UF Health Family Medicine Physician - Assistant/Associate Professor (80547)

The Department of Community Health and Family Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, seeks an MD/DO, BC/BE family medicine physician to join at the tenure/non-tenure accruing level of Assistant/Associate Professor assigned to a community – based family medicine office at UF Health Family Medicine – Normandy .

Major responsibilities include outpatient care, with opportunity for teaching and research, and administrative duties associated with management of a clinical practice and supervision of a junior physician or non-physician.

This position is up to full time and will report to the Chair of the department at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville.

Base salary is guaranteed, with significant additional productivity incentives and strong benefits package.

The University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville is the largest of the three UF colleges - medicine, nursing and pharmacy - located on the approximately 110-acre UF Health Jacksonville campus. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 400 faculty members and 300 residents and fellows. In addition to graduate medical education, clinical rotations in all the major disciplines are provided for students from the UF College of Medicine in Gainesville.

With more than 5,000 faculty and staff, the academic health center in Jacksonville is the largest UF campus outside of Gainesville, offering nearly 100 specialty services, including: Cancer services; Cardiovascular; Neuroscience; Orthopaedic; Pediatrics; Poison Center; Trauma and Critical Care; and Women and Families services. At 37 clinical sites throughout Northeast Florida, UF physicians tally more than 600,000 outpatient visits and more than 34,000 inpatient admissions annually.

Located on Florida's First Coast, Jacksonville is one of the largest cities in land area in the United States. The city provides an eclectic combination of southern hospitality, business and recreational paradise.

More than 1 million people live in the five-county area known as Florida's First Coast. The area offers something for everyone, with a temperate climate incorporating seasonal changes, miles of beautiful waterways and beaches, and a myriad of public facilities for work and play.

The St. Johns River flows through the heart of downtown Jacksonville. The area is home to 68 miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline and 300 miles of river. Jacksonville has more than 55 world-class golf courses, including the Stadium Course at Sawgrass, beautiful state parks and luxurious spas and resorts. Jacksonville offers a wide array of leisure activities for everyone to enjoy including golf, tennis, boating, deep-sea fishing and much more! Charming St. Augustine, Amelia Island and Jekyll Island are within easy driving distance. Jacksonville also is home to the National Football League franchise, the Jacksonville Jaguars. For those who like the aroma of roasted peanuts and the sound of a bat smashing a home run, the Baseball Grounds is the place to watch the Jacksonville Suns professional baseball team.

Tennis and golf are year-round activities for many in the area, and top-notch facilities for both sports abound. Located in Ponte Vedra Beach are the national headquarters for professional golf's PGA Tour and the PGA's innovative Player's Club at Sawgrass, where THE PLAYERS Championship brings together top names in golf every May. The ATP, Association of Tennis Professionals is also based here.

The city's cultural life is rich. The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, multiple art museums and galleries, the Museum of Science and History, Jacksonville Zoo, and professional and amateur theaters all contribute to the cultural opportunities available in Jacksonville. The Jacksonville Jazz Festival has set the standard for international jazz festivals. Held each October on the banks of the St. Johns River, the event attracts top artists and thousands of jazz lovers. Recently, the annual crowd-funding festival, One Spark, has drawn international attention. In addition, there are a wide variety of ethnic groups and religious institutions within the city limits.

Jacksonville is centrally located for day trips to historic St. Augustine, the oldest city in the nation; Sea World and Disney World; St. Simon's Island; Gainesville; Savannah; Charleston and Tallahassee, the state capital. Four modern seaport facilities, including the newest cruise port, make Jacksonville very convenient for your vacation cruise travel.

But perhaps the most compelling reason for Jacksonville's appeal is the sense of warmth and welcome with which newcomers are embraced. We invite you to visit and see what the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville and the City of Jacksonville can offer.

Candidates must be MD/DO, have a Florida Medical License and Board Certified or Board Eligible as a family medicine physician.

The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications on September 9, 2021. Please provide letter of intent and Curriculum Vitae.

Final candidate will be required to provide official transcript to the hiring department upon hire. A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible. Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/ .

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty and staff.

The University of Florida is An Equal Employment Opportunity Institution. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call 352/392-2477 or the Florida Relay System at 800/955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.

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