Available Positions:

• Consultation & Liaison Faculty
• Consultation & Liaison and Inpatient Faculty
• Psychiatric Hospitalist - schedule 7 days on/off
• Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship Associate Program Director
• Addiction Psychiatry Faculty

Position Highlights:

• Academic appointment with UCLA
• Established referral base assures full patient panel

Compensation and Additional Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package, commensurate with qualification and experience; based on MGMA values
• Full-time, employed position
• Commencement bonus
• Retention bonus
• Relocation reimbursement
• Excellent medical, dental, vision insurance options
• Vacation, Sick, Holiday, Paid Education Leave
• CME Reimbursement
• Retirement, vested day one
• Malpractice and tail coverage provided
• Loan Forgiveness Program Qualification
• Cap-exempt H-1B Visa eligible

Requirements:

• Candidates must be residency-trained
• Fellowship training required for the Addiction Psychiatry Faculty positions
• Board certified/eligible required

Opportunity Highlights:

• Assist in growth of the Department
• Clinical-Educator faculty position
• Safety net and private practice model clinic sites

Kern Medical Overview:

• Only designated level II trauma center for Kern County and also serves as a tertiary medical center (222 beds)
• UCLA affiliated teaching hospital
• Kern Medical trains over 200 medical & osteopathic students, residents and fellows annually
• Graduate medical education programs in the specialties of Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Psychiatry, General Surgery and Pharmacy as well as Fellowship Programs in Child & Adolescent and Addiction Psychiatry, Infectious Disease, Addiction Medicine and Simulation Laboratory (non-ACGME program)
• Accredited stroke center
• Thirteen outpatient clinics for nearly 217,000 patients

Community Highlights:

• Growing community with over 400,000 residents in town and almost 1 million in the county
• Excellent schools, great neighborhoods and affordable housing
• Proximity to world-class beaches and the high Sierra mountains
• Warm, temperate climate with long summers - Bakersfield is ranked as one of the sunniest cities in the US
• Rated as one of the Best Places to Live in California (CA) by US News
• Easy-access to museums, concerts, river rafting, golf courses, national parks, rock climbing, and more
• Located in Californias San Joaquin Valley just 90 minutes north of Los Angeles California (CA) and 2 hours from Disneyland!