Critical Care Fellowship Program Director - Central Valley, CA

Seasoned Recruitment; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 550,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Seasoned Recruitment seeks a visionary physician leader to serve as Founding Critical Care Fellowship Program Director in California's Central Valley. This ground-up role blends academic impact with premier financial rewards, including a leadership stipend and clinical autonomy.

You will architect the fellowship from the ground up, defining curriculum, selecting core faculty, shaping culture, and mentoring the next generation while maintaining active bedside care. Accreditation efforts begin now.

Qualifications

• Prior experience as Program Director or Associate Program Director within an accredited GME fellowship or residency program.
• Leadership in curriculum development, faculty leadership, and academic scholarship is highly regarded.
• Ability to shepherd accreditation processes, site visits, and educational program improvement.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and refine the Critical Care Fellowship curriculum and educational competencies.
• Recruit, lead, and mentor high-caliber core GME faculty.
• Lead the ACGME accreditation application and site review processes.
• Establish robust feedback, evaluation, and didactic educational frameworks.
• Architect fellow recruitment, interview, and selection strategies ahead of launch.
• Instill an environment of academic inquiry, professionalism, and clinical rigor.

Skills

GME leadership

Curriculum design

Faculty recruitment

Educational evaluation

Academic scholarship

Clinical leadership

Job description

Founding Critical Care Fellowship Program Director

Ground-Floor Academic Leadership Opportunity | Central Valley, CA

Exceptional Earnings: $550,000 $600,000++

The Best of Both Worlds: Shape the Future of GME & Achieve Top-Tier Earnings

Are you a visionary intensivist ready to build a lasting legacy? We are seeking a dynamic physician leader to serve as our Founding Critical Care Fellowship Program Director. This unique position offers an extraordinary blend of academic impact, clinical autonomy, and premier financial rewards.

As Founding Program Director, you won't just step into a pre-existing system you will architect the entire training environment from the ground up, designing the curriculum, selecting core faculty, establishing the educational culture, and mentoring the next generation of critical care leaders, all while maintaining an active bedside clinical practice.

Compensation & Practice Highlights

• Unmatched Earning Potential: Highly competitive intensivist clinical compensation coupled with a dedicated Program Director leadership stipend. Total annual compensation easily exceeds $550,000, with top-tier clinical schedules reaching $600,000++.
• Balanced Workload: Manageable clinical commitment of ~10 ICU shifts per month, giving you ample protected administrative time to drive program development.
• Lifestyle-Friendly Schedule: Daytime focus with night shifts capped at ~30% of your clinical schedule.
• Robust GME Ecosystem: Work side-by-side with GME leadership and executive teams in a hospital that already hosts thriving Internal Medicine and Transitional Year Residencies. Fellowship accreditation is targeted for 2028.

About The Practice Group

Join a premier, 100% physician-owned group with a stellar 11.5-year history of excellence serving the region. Spanning 5 sites with nearly 40 full-time and part-time physicians and a dedicated team of 8 10 EM APPs, our multidisciplinary team spans Critical Care, Pulmonology, Neurocritical Care, Hospitalist Medicine, and Emergency Medicine. Our commitment to provider satisfaction is reflected in our outstanding >95% physician retention rate!

Key Leadership Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and refine the Critical Care Fellowship curriculum and educational competencies.
• Recruit, lead, and mentor high-caliber core GME faculty.
• Lead the ACGME accreditation application and site review processes.
• Establish robust feedback, evaluation, and didactic educational frameworks.
• Architect fellow recruitment, interview, and selection strategies ahead of launch.
• Instill an environment of academic inquiry, scholarship, professionalism, and clinical rigor.

ICU & Clinical Environment

• State-of-the-Art Facilities: 24-bed Main ICU + dedicated 8-bed Neurocritical Care ICU.
• Manageable Census: 12 15 patients per intensivist for optimal patient care and teaching quality.
• Team Coverage: 2 intensivists on day shifts (7:00 AM 7:00 PM); 1 dedicated night intensivist (7:00 PM 7:00 AM).
• Growth & Innovation: Dedicated neurosurgical and neurointerventional support on site, with active hospital initiatives underway to develop a comprehensive cardiogenic shock program.

Procedural Competencies

Candidates Should Bring a Broad Contemporary Skill Set, Including

• Endotracheal intubation & airway management
• Central line & ultrasound-guided vascular access
• Radial & femoral arterial catheter placement
• Therapeutic bronchoscopy
• Thoracentesis, paracentesis & chest tube placement
• Comprehensive ICU point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS)

Ideal Qualifications

• Proven GME Leadership: Prior experience as a Program Director or Associate Program Director within an accredited GME fellowship/residency program, OR substantial experience as core faculty with leadership in GME.

Emerging Leaders Welcome: Exceptional candidates with extensive participation in curriculum development, faculty leadership, and academic scholarship will also be considered.