POSITION OVERVIEW
Salary range: The salary range is $246,588 - 280,000. This position includes membership in the Health Sciences Compensation Plan.
APPLICATION WINDOW
Open date: August 1, 2024
Most recent review date: Sunday, Sep 1, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Thursday, Jul 31, 2025 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
The Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California Davis (UCD) School of Medicine envisions a healthier and more equitable world. In service to this vision, the mission of the Department is to advance the field of family medicine through innovative education, person-centered care, research and other forms of scholarship, community engagement, and advocacy, to improve population health and equity.
To help advance this mission, the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UCD School of Medicine is recruiting for a highly skilled, engaging, and visionary full-time faculty member and leader in the Professorial, ClinX, HSCP or In-Residence series at the Associate or Full Professor rank, to serve as the Department’s inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Community Engaged Scholarship. This position reports to the Department Chair and provides Department level leadership across all our programs and represents the Department of Family and Community Medicine in the UCD School of Medicine and in the leadership teams of community-based organizations we partner with in care and training.
Faculty in the Clinical X series are expected to engage in professional competence and activity, teaching, research and creative work, and University/public service. Faculty in the Health Sciences Clinical Professor series are expected to engage in teaching, professional competence and activity, scholarly or creative activities, and University/public service. Faculty in the In-Residence/Professorial series are expected to engage in teaching, independent research and creative work, demonstrate professional competence and activity, and provide University and public service.
Under the leadership of Department Chair Anthony Jerant, MD, the Department of Family and Community Medicine is in an exciting phase of its 50-year history at a time of rapid transformation in healthcare. Known for outstanding education, clinical care, and ground-breaking research, the Department also has had longstanding and meaningful engagement with DEI and antiracism efforts.
EXPECTATIONS
Reporting structure: The Founding Director of DEI and Community Engaged Scholarship reports to the Department Chair, with secondary “dotted line” reporting to the DFCM Vice Chairs for Clinical Affairs, Education, and Research.
- Responsibilities: The founding Director of DEI and Community Engaged Scholarship will be recognized as an institutional leader by UCD Health, UCD School of Medicine, and community organizations in relation to community engagement and related research and scholarship, and in DEI and antiracism advocacy and efforts.
Research and mentoring responsibilities (40% effort)
- Plan, implement, oversee, support, and evaluate community engagement efforts and bi-directionally beneficial and impactful community-engaged research and scholarship stemming from those efforts.
- Serve as a role model, mentor, and sponsor for other DFCM faculty and learners who are leading, participating in, or aspire to involvement with community-engaged research and scholarship.
- Support and strengthen collaboration between academic researchers and community partners throughout the entire arc of research (planning, conducting, dissemination).
- Support and promote equity focused research.
Leadership and administrative responsibilities (40% effort)
- Provide vision and leadership for DEI and antiracism initiatives across the department’s various missions and sites, aligned with the Departmental and institutional strategic plans.
- Serve as Chair of the DFCM Inclusion, Diversity, Anti-Racism, and Equity (IDARE) Committee, and as our key representative on the UCD SOM IDARE Committee.
- Liaison with and, where appropriate, serve on other School of Medicine, health system (e.g., Community Review Board), and community organization committees and represent the DFCM by advocating for our patients, communities, clinicians, and learners, and working collaboratively to develop mutually beneficial community-engaged initiatives and projects.
- As a member of the department’s executive leadership team, contribute to the development and implementation of departmental strategic planning, budgeting, management, and operations.
- Meet regularly with leaders from UCD Health and community partner organizations, to help align DFCM’s strategic vision with the goals of the health system and those of our community partners.
- Develop and monitor metrics applicable to the Department’s DEI and antiracism goals. This includes periodically assessing, qualitatively and quantitatively, the productivity and success of programs, policies, and services, with presentation of periodic progress reports to the Department and its leadership.
- Participate in or lead efforts to identify, recruit, retain, develop, and increase the diversity, representation, and inclusion of our faculty and staff, addressing and mitigating bias in the recruitment and selection processes.
- Act as lead point of contact for faculty and staff in addressing concerns regarding discrimination.
Clinical and teaching responsibilities (20% effort)
- Build and provide top quality outpatient primary care to an outpatient panel of size proportionate to clinical effort.
- Develop curricula for residents, medical students, and potentially other trainees (e.g., nursing students), with a particular focus on the topics of community-engaged scholarship, social medicine, disparities in healthcare access and delivery, health and healthcare equity and advocacy, structural competency, and related topics.
- Oversee ongoing faculty and staff development education in DEI topics and structural competency.
QUALIFICATIONS
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
- Current M.D. or D.O. medical license
- Active board certification in Family Medicine
- Medical licensure or eligible for licensure in the state of California
- Track record of progressive success in the conduct, leadership, administration of, and mentoring in community engaged research and scholarship and DEI and antiracism initiatives and programs.
- Demonstrated experience and success working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and learner environment.
Preferred qualifications (other preferred, but not required, qualifications for the position)
Though not a requirement, a PhD degree in anthropology, sociology, public health or another relevant social sciences discipline and expertise in qualitative methods is highly desired.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Document requirements
- Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
- Cover Letter
- Statement of Research
- Statement of Teaching
- Statement of Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Authorization to Release Information Form
Reference requirements
- 3-5 required (contact information only)
Apply link:
Help contact: gmharwood@ucdavis.edu
ABOUT UC DAVIS
UC Davis is a smoke and tobacco-free campus. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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 nondiscrimination policy.
JOB LOCATION
Sacramento, CA
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