Classification Title:

CLIN AST/ASO/FULLPROF

Job Description:

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville is seeking an applicant to fill a full-time position as a Pediatric Critical Care Physician in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) with clinical duties in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Wolfson Children’s Hospital.  The position will be at a non-tenure accruing level of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor depending of credentials and will report to the Chief of the Division of PCCM and to the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville.

General duties and responsibilities:

Provide superior, effective and efficient care of critically ill pediatric patients Coordinate the efficient utilization bed space in the pediatric intensive care unit Participate actively in quality improvement initiatives to improve the care of critically ill patients Serve as a resource to all UF COM-Jacksonville programs during the ICU rotation for medical education

The pediatric critical care specialists in the Division provide continuous in-house coverage of the PICU at Wolfson Children’s Hospital and have a strong focus on educating medical students and residents.  The successful candidate will possess exemplary clinical, organizational and interpersonal skills; collaborate as an enthusiastic and positive team player; demonstrate interest or accomplishment in education or in scholarship; and bring additional experience in a specific clinical domain that can expand the expertise of the group. 

Wolfson Children’s Hospital houses a 26-bed Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit in a new state-of-the-art Critical Care Tower.  The PICU is staffed by specially trained pediatric critical care physicians, physician assistants, advanced nurse practitioners, registered nurses, respiratory therapists and other healthcare professionals. 

UF Health Jacksonville

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

University of Florida, College of Medicine – Jacksonville

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:

Salary is based on academic rank and years of experience and is guided by AAMC salary data for academic practices.

Minimum Requirements:

Applicant must possess a MD/DO degree, be eligible for medical licensure in the state of Florida and credentialing at area hospitals.

Preferred Qualifications:

Be BE/BC in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 

Special Instructions to Applicants:

The Search Committee will begin to review applications as soon as an applicant pool is identified. 

Applications will continue to be received until the position is filled. Salary is based on academic rank and years of experience and is guided by  AAMC salary data for academic practices.  To apply for this position visit https://jobs.ufl.edu/ and search for requisition number 532085.  Attach curriculum vitae, the names and addresses of three references and a letter of intent addressed to Frank J. Genuardi, MD, Search Committee Chairman, University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, 653-1 West 8th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209

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 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