Careers at SCU
SCU thrives on the notion that healthcare is essential to changing the world. We are deeply committed to our mission of developing students into caring, competent, and integrative practitioners who are making a world of difference as members of their communities and leaders in the future of integrative healthcare.
Our impact is not just here and now, nor is it bound to classrooms and clinics throughout greater Los Angeles. It extends across the world and well into the future as today’s students and alumni are prepared to lead the healthcare system of tomorrow.
At SCU, we are committed to maintaining a safe and secure campus for everyone. In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (20 U.S.C. §”¯1092(f)), our Annual Security Report (ASR) details campus security policies, emergency procedures, and crime statistics from the past three years.
We encourage you to review the ASR to stay informed about our safety efforts.
Our Culture
Dedication to our core principles of grit, transparency, and a sense of humor; and shared respect for a diversity of ideas, beliefs, and cultures— is the cornerstone of our thriving culture at SCU.
Grit
We don’t give up! Our strategic efforts coupled with personal motivation, persistence, and teamwork make us successful in the dynamic healthcare and higher education environments.
Humor
We love our sense of humor which gives us a sense of perspective. Our sense of humor helps us to manage stress and creatively problem solve.
Respect
We welcome, embrace and are strengthened by a diversity of ideas, beliefs, and cultures. We cultivate an environment that is supportive, safe, and welcoming.
A Great Place to Work
Recognized multiple times as a great college to work for, SCU is a place full of fun, passionate faculty, administration and staff. We have good eateries and shopping nearby, and great recreational opportunities and an emphasis on a healthy work-life balance.
Healthy Environment
Our on-campus cafe serves up delicious food. We offer fitness classes and on-site yoga weekly. There are nearby hiking trails and the beach is only 30 minutes away.
Benefits
For full-time positions, we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes university-funded pension (defined contribution plan with TIAA-CREF), 403(b) savings plan, medical, dental and vision benefits, life, AD&D, travel-accident coverage, long-term disability, voluntary benefit programs through AFLAC, generous time off policies, on-site gym, and health centers.
Join Our Team
Founding Executive Director for the Institute for the Advancement of Whole Health (Summit Search Solutions) – Whittier, CA
This is a once-in-a-career opportunity for an accomplished and dynamic leader to influence the future of healthcare as the Founding Executive Director (ED) of the newly established Institute for the Advancement of Whole Health at SCU (Institute). The University has developed a preliminary plan for the Institute. The ED will be expected to review, augment, and extend the plan based upon their experiences and ideas.
The Institute will advance SCU as the leading academic institution in the Whole Health movement, providing training and educational content to organizations and individuals, developing and delivering academic programs, establishing a model Whole Health community clinic, and advancing the field through scholarship. The Institute will serve as the authoritative academic resource for the definition, standards, and practices of Whole Health.
The ED has broad responsibilities for the planning, development and administration of the Institute’s educational programs and services, research and thought leadership, development and fundraising, clinic operations, and partnership and outreach development. The ED will be expected to build the reputation and visibility of the Institute by identifying and pursuing opportunities related to fundraising, grants, research, partnerships, clinical services, and educational programming. The Executive Director will work closely with the University’s Chief Whole Health Officer to implement SCU’s vision of becoming a Whole Health university by adapting the principles and practices of Whole Health to the academic community.
Academic Advisor & Enrollment Support Liaison
The Academic Advisor & Enrollment Support Liaison plays an integral role in supporting prospective and current students within the Accelerated Sciences Division. This position provides comprehensive enrollment guidance and academic advising to ensure a high-quality, student-centered experience.
This position serves as a key resource throughout the student lifecycle—from initial inquiry and enrollment through course planning and academic progression—while upholding institutional policies, academic standards, and departmental procedures.
The ideal candidate brings experience in academic advising, student services, recruitment, or customer-facing roles, along with a demonstrated commitment to supporting adult and non-traditional learners pursuing health sciences education.
Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) offers intensive five-week science courses delivered both online and on campus. This role represents the Accelerated Sciences Division and SCU in a professional, ethical, and student-focused manner while supporting enrollment and academic success consistent with institutional mission and values.
Program Director of Pre-Clinical Education, Los Angeles College of Chiropractic
The Program Director of Pre-Clinical Education (PD) of Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (LACC) provides administrative leadership to the pre-clinical (i.e., pre-clerkship) and concentrations courses of the Doctor of Chiropractic Program at LACC. This includes providing oversight, management, guidance, and support to program faculty to ensure effective operations and academic excellence in alignment with the SCU mission and values.
The PD works with the Executive Dean of the College of Chiropractic Education (ED) on program and teaching effectiveness for their area, ensuring academic excellence and accreditation compliance; provides an outstanding student experience; manages faculty and staff; participates in the budget operation and program planning initiatives; promotes service, scholarship and development; and fosters an environment and work culture that elevates the chiropractic program’s reputation.
BI Developer — California
Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCUHS) is transforming how its administration and faculty understand and use data. We are building a cloud-native Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse on a Medallion Architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold), and we need someone who can translate that investment into insight that changes decisions.
We are not looking for a report-runner. We are looking for a BI Developer who acts as a strategic partner to our academic and administrative leaders—someone who sits with a budget director or a program chair, understands their real problem, and builds a Power BI solution that changes how they lead. Think of our Lakehouse as the city’s water supply—clean, governed, and reliably flowing. Your job is to design the pipes, faucets, and fixtures that deliver the right data, in the right form, to every office and program on campus.
You will work directly with stakeholders to gather requirements, prototype and iterate rapidly, and proactively recommend alternatives that better accomplish the business objectives—drawing from both our Lakehouse Gold layer and our legacy data sources during the migration transition.
Data Platform Lead – Principal Analytics Engineer, CA
Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCUHS) is rebuilding its data foundation. We are moving from a legacy Azure SQL Database warehouse to a cloud-native Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse.
Even though our current data is in the cloud, it is trapped in a legacy structure that cannot support our future. We are not looking for a maintenance engineer. We are looking for a Data Platform Lead to execute a specific technical blueprint: constructing a Medallion Architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) that unifies our fragmented data landscape.
You will own the architecture, the code, and the governance costs. You will solve our most complex problem—Identity Resolution—by building the “Person Spine” that links students, patients, and employees across our systems.
Business Analyst — California
Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCUHS) runs on a complex ecosystem of people, processes, and technology platforms. The gap between what the university needs and what its systems actually deliver is where institutional friction lives—missed deadlines, workarounds, manual effort that shouldn’t exist, and decisions made without the right information. The Business Analyst exists to close that gap.
This is not a documentation role or an observer role. You will sit squarely between our stakeholder groups—faculty, administrators, department chairs, clinical leaders—and the technology platforms that serve them: Jenzabar, Canvas, Athena, and the Microsoft Fabric data platform. You will understand problems deeply, design better processes, assess whether proposed technology changes will actually solve them, and see solutions through to working reality. You own the outcomes.
Think of this role like a general contractor. The architect (the stakeholder) has a vision. The tradespeople (vendors and technology teams) have the skills. Your job is to turn the vision into a buildable plan, hold everyone to it, and make sure what gets built is what was actually needed—not just what was literally requested.
Adjunct Faculty, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program — California:
Adjunct (Associated) faculty support course delivery and assessment, contributing to synchronous class discussions, providing graded feedback for assignments, offering instruction during immersive lab sessions, and ensuring high standards of communication and academic excellence. Adjunct (Associated) participate in post-course assessments, support the mission and goals of Southern California University of Health Sciences, engage in professional organizations, contribute to special projects, and maintain positive and professional relationships within the university community. Additionally, they adhere to all policies and procedures while fostering their professional development, maintain clinical practice affiliations, and serve as mentors/clinical instructors for DPT students. Adjunct (Associated) faculty must demonstrate a commitment to the Core Values of the Physical Therapy profession, proficiency in teaching, effective communication, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and the ability to handle a diverse range of responsibilities within the DPT Program.
Standardized Patient – Independent Contractor, AZ
This assignment is part of an independent contractor position. It does not constitute an offer of full-time employment and does not include eligibility for employee benefits or unemployment compensation. Engagements are scheduled on an as-needed basis, with no guarantee of future assignments.
Final candidates selected for engagement will be required to successfully complete a background check prior to participation in simulation activities. The cost of the background check will be covered by Southern California University of Health Sciences.
Southern California University of Health Sciences has a fun, challenging, and diverse independent contractor role as a Standardized Patient (SP). The successful candidate will possess reliability, punctuality, flexibility, work well with others, and follow instructions effectively.
The Standardized Patient (SP) provides SCU students with simulated practice experience through scripted patient encounters. SPs are trained to provide lists of symptoms and to mimic aches and pains for the student intern to assess, diagnose, and determine a course of treatment.
Standardized Patient – Independent Contractor, CA
This assignment is part of an independent contractor position. It does not constitute an offer of full-time employment and does not include eligibility for employee benefits or unemployment compensation. Engagements are scheduled on an as-needed basis, with no guarantee of future assignments.
Final candidates selected for engagement will be required to successfully complete a background check prior to participation in simulation activities. The cost of the background check will be covered by Southern California University of Health Sciences.
Southern California University of Health Sciences has a fun, challenging, and diverse independent contractor role as a Standardized Patient (SP). The successful candidate will possess reliability, punctuality, flexibility, work well with others, and follow instructions effectively.
The Standardized Patient (SP) provides SCU students with simulated practice experience through scripted patient encounters. SPs are trained to provide lists of symptoms and to mimic aches and pains for the student intern to assess, diagnose, and determine a course of treatment.
Program Director, Physician Assistant (MSPA) Program — Arizona
This full-time position is primarily responsible for academic and administrative oversight of the MSPA program located in Tempe, Arizona. This individual is responsible for maintaining compliance with ARC-PA standards through program organization, program administration, fiscal management of the program, continuous programmatic review and analysis, program planning, program development, completion of ARC-PA required documents, and adherence to the Standards and ARC-PA policies. This position requires responsiveness to issues related to personnel, strong communication skills, and proactive problem solving.
Medical Director for the Master of Science: Physician Assistant (MSPA) Program — Arizona
This position is primarily responsible for serving the Master of Science: Physician Assistant program. The medical director is responsible for applying their expertise to oversee the curriculum. This includes developing the competencies to meet current practice standards as they relate to the PA role. This individual must be an active participant in the program.
Program Coordinator, Doctor of Chiropractic Program, Phoenix Metro, Arizona
The Program Coordinator (PC) of the Doctor of Chiropractic Program in Arizona is a faculty role with administrative responsibilities to provide leadership to the Doctor of Chiropractic Program at the learning site in the Phoenix Metro Area. This includes teaching (2/3 of responsibility) and oversight, management, guidance, and support (1/3 of responsibility) to students and program faculty to ensure effective operations and academic excellence of the learning site in alignment with the SCU mission and values.
Southern California University of Health Sciences – National Director of Nursing Programs
Southern California University of Health Sciences is seeking a strategic, forward-thinking, growth-minded National Director of Nursing Programs to lead the development and implementation of a suite of whole health-focused, holistic nursing programs aligned with the University’s mission, vision, and values. SCU is a rapidly growing institution with programs across multiple healthcare disciplines. The University is excited to enter the nursing space, believing that nurses play a distinct and crucial role in advancing integrative, whole health.
Southern California University of Health Sciences – National Director of Financial Aid
The National Director functions as the institution’s senior authority on student financing, including Title IV Federal Student Aid, work-study, state aid, institutional scholarships, tuition discounting, and alternative financing options in a post-Grad PLUS environment under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The role leads the redesign of the financial aid operating model (people, processes, technology, and vendor partners) to balance student support, institutional sustainability, risk management, and service excellence, including SCU’s institutional response to OBBBA and Financial Value Transparency (FVT) requirements.
Part-Time Clinical Faculty- Los Angeles College of Chiropractic Clinical Education
This is a part-time Clinical Faculty position for the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic (LACC) Doctor of Chiropractic program. The faculty member is primarily responsible for teaching, assessing, and mentoring students in clinical settings, with a strong focus on ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care in accordance with the SCU Spine Care Pathway and Whole Health principles. The role involves leveraging clinical expertise to design and deliver educational experiences that enhance student learning outcomes and support their professional development. Faculty members are also responsible for overseeing and guiding clinical students during patient care, which may occur at any SCU-owned and operated clinics or partner clinic locations.
Admissions Advisor
Southern California University of Health Sciences is seeking passionate, energetic and results-oriented Admissions Advisors. The Admissions role is responsible for increasing institution enrollment by working with prospective students through the enrollment process. The Admissions Advisor position represents SCUHS in a positive and professional manner while recruiting qualified applicants for admission in accordance with state and federal accreditation and institutional policies and regulations, consistent with the highest ethical standards. This is a full-time position that requires occasional evening and weekend availability.
Adjunct Faculty – Doctor of Chiropractic (Phoenix, Arizona)
This position is primarily responsible for teaching courses to the Doctor of Chiropractic students in the online classroom and/or onsite laboratory setting. The faculty member is responsible for applying their expertise to develop and deliver courses that improve the learning outcomes of our students. In addition, the adjunct faculty members may be required to also participate in general faculty meetings, open labs, and perform additional duties as assigned by the Supervisor. Opportunities for scholarly activities and intra- and extra-institutional service, including attending graduations, are agreed upon between the faculty and supervisor.
Adjunct Faculty – Doctor of Physical Therapy Program (Arizona)
Adjunct (Associated) faculty support course delivery and assessment, contributing to synchronous class discussions, providing graded feedback for assignments, offering instruction during immersive lab sessions, and ensuring high standards of communication and academic excellence. Adjunct faculty participate in post-course assessments, support the mission and goals of Southern California University of Health Sciences, engage in professional organizations, contribute to special projects, and maintain positive and professional relationships within the university community. Additionally, they adhere to all policies and procedures while fostering their professional development, maintain clinical practice affiliations, and serve as mentors/clinical instructors for DPT students. Adjunct faculty must demonstrate a commitment to the Core Values of the Physical Therapy profession, proficiency in teaching, effective communication, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and the ability to handle a diverse range of responsibilities within the DPT Program.
Academic Program Coordinator/Adjunct Faculty, Doctor of Chiropractic Program (Arizona)
The Academic Program Coordinator (APC) of the Doctor of Chiropractic Program in Arizona is a faculty role with administrative responsibilities to provide leadership to the Doctor of Chiropractic Program at the learning site in the Phoenix Metro Area. This includes teaching (2/3 of responsibility) and program support (1/3 of responsibility) to students and other faculty to ensure effective operations and academic excellence of the learning site in alignment with the Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) mission and values.
Adjunct Faculty – Accelerated Sciences (Part-Time)
Accelerated Sciences
Part-time instructors are responsible for teaching intensive sciences in Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Physics. Designed for the working professional, Accelerated Science courses are scheduled on two full days a week (Monday/Tuesday, Thursday/Friday and Saturday/Sunday), across 5 weeks (instructors may be assigned to teach both lecture and lab, or just the lecture or just the lab).