
- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
- UCLA West Valley Medical Center (UCLA community hospital) and Olive View-UCLA Medical Center (LA County teaching hospital affiliated with DGSOM)
- California Rehabilitation Institute and Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital
- Providence Saint John’s Health Center
- Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center and Torrance Memorial Medical Center
- Barlow Respiratory Hospital and Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
- Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital
- Los Robles Regional Medical Center
Positions involve traditional internal medicine coverage, including direct patient care, occasionally in collaboration with advanced practice providers. There are opportunities to spend time on clinical teaching services supervising residents and medical students. Responsibilities also include coverage of admission shifts, internal medicine consultation services, perioperative clinics, and night shifts. Available roles may be day shifts, nocturnist roles, or a combination, depending on availability. Successful applicants will also hold a full-time faculty appointment in the health sciences clinical professor series at the instructor, assistant, associate, or full professor rank in the UCLA Department of Medicine and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Responsibilities also include a minimum of 36 hours per week of direct patient car; clinical teaching of medical students and/or residents; participation in creativity in a variety of professional activities including those that may involve teaching, scholarly or administrative contributions (such as research, QI, advancement of Inclusive Excellence, community engagement etc.); and participation in university of public service.
The successful candidate must be board-eligible or board-certified in Internal Medicine. Demonstrated skills in clinical teaching and professional practice is required. An MD or DO is required, as well as a California medical license.
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 standards to which we hold ourselves, and one another. Please read more about this important DGSOM program on the Cultural North Star website.
All aspects of searches are confidential and all candidates are expected to review and abide by the UC Regents Statement on Ethical Values and Standards of Conduct.
Application Information
If you are interested in applying for a clinical position in hospital medicine in any of our cohorts, you can visit our application website here.
Clinical Positions in Hospital Medicine 2025-2026 (JPF10517) - UCLA Academic RECRUIT