Classification Title:

CLIN AST/ASO/FULL PROF

Job Description:

The University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville at the Department of Emergency Medicine is recruiting an experienced and motivated physician leader to join our faculty at a non-tenured accruing level of Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor and as the Medical Director.   This non-tenured position sits on the department leadership team and reports directly to the Department Chair. 

In this role, the successful candidate will provide oversight, direction and leadership for the emergency medicine clinical practice at UF Health Clinical Center in downtown Jacksonville Florida.   UF Health is a 639-bed urban teaching hospital and Level 1 Trauma Center.  Our emergency department includes a nationally recognized residency training program, pediatric ED, an award-winning emergency simulation center and a highly successful and active research division.  A full cadre of sub-specialty services are available to the over 80,000 patients who visit us each year. 

This position has direct oversight of a Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) and is responsible for coordination with ED Nursing, pharmacy, case management and IT. The Clinical Center ED Medical Director works in coordination with other Emergency Medicine Medical Directors of UF Health North, and the three UF Health Free Standing Emergency Departments.  The Medical Director is a full-time appointment in the Department of Emergency Medicine, with approximately 60% clinical and 40% administrative duties. 

Responsibilities include the development and implementation of clinical policies, ensuring compliance with regulations, analysis of performance metrics, and improving service delivery and patient outcomes.  This role requires the successful candidate to have:

Prior management and leadership experience at the service chief or medical director level in an academic medical center. In depth experience with hospital operations, particularly in an urban, public health or safety net system.  Knowledge of material and pharmaceutical supply chains, capital budgeting and coordination of ancillary service support. Successful demonstration of operational improvements in emergency care. Experience working with senior health system leaders and stakeholders Proven ability to manage teams and projects successfully

With more than 6,200 faculty and staff, UF Health in Jacksonville is the largest UF campus outside of Gainesville. UF Health physicians offer primary care and specialty services in practices throughout Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia, tallying more than 650,000 outpatient visits and more than 40,000 inpatient admissions annually.

UF Health in Jacksonville, Florida, is comprised of:

UF Health Jacksonville, an academic health center near Downtown Jacksonville and home to the area's only adult and pediatric Level I trauma program UF Health North, a 92-bed hospital and outpatient medical campus in North Jacksonville UF Health Science Center Jacksonville, which encompasses three UF colleges in Jacksonville: Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy UF Jacksonville Physicians, Inc., a network of primary and specialty care centers offering exceptional patient care throughout Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville is the largest of the three colleges at the Health Science Center Jacksonville. We excel in education, research and patient care that expresses our steadfast values of compassion, excellence, professionalism and innovation. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 450 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 programs and proud to train many of best primary care providers and specialists throughout the region, the state and the country.

Research, discovery and innovation are critical aspects of our clinical campus and we have some of the country’s leading researchers at our locations searching for and finding new treatments and clinical options.

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville faculty, administrators, residents, fellows, students and staff work as a team in pursuit of our common mission — to heal, to comfort, to educate and to discover through quality health care, elimination of health disparities, medical education, innovation and research.

To learn more about our college, leadership, mission, faculty resources, and the city of Jacksonville visit https://med.jax.ufl.edu/administrative-affairs/faculty-orientation-guide/.

Expected Salary:

Academic appointment will commensurate with training and level of experience; benefits are excellent.

Minimum Requirements:

 Candidates should have a MD/DO and be board eligible or certified in Emergency Medicine

Preferred Qualifications:   Special Instructions to Applicants:

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 Employer. The University is committed to nondiscrimination 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.

The University of Florida is a public institution and subject to all requirements under the Florida Sunshine and Public Records laws. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call (352) 392-2HRS 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.

Health Assessment Required: Yes