Job Opportunities
Application Information
If you are interested in applying for a clinical position in hospital medicine in any of our cohorts, you can apply using the link below.
Clinical Positions in Hospital Medicine 2026-2027 (JPF11079) - UCLA Academic RECRUIT
Message from the Vice Chair of Hospital Medicine for Inpatient and Hospitalist Services
Thank you for your interest in Hospital Medicine at UCLA Health and the David Geffen School of Medicine!
As Vice Chair for Inpatient Medicine Services and Section Chief for Hospital Medicine, it is my privilege to welcome you and invite you to learn more about our program. Our work is grounded in a shared commitment to delivering exceptional, compassionate, and patient-centered care while advancing medical education, innovation, scholarship, and service to the diverse communities we are honored to serve.
Our hospitalists play a vital role in caring for hospitalized patients across Southern California. Together, we foster a collaborative and inclusive environment where physicians are empowered to lead interdisciplinary teams, drive meaningful improvements in quality and safety, educate the next generation of physicians, and shape the future of hospital medicine through clinical excellence, research, and innovation.
We seek colleagues who combine outstanding clinical judgment with intellectual curiosity, humility, compassion, and commitment to teamwork. Whether your passion lies in clinical care, medical education, quality improvement, health services research, or leadership, you will find a community invested in your success.
Joining Hospital Medicine at UCLA Health means becoming part of a mission-driven community dedicated to advancing patient-centered care, promoting health equity and inclusive excellence, teaching the next generation of physicians, and contributing to research, scholarship, and innovation that intersects with the work we do as hospitalists. We believe that our greatest strength is our people—their diverse perspectives, shared purpose, and unwavering commitment to improving the lives of our patients and communities.
I encourage you to explore what makes our program unique and to consider how your passions and aspirations align with our vision, mission, and values. We look forward to learning more about you and the unique contributions you will bring to our community.
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
Message from Associate Section Chief, Hospital Medicine
Thank you for your interest in Hospital Medicine at UCLA Health and the David Geffen School of Medicine as you embark on the next chapter of your career! As Associate Section Chief of Hospital Medicine, I am thrilled to share more about our program and what sets us apart.
Our Hospital Medicine program is enriched by a diverse group of physicians with a variety of interests, backgrounds, and career goals, unified by a common commitment to provide outstanding, high-quality patient care. We value physicians who are thoughtful, curious, collaborative, and compassionate. We take pride in creating an inclusive environment where colleagues support each other, new ideas are welcomed, and opportunities to make a meaningful difference in our community are celebrated.
Our physicians serve a diverse patient population, providing care for patients with a broad range of medical conditions and lived experiences, while contributing to UCLA Health’s mission of advancing health equity and improving the health of the communities we serve. This diversity is one of the strengths that makes practicing Hospital Medicine at UCLA so rewarding. It provides our physicians with an exceptional breadth of clinical experience and continual opportunities to learn and grow from our patients and colleagues.
Beyond being clinicians, our hospitalists are educators, mentors, innovators, advocates, and leaders. There are many pathways to build a fulfilling career in our Hospital Medicine program, whether your interests center on clinical medicine, medical education, quality improvement, operations, innovation, research, or leadership. We are committed to fostering a culture in which our physicians can continue to grow professionally while maintaining the sense of purpose and connection that brought them to medicine in the first place.
As you explore your career options, we would be honored to have the opportunity to meet you and to share more about our program, our culture, and the many possibilities that a career in Hospital Medicine at UCLA Health can provide. We also look forward to learning more about you. We are interested not only in what you have accomplished, but also in what motivates you, your goals for the future, and how we can help you build a career that is meaningful to you.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Wishing you all the best,
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 care; 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 the 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.