Neurocritical Care Fellow / HS Clinical Instructor - Neurology

Position overview

Salary range :

Salary range : Instructor -The starting base salary for this position is $78,900. The posted UC salary scales [https : / / drive.google.com / file / d / 12-DesGg7wms-X1B8VOjpUUERn-D96fq- / view ] set the minimum pay determined by rank and / or step at appointment. The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. "Off-scale salaries" and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive condition. See Professorial Series (HS Clinical) -Health Sciences Compensation Plan located here [https : / / www.som.uci.edu / academic-affairs / hs-compensation_plan.asp ]. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan, which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

Application Window

Open date : July 7, 2025

Next review date : Sunday, Nov 23, 2025 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

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

NEUROCRITICAL CARE FELLOW

The Department of Neurology at the UC Irvine School of Medicine offers a two-year neurocritical care fellowship accredited by the United Council for Neurological Subspecialties fellowship. The training is based at UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange County's only Level I trauma center and certified comprehensive stroke center.

The medical center's UC Irvine Health Douglas Hospital has advanced neuroimaging capabilities, including a 3-tesla MRI and a 64-slice CT scanner. Video EEG capabilities with off-site access to the recording allow for 24-hour monitoring of epilepsy patients. There are 12 dedicated neurointensive care unit beds. Our team of neurointensivists includes neurocritical care fellowship-trained physicians from the Department of Neurology.

Please visit [http : / / www.neurology.uci.edu / fellowships.asp ] for additional details

The 24-month curriculum includes rotations in other intensive care units, anesthesiology department, epilepsy / EEG division, and interventional pulmonology. Elective rotations are negotiable depending on each fellow's interests. The fellow is expected to assume an increasing level of responsibilities and eventually lead the rounds with a team of midlevel practitioners and residents. Fellows are expected to teach residents and medical students and lead the journal club.

Fellows are exposed to a wide variety of cases and are expected to become proficient in ventilator management, ventriculostomy management, and reading continuous EEG recordings. They also are expected to master various procedural skills, including traditional and ultrasound-guided central venous line placement, arterial line placement, multi-modality monitoring, lumbar puncture, and endotracheal intubation.

The Fellowship program is designed to provide extensive training in patient safety, quality improvement, quality monitoring and reporting.

Upon completion of the fellowship, fellows will be experienced in managing a wide range of neurological, neurosurgical, and medical critical care conditions.

Requirements :

Applicants to the Neurocritical Care Fellowship program must be graduates of a program accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in one of the following residency training programs : neurology, neurological surgery, internal medicine, anesthesiology, surgery, or emergency medicine. Previous appropriate scholarly or creative activity.

Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency program, DEA license and California medical license prior to start of fellowship. Candidates must be board-certified or eligible for certification in primary specialty.

LINK TO APPLY :

• [https : / / recruit.ap.uci.edu / JPF09679 ]

Please contact : Brigette Reefer

reeferb@hs.uci.edu

Education Manager

Neurology Residency & Fellowship Programs

For more information about the Department of Neurology, click here :

[https : / / www.neurology.uci.edu / ]

Program : https : / / www.neurology.uci.edu / fellowships.asp

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

(required at time of application)

Completion of an ACGME-accredited residency program, DEA license and California medical license prior to start of fellowship. Candidates must be board-certified or eligible for certification in primary specialty.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

Additional documents may be requested.

Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

Cover Letter - Cover letter-Please discuss current and future plans

Teaching Statement - Statement addressing how past and / or potential contributions to inclusive excellence will advance UCI's Commitment to Inclusive Excellence. See our guidance for writing a reflective teaching statement .

Misc / Additional (Optional)

Reference requirements

Apply link :

https : / / recruit.ap.uci.edu / JPF09679

About UC Irvine

The University of California, Irvine 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 categories covered by the UC anti-discrimination policy .

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.

APM - 035 : Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment .

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.

Job location

Orange, CA / Irvine, CA