Health Educator 4

Job Summary

The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is seeking a Health Professions Education Specialist 4 to serve as a senior educational administrator with the residency training program who will be responsible for the strategic planning, operational leadership, and administration of multiple graduate medical education (GME) and health professions education programs. This position partners closely with Program Directors, faculty, departmental leadership, and central administrative offices to ensure excellence in learner education, accreditation compliance, operational effectiveness, and continuous program improvement. Working with a high degree of independence, the Health Professions Education Specialist 4 oversees the full learner lifecycle, including recruitment, appointments, onboarding, curriculum administration, scheduling, educational activities, trainee funding, payroll coordination, compliance monitoring, accreditation, evaluation systems, and program reporting. The incumbent serves as a departmental subject matter expert on ACGME standards, University policies, and educational best practices, providing strategic guidance while leading initiatives that improve educational operations, learner experience, and program quality.

This position is responsible for managing highly complex educational operations across multiple residency and fellowship programs, utilizing data analytics and continuous quality improvement methodologies to evaluate program effectiveness, identify operational risks, and implement innovative solutions. The incumbent collaborates with institutional partners including Graduate Medical Education, Human Resources, Academic Personnel, Finance, Credentialing, UC Path, Oracle, and other campus offices to ensure regulatory compliance and seamless program operations. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced academic medical center, demonstrating exceptional organizational, analytical, and relationship management skills while leading complex projects, managing competing priorities, and supporting faculty, trainees, and departmental leadership. This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced education professional who is passionate about academic medicine, operational excellence, and advancing the education of future physicians and health professionals. Join us in this dynamic team environment to amplify your expertise while contributing to the growth of medical professionals. Are you ready to inspire learners? If yes, then this may be the right opportunity for you!

Department Overview

The UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is among the nation's foremost resources in the field of child, adolescent and adult mental health. Psychiatry faculty members are recognized for their leadership roles in state-of-the-art, comprehensive and compassionate patient care, pioneering research, excellence in training the next generation of leaders, advancing public policy to advance mental health, and commitment to diversity. DPBS is also one of the largest departments in the School of Medicine (SOM). The Department’s mission is research (basic, translational, clinical), teaching, patient care and public service. The Department has an organizational structure that crosses all major UCSF sites – Parnassus, Mission Bay, Zuckerberg San Francisco
General (ZSFG), San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC), and Laurel Heights. The Department is large and administratively complex with an FY20 annual operating budget of over $171 million, approximately 200 paid faculty (including SFVA faculty), 25 Emeritus and recall faculty, 30 MSP physicians, 120 residents, fellows and postdoctoral scholars, 450 staff, and 225 volunteer faculty. Following a year-long strategic planning effort that was co-sponsored with the leadership of UCSF Health, the Department Chair and Associate Chair are leading a multiyear implementation of Psychiatry’s strategic plan for significant expansion of mental health services within UCSF Health.

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About UCSF

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world’s leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells.

Pride Values

UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence – also known as our PRIDE values.

In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity – both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available here.

Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.

Salary Information

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.

Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.

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