Clinical Positions in Palliative Care - Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo

Position overview



Salary range:
The posted UC salary scales [ set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5. The salary range for this position is $142,100-$429,000. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan [ which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

Application Window

Open date: July 1, 2025

Most recent review date: Friday, Jun 5, 2026 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: Tuesday, Jun 30, 2026 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 UCLA Palliative Care Program is seeking a dynamic full-time outpatient Palliative Care physician to support our UCLA Hematology-Oncology clinics serving the Ventura/Santa Barbara/San Luis Obispo region. The position will divide clinical time between the Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo office sites. Candidates must have stronginterpersonal, clinical skills and will have opportunities for teaching fellows, residents, and medical students.

Position includes outpatient clinical service and potential for home palliative medicine visits in the future. The successful applicant will enjoy a full-time faculty appointment in the Health Sciences Clinical Professor series at the Instructor, Assistant, Associate, or full Professor rank in the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. An M.D. or D.O. is required. A California medical license is required. Candidate must be board eligible or board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

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Qualifications

Basic qualifications

An M.D. or D.O. is required.

Additional qualifications

A California medical license is required.

Candidates must be board eligible or board certified in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

• 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

None

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About UCLA

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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 status under state or federal law.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

• "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.
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Job location
Santa Barbara, California