OBGYN Generalist – Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor

Classification Title:

CLIN AST/ASO PROF

Job Description:

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, seeks a full-time faculty member at the non-tenure accruing level of Assistant/Associate Professor at the UF Health North and Wildlight locations.

The primary responsibility of faculty members at the North and Wildlight locations is direct patient care. In addition, North faculty participate in the educational mission of the department by having residents operate with them and by giving didactic lectures to residents and medical students.

Currently, the North group is comprised of 5 full-time generalists, 5 Certified Nurse Midwives, and 2 APRNs; we are seeking a sixth full-time generalist. The practice has an excellent reputation in the area and prides itself on providing comprehensive, progressive obstetric and gynecologic care. The group is supported by Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Urogynecology, and Gyn Oncology subspecialists at the main UF Health campus in downtown Jacksonville.

Ideal candidates for the position are team players with excellent communication skills who are committed to providing outstanding patient care. In addition, ideal candidates will have strong surgical skills and will be comfortable collaborating with our excellent midwife team. While experienced candidates are preferred, providers of all experience levels are welcome to apply.

The University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville is the largest of the three colleges at the Health Science Center Jacksonville. The college is affiliated with UF Health in Jacksonville, a health system comprised of two hospitals — the 603-bed UF Health Jacksonville and 92-bed UF Health North — and more than 60 primary and specialty care practices throughout Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.

The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 440 faculty members, 1,560 staff and 384 residents and fellows, as well as medical students from UF and around the country. We offer an incredible breadth of clinical training program sand proud to train many of best primary care providers and specialists throughout the region, the state and the country.

The college offers 38 accredited graduate medical education programs and 14 non-standard programs. More than 100 residents and fellows from programs across the U.S. come to UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville to participate in various clinical rotations as well.

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. Third-year medical students enrolled at UF spend about 25 percent of their training at the Jacksonville campus, gaining valuable experience in an urban setting. While third-year rotations are only offered to UF students, elective rotations in the final year of clinical training are available to students from accredited schools in the US and Canada.

For practicing physicians, the college offers a continuing medical education program that recruits national and international speakers who are well known and respected in their fields.

The college's faculty, residents and fellows are active in clinical research. Residents and fellows regularly present their findings at locations across the country and publish their projects in well-known publications. In 2019, the campus received $23.1 million in external research funding, approximately 50% of which was federally sponsored projects.

The campus houses a 16,000-square-foot clinical and translational research facility. To support faculty and resident research, the college has a Center for Data Solutions, offering researchers analytics, epidemiology and biostatistics support, and a Center for Research Training, helping develop the next generation of highly collaborative clinical researchers.

Located in the Northeastern part of the state on the Atlantic Ocean, Jacksonville’s weather is sunny and pleasant. We enjoy an average of 320 days of sunshine each year, yet have the coolest summers in the state. Known as the River City, Jacksonville is a major port city with numerous waterways, two Naval bases, several nature preserves, marshes, lakes, wetlands and miles of beaches. Flowing through Jacksonville is the 310-mile St. Johns River, which plays a major role in our work and play.

To learn more about our college, our leadership and our campus, please visit us at https://med.jax.ufl.edu/about/ .

Expected Salary: Commensurate with education and experience. Minimum Requirements:

Candidates should have a MD/DO and be BE/BC in Obstetrics & Gynecology. In addition, they must hold or be eligible for a full, unrestricted Florida medical license.

Preferred Qualifications:

Special Instructions to Applicants:

This position was originally posted under requisition 79187. All previous applicants do not need to reapply.

The Search Committee will begin to review applications as soon as an applicant pool is identified. Please provide letter of intent and Curriculum Vitae.

The final candidate will be required to provide an 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 the 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. 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.

The University of Florida is committed to non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations, genetic information and veteran status in all aspects of employment including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training.

Health Assessment Required: Yes