Health Sciences Clinical Professor Series

Position Overview

Salary range: Total Negotiated Salary (TNS) depending on specialty can range from $440,000-$575,000. The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. This position includes membership in the health science compensation plan, which provides for eligibility for additional compensation. Application Window Open date: July 2, 2026 Next review date: Friday, Jul 31, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Wednesday, Jun 30, 2027 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 UC Irvine School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care Health Sciences Clinical Professor Series The Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care at the University of California, Irvine anticipates openings for physicians in general anesthesia and its various divisions.

These openings will be at the level of Assistant Professor or above, depending upon the candidate's qualifications and will be in the Health Sciences Clinical Series (non-tenure track). Candidate must be board eligible or board certified. Candidate must be eligible for California licensure or licensed to practice in the state of California. Fellowship trained or equivalent experience preferred.

Criteria For The Professor In The HS Series Health Sciences Clinical Professor Series faculty engage in scholarly or creative activities which derive from and support their primary responsibilities in clinical teaching and professional and service activities. The divisions include Cardiac, Critical Care, Neonatal/Pediatrics, Neuro, Obstetrics, Pain Medicine, and Regional. The Health Sciences Clinical Professor will provide care at UCI Medical Center in Orange, CA and Irvine, CA and/or affiliated sites in Orange County.

Clinicians interested in pursuing an academic career in Anesthesiology and related specialties will be given the opportunity to grow in a dynamic department. There are ample opportunities for leadership roles, research, and career advancement. Our team includes a group of innovative, forward-thinking individuals with high standards of teaching, research, and patient care.

Job Duties

Include But Are Not Limited To Perioperative Management: assessment, examination and optimization of the surgical patient.

General Anesthesiology: inhalational anesthetics, intravenous anesthetics and use of muscle relaxants. Monitored Anesthesia Care Airway management: ventilation using bag and mask, laryngoscopy and intubation, laryngeal mask airway, fiberoptic laryngoscopy and intubation, bronchoscopy, cricothyroidotomy and other difficult airway techniques.

Conduction/Regional Anesthesia: epidural analgesia/anesthesia, spinal anesthesia, IV regional blocks (bier block), infiltration blocks, plexus blocks with and without catheter placement (brachial, supraclavicular, lumbo-sacral), peripheral nerve and field blocks, epidural blocks (caudal, lumbar, thoracic), and subarachnoid blocks using nerve stimulation or ultrasound. Placement and use of invasive hemodynamic monitoring including arterial cannulation, central venous cannulation, pulmonary artery catheter placement. Routine surface ultrasonography for line placement and surface diagnostics. Mechanical ventilation to accomplish physiologic homeostasis.

Obstetric Anesthesia: placement and management of labor epidurals and continuous spinal epidurals, management of conduction and general anesthesia for caesarian section, and neonatal resuscitation. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Supervision and care of patients in the post-anesthesia care unit. Management of acute pain in patients. Anesthetic management of common pediatric anesthesia cases in children 2 to 16 years of age.

Pain Management: initial consultations, longitudinal management, opioid management, performing and managing sympathetic blocks, spinal injections, radiofrequency ablation, trigger point injections, joint injections, differential nerve blocks, botulinum toxin injections, spinal cord stimulation and intrathecal pump delivery system therapies. UCI Medical Center in Orange is a 459-bed acute care hospital equipped with state-of-the-art operating rooms and is the region's only Level I trauma center and Level II pediatric trauma center.

It is the primary teaching and training location for the UCI School of Medicine. For 21 consecutive years, the medical center has been rated among America's Best Hospitals by U.
S. News & World Report. UCI Health recently built and opened in 2025, UCI Medical Center-Irvine, a full-service academic health complex that will bring a broad spectrum of the most advanced healthcare services. The medical campus, which complements the flagship