Appointment in Clinical X Series

Tentative Offer Letter for Clinical X Series

Dear Dr. ______,

We are writing to summarize our proposal and tentative offer for an appointment as (Assistant, Associate) Professor of Clinical (Department name), in the Department of ______, in the School of Medicine. The proposed start date for this appointment will be ______. (Add the following if the faculty member will have a clinical practice): The start date is contingent upon having a current unrestricted California Medical License and a Medical Staff appointment at UC Irvine Medical Center. You must be credentialed with all payors to be eligible to bill and collect revenue on your first day of employment. The process of appointment will be initiated by a recommendation from the Department which is then reviewed by the School of Medicine Dean’s Office and the UCI Council on Academic Personnel. The decision to offer an appointment is made by the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost. (If Assistant Step I, II or III the decision is made by the Dean of the School of Medicine.

The position of (Assistant, Associate) Professor of Clinical (Department name), carries a base salary of $______. In addition, you will receive a Health Sciences Compensation Scale (__) in the amount of $______and a negotiated salary component of $______, bringing your total salary to $______. You will be a member of the University of California Health Sciences Compensation Plan (http://www.som.uci.edu/compensation_plan.html) (Explain source of the negotiated salary component. Clearly specify the duration of commitments from the Department and plans for the faculty member to assume responsibility for the negotiated component from grants and other sources.)

Faculty in the Clinical X Series are members of the Academic Senate of the University of California. The Professor of Clinical X title is used for physician/scholars supported by non-State funds. If they are full-time UC Irvine employees, they have the same retirement, health and other benefits as faculty in the tenure track series who receive a base salary from state funds. Because of the source of funding, however, Clinical X faculty members do not have tenure and their appointments are renewed on July 1st of every year. .

(Insert a paragraph that summarizes teaching and clinical service responsibilities. Summarize time available for research. If lengthy duties are detailed include this information in a separate MOU signed by candidate and Chair. )

Set-Up Funding: (Specify amount allocated and the duration in which the funds will be made available, if any. Specify fund source.)

Set-Up Funding Example: We have allocated $___ for set-up funds for this position. (Example: These funds will be made available in the following installments: $____ at the start of your appointment, $_____ in year two and $_____ in year three. Set-up funds remain in an account in the Dean’s Office for you to draw on. You will be given an account number to make your purchases.

Laboratory and Office Space: (Summarize commitments about lab and/or office space)

Removal: University policy allows for 50% of your standard personal housing removal costs. (Standard does not include boats, cars, pets or storage of items). Policy also allows us to pay 100% of laboratory and library removal costs provided those items are available for use by other faculty and students and are moved directly to the University. If you have any questions, please contact the departmental office.

Benefits: You will find information about employee benefits regarding life, health, dental, vision and disability insurance as well as the University of California retirement plan online http://snap.uci.edu/viewXmlFile.jsp?resourceID=27. We think you will find that the benefits package is excellent. If you would like more detailed information, please call our Department Administrator, ______, who can put you in touch with UCI’s benefits staff.

We hope that the plans and commitments described above are acceptable to you. If they are, please indicate this by your signature below and return to me by ______and we will initiate the appointment process. Please contact me if there are points you would like to discuss.

Ralph V. Clayman Department Chair Dean, School of Medicine

I agree to the terms of this letter and will accept the faculty position if it is offered.

Signed by candidate Date