University of California, Berkeley
University Health Services
Medical Director

The University of California, Berkeley, is the preeminent public university in the country. We are also one of the leading employers in the San Francisco Bay Area. University Health Services (http://uhs.berkeley.edu/ ) is a national collegiate leader in providing fully accredited, primary medical care, sports medicine, occupational health, psychiatry, counseling and psychological services, and innovative health promotion programs for 45,000 students, faculty and staff.

The Medical Director provides overall leadership for medical practice, quality improvement and continuing education at UHS, and serves in a lead consultative role for the campus on medical issues affecting students, faculty and staff. The position provides programmatic supervision of the Urgent Care, Primary Care, Occupational Health, and Specialty Clinics, Psychiatry Services, and Intercollegiate Athletics Sports Medicine Program, and medical consultation for social services, clinical nutrition and patient education.

The position serves in an important leadership and management position within UHS participating in development of the overall strategic plan and key decisions for the organization, liaises with the regional medical community, facilitates access to high quality consultative specialty services for the UHS patient population, and provides leadership for the continuing medical education program.

Requirements:

• Board Certification and possession of all legal requirements for the practice of medicine in the state of California as determined by the California Medical Board
• Highly advanced knowledge, skills and abilities associated with the practice of medicine and management of diverse clinical units
• Knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of physician and management duties at this level, including the ability to establish goals and objectives and manage a medical department
• Advanced communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work in a highly collaborative manner with contacts of significance
• Ability to manage human and fiscal resources
• Computer proficiency and knowledge of electronic medical records systems

Salary is commensurate with experience, and includes a highly competitive benefits package; see http://www.ucop.edu/services/bensofbelong.pdf for more information.

This position has been designated as sensitive. Employment is contingent upon the following: successful completion of a Criminal Background Check; completion of acceptable physical exam; successful completion of infectious disease surveillance; acceptable proof of current vaccination history (tuberculosis and rubella, rubeola and varicella immunity) 10 business days prior to first day of work. Position is open until filled.

For a complete position description and requirements, please go to http://jobs.berkeley.edu (search Job Code # 007022, and to apply please submit a resume and cover letter on that site. Please also forward a copy of your resume and cover letter to Kristina Combs at kcombs@uhs.berkeley.edu.