Position Title:

California Social Medicine HEAL Fellow

Placement Site:

Venice Family Clinic is a large community health center (FQHC) in Los Angeles.

Department:

Westside Region with two options: the 604 Rose Avenue Site or the 905 Venice Boulevard Site.

Position Description:

604 Rose Avenue Site (Rose) has an emphasis on adult medicine, chronic and urgent care, and harm reduction. Our original site and the largest, with an on-site pharmacy, homeless walk-in services, and multiple medical specialties, including psychiatry, dermatology, neurology, and cardiology. Our primary care clinicians have areas of expertise in Homeless and Street Medicine, HIV, Addiction Medicine, and Diabetes.

The fellow would have a panel of primary care patients as well as see urgent and walk-in patients. There would be an opportunity to train with staff physicians in the areas of addiction and homeless medicine, as well as chronic disease. The site is open evenings 4 days/week, so the fellow would work a 1- 9 p.m. schedule once per week.

905 Venice Boulevard Site (Levine) has an emphasis on women’s health, pediatric and adolescent medicine in addition to adult medicine. A tightly knit team supports our clinicians who provide prenatal care, gynecology, family planning including LARCs, pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric medical services. Our adolescent medicine clinic is run by Adolescent Medicine attending physicians and welcomes UCLA students and residents three days per week. The Levine site is a teaching site for the UCLA Family Medicine sub-internship rotation. We staff a school-based health center at Santa Monica High School.

HEAL Program Role and Responsibility:

• There will be an initial five-day training in July at the beginning of the fellowship with other California Regional Hubs, as well as our other international cohorts.
• A Zoom call 2x per month: A group of several fellows will have a call focused on well-being, project work, and work reflections.
• Monthly cohort workshops: fourth Monday of each month (2 hours), in-person
• Monthly 1-on-1s: second week of each month (1 hour), via Zoom

Clinical Duties (70%): 

• Clinical hours per week: 24 hours
• Administrative hours per week: 4 hours
• Any after-hours calls or weekends?
  • Two weeks of call, phone triage, no admissions
• What is a typical clinical schedule on a given week?
  • (This is a general breakdown. The actual day assignments may switch, based on preference.) Depending on which days are assigned to clinic to total 24 hrs, there would be 3 days a week
    • Monday: 8-5
    • Tuesday: 8-5, if at Rose, 1-9
    • Wednesday:8-5
    • Thursday: 8-5
    • Friday: 8-5
    • Saturday: off
    • Sunday: off
• Will fellows carry panels, or will this be walk-ins/urgent care?
  • Fellows would carry panels
• Do fellows see any patients via telehealth?
  • Yes, up to 4 hours of telehealth per week
• How does this compare to full-time site employees
  • Similar, but most of the full-time employees would have more clinic shifts

HEAL Social Medicine Time (30%): 

• Is there an expectation to participate in projects, committees, or other activities outside clinical duties?
  • Yes. Every Social Medicine HEAL fellow will participate in ~30% of dedicated social medicine time

Additional Details: 

• Direct supervisor for clinical services: Dr. Gilmore Chung at Rose Site and Dr. Blanca Andres at Levine Site
• Is there any formal or informal mentorship for new clinicians at this site?
  • Both formal and informal mentorship with onboarding, orientation, and daily consultation support. Monthly check-ins to identify any opportunities for improvement. Both mentors would work in clinic alongside the fellows.
• How are schedules made? Is there flexibility for shift or schedule requests?
  • Given the full-time and expanded hours of clinic operations, there is opportunity for flexibility in both the Levine and Rose sites.
• Are there connections to the global work HEAL does?
  • HEAL runs a global fellowship, as well as local leadership cohorts across Navajo Nation and East Africa. The California HEAL Program will overlap training with some of these global cohorts.

Job Requirements:

By 1 July 2027, applicants must have completed residency training at a US-based residency program. Applicants must be able to provide highly competent inpatient and ambulatory care and have a clear passion for serving the underserved. Additionally, they should have the desire to interact with and teach medical learners.

The HEAL Initiative:

HEAL is a global health organization that connects, trains, and mentors local healthcare professionals in resource-denied communities to strengthen care delivery and lay the foundation for enduring, systemic improvements in healthcare worker resilience and patient outcomes. HEAL believes health is a human right and works to increase access to quality healthcare around the world by centering equity, justice, and solidarity for vulnerable populations. Through global and local programs, HEAL empowers interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to address the needs of resource-denied communities globally, including California, Mexico, Southwest Indigenous communities, and East Africa.

Compensation and Benefits:
The compensation for the California Social Medicine HEAL Fellow is up to $155,000 + $5,000 stipend to support incidentals during your fellowship, such as moving costs, conference registration fees, CME courses, etc. Fellows will be credentialed and employed by UCSF GME, and eligible for a comprehensive benefits package at low or no additional cost. These benefits include:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement plan including a Pension plan
• Medical Malpractice Insurance
• Life, Accident, Disability Insurance
• Access to UCSF and UC faculty support
• Additional benefits and perks

Visit the UCSF Human Resources Page for detailed information on Benefits for Residents and Clinical Fellows

Serving Los Angeles County:
Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need. Created by community activism in 1971, it represents over 55 years of service via social medicine. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity, and respect across an area from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start Centers, and mobile clinics, plus an expansive Street Medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness.

We recruit mission-driven clinicians and appreciate Spanish-language skills to provide language-concordant services.