Academic Palliative Medicine Faculty

Application Window

Open date : December 9, 2025

Next review date : Friday, Jan 9, 2026 at 11 : 59pm (Pacific Time)

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

Final date : Wednesday, Jun 9, 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

Academic Palliative Medicine Faculty

UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine, Palliative Care Service

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG)

The UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) is recruiting compassionate and skilled palliative care physicians to join our Palliative Care Service (inpatient consultation service) as academic faculty. We seek clinically excellent mission-driven physicians at all levels of experience who thrive in an academic safety-net environment and are eager to contribute to scholarship, teaching, and health system improvement while delivering outstanding and equitable care to a seriously ill and safety-net patient population.

Physicians in this role will provide primarily direct inpatient palliative care consultation at San Francisco's only public hospital and Level 1 trauma center. Our interdisciplinary team helps patients, families, and care teams navigate serious illness with clarity, empathy, and respect, ensuring that medical care aligns with patients' values, goals, and needs.

In addition to their primary responsibilities, interested faculty may have opportunities to :

• Explore participation in outpatient palliative care delivery at ZSFG and / or UCSF Health, depending on program needs and mutual interest
• Provide direct patient care in hospital medicine at ZSFG
• Serve as an attending physician on the UCSF internal medicine resident teaching inpatient service

Why UCSF at ZSFG?

Who We Are Looking For

Requirements

Preferred / Desirable Qualifications (optional) :

Application Process

Please submit applications via AP Recruit at https : / / aprecruit.ucsf.edu / JPF05884 . Applicants' materials must list current and / or pending qualifications upon submission. To receive full consideration, please submit all materials prior to the initial review date. However, this position will remain open until filled.

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Application Requirements

Document Requirements

Reference Requirements

For positions that are 51% effort or more :

The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5 . The minimum base salary range for this position is $114,100-$344,400. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

For positions that are 50% effort or less :

See Table 2 for the salary range for this position. A reasonable estimate for this position is $81,500-$246,000.

Application Requirements

Document requirements

Curriculum Vitae - CV must clearly list current and / or pending qualifications (e.g. board eligibility / certification, medical licensure, etc.).

Cover Letter

Statement of Research (Optional)

Statement of Teaching (Optional)

Reference requirements

About UC San Francisco

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.

The University of California 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 status under state or federal law.

UCSF is committed to welcoming and serving all people, honoring the dignity of every individual without preference or prejudice, in support of its public mission and in alignment with our PRIDE values and Principles of Community.

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.

Job location

San Francisco, CA