Neurocritical Care Fellow​/HS Clinical Instructor - Neurology

Position overview

Salary range: Instructor – The starting base salary for this position is $78,900. The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step ‑scale salaries and other components of pay are offered when necessary to meet competitive condition. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan, which provides eligibility for additional compensation.

Open date: July 7, 2025

Next review date: Sunday, Jan 4, 2026 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.

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. 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 recording allow for 24‑hour monitoring of epilepsy patients. There are 12 dedicated neurointensive care unit beds. Our team of neurointensivists includes fellowship‑trained physicians from the Department of Neurology.

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The 24‑month curriculum includes rotations in other intensive care units, anesthesiology, epilepsy/EEG division, and interventional pulmonology. Elective rotations are negotiable depending on each fellow's interests. Fellows will assume increasing responsibilities and eventually lead 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 are also expected to master procedural skills, including central venous line placement, arterial line placement, multi‑modality monitoring, lumbar puncture, and endotracheal intubation.

The Fellowship program focuses on patient safety, quality improvement, and quality monitoring and reporting. On completion fellows will be experienced in managing a wide range of neurological, neurosurgical, and medical critical care conditions.

• Graduates of an ACGME‑accredited residency program in neurology, neurological surgery, internal medicine, anesthesiology, surgery, or emergency medicine.
• DEA license and California medical license prior to start of fellowship.
• Board‑certified or eligible for certification in primary specialty.
• Previous appropriate scholarly or creative activity.

Link to apply: /JPF
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Brigette Reefer
reeferb.edu
Education Manager, Neurology Residency & Fellowship Programs

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae – most recently updated CV.
• Cover Letter – 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.
• Miscellaneous/Additional – Optional.

Reference requirements: 3 required (contact information only).

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.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

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