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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm (hours may vary)
Posted Date
04/01/2024
Salary Range: $68800 - 141000 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
indefinite
Job #
14992

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The UCLA Department of Surgery Well-being Instructor will be embedded in the Department of Surgery to lead in creation of Departmental well-being offerings including but not limited to mindfulness techniques and individualized practices. First and foremost, the role and goal of this position is to enhance and support the well-being, mental health, professional and personal contentment, and retention of faculty. The Well-Being Instructor will create trusted, supportive relationships with faculty by leading individual, accessible, personalized mindfulness mentoring/coaching sessions.  In addition, this role will collaborate, consult with, and contribute to the establishment, growth, and evolution of the UCLA Center for Surgeon Well-Being. 

Pay Range: $66,560.00 - $137,600.00 annually. 


Job Qualifications

Required:

5+ years teaching Mindfulness in comparable setting.   

History of work in 1:1 setting, Mindfulness Mentor, Coach or equivalent position.

Demonstrated experience in health/corporate setting at executive or leadership level.

Demonstrated experience working in a hospital, ideally with surgeons or in a Department of Surgery.

Demonstrated ability to maintain a personal mindfulness or well-being practice.

Bachelor’s degree in field such as psychology, neuroscience or other related field.

Certification as Mindfulness Teacher with internationally recognized training program.

Certification as Mindfulness Mentor or Performance Coach.

Ability to establish trusted relationships with Chair, Division Chiefs, Section Chiefs and faculty.

Experience in interacting in a variety of formats (e.g., face-to-face, hybrid, and online).

Outstanding emotional intelligence, communication skills, empathetic nature Entrepreneurial, self-starter, ability to work autonomously.

Strategic and visionary thinker.

Adept at working both independently and within teams.

Mature, poised, intelligent; demonstrated ability to interact with surgeons as an equal.

Demonstrated understanding of surgery and health care specific stress points.

Team player, builder Competence in tracking several projects simultaneously.

Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and the ability to build positive relationships with surgeons, trainees and staff.

Preferred:

Advanced training or Continuing Education credits in multiple specializations such as Anxiety, Fear, Anger, Rewiring the Brain, Trauma, Burnout, Depression.

Mindfulness retreat attendance, ideally 1-2 annually.

Advanced degree in related field.


As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.