Current Job Opportunities for Physicians

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is recruiting for the following positions for physicians. If you are interested in being considered for any other current and future physician job opportunities visit the How to Apply page.


Vacancy Notice for a Senior Physician – Field Based Substance Use Services in the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control Bureau Senior Physician
Field Based Substance Use Services
Substance Abuse Prevention and Control Bureau (SPAC)

The Senior Physician leads SAPC’s Field Based Substance Use Services Team. This role involves administrative and clinical leadership, managing team members and assignments, and ensuring that SAPC’s Field Based Substance Use Services Team’s operation improves access to clinically appropriate substance use services. The Field Based Substance Use Services Team will also provide consultation, training, and technical assistance for LA County’s existing multidisciplinary teams, street medicine providers, and street psychiatry programs to improve access to medically necessary and clinically appropriate substance use services for LA County residents experiencing homelessness in the largest and one of the most diverse counties in the nation.

View the flyer for more information.

Vacancy Notice for a Physician Specialist – Field Based Substance Use Services in the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control Bureau Physician Specialist
Field Based Substance Use Services
Substance Abuse Prevention and Control Bureau (SPAC)

The Physician Specialist on SAPC’s Field Based Substance Use Services Team is a clinical addiction medicine role involving the provision of medical and clinical support services and collaboration with other SAPC team members on field-based clinical assignments. These assignments include the delivery of consultation, training, and technical assistance for LA County’s existing multidisciplinary teams, street medicine providers, and street psychiatry programs to improve access to clinically appropriate substance use services for LA County residents experiencing homelessness in the largest and one of the most diverse counties in the nation.

View the flyer for more information.

For questions regarding DPH exams, please contact the DPH Examinations and Recruitment Unit at (323) 659-6546 or HRExams@ph.lacounty.gov.

For general questions and help navigating the hiring process contact the Division of Medical and Dental Affairs at medicalaffairs@ph.lacounty.gov.

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