Recruitment & New Appointment Process
On this page you will find information on the recruitment and new appointment process for faculty and academics interested in a position at UC San Diego Health.
Recruitment Resources
The VCHS Academic Affairs office works closely with other areas of Health Administration and central campus to ensure that recruitment and hiring needs of Health Sciences school, departments, and divisions are met consistently and fairly.
Recruitment
ARC provides support for Health Sciences areas seeking to open an academic recruitment
https://medschool.ucsd.edu/vchs/faculty-academics/arc/appointments/Pages/Recruitment.aspx
Search Committee Training
UC San Diego Health Sciences is committed to advancing equity and diversity by promoting best practices for faculty recruitment. It is mandatory for each search committee recruiting for a tenure-track or tenured position to receive search committee training from a Health Sciences Faculty Equity Advisor (FEA) coordinated by the Office of Faculty Affairs.
For more information about search committee best practices, please visit the Health Sciences Office of Faculty Affairs Faculty Search Committee Best Practices webpage.
Institutional Reference Check
UC San Diego requires all candidates for academic appointments with tenure or security of employment to complete, sign, and upload the Institutional Reference Check release form entitled “Authorization to Release Form” into RECRUIT as part of their application.
https://aps.ucsd.edu/recruitment/search-plan/background_check.html
UC Intercampus
As part of the University of California system, UC San Diego must follow designated procedures when an academic appointee from another UC campus is being proposed for an academic appointment here.
https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-510.pdf
Medical Board of California Special Permits
Special permits are Issued to International physicians who are not currently eligible for a Physician's and Surgeon's License in California. Practitioners must be sponsored by a medical school, hospital, or an approved fellowship training program in California. These permits authorize practitioners to practice medicine only within the sponsoring institution and its affiliates. There may be supervision requirements, limits on permitted activities, or eligibility limits based on work authorization.
https://www.mbc.ca.gov/Licensing/Physicians-and-Surgeons/Apply/Special-Permits/