Classification Minimum Requirements
Successful candidates will have a MD/DO and be board certified or board eligible.
Classification Title
CLIN AST/ASO/FULL PROF
Job Description
The University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Department of Neurosurgery is seeking to hire a non-tenure accruing level of Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor full time Neurosurgeon at UF Health St. Johns. This position will be located in St. Johns County which includes UF Health Durbin Medical Center and UF Health Flagler Hospital. The successful candidate will be BC/BE or equivalent in Neurosurgery. The successful candidate will possess a Florida Medical license or Medical Faculty Certificate and have specialty interest in general/spine neurosurgery. Ideally, the candidate will have successfully completed complex spine/minimally invasive spine surgery fellowship training.
Responsibilities
* Provide and maintain high quality and compassionate care to both inpatients and outpatients suffering from a variety of neurosurgical disorders.
* Work collaboratively with members of the healthcare team including nurse practitioners, nursing staff, pharmacists, etc.
* Responsible for excellent communication with primary care providers, consulting services and other referring providers.
* The candidate will work to enhance and further develop the UF Health Jacksonville Neuroscience Institute, including building interdepartmental collaborations and treatment protocols.
* Assist in marketing the Neurosurgery program to community physicians and managed care organizations.
* Participate in peer review, quality assurance, provider/departmental meetings, and other clinical and operational meetings as requested.
* On Call responsibilities as determined by the Chairman.
About UF Health
UF Health is the Southeast’s premier academic health center and an integral part of the University of Florida. Our mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and research across the spectrum of basic, translational and clinical investigation.
UF Health encompasses the Gainesville-based University of Florida colleges of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Health Professions, and Veterinary Medicine; the UF Health Shands family of hospitals in Gainesville; UF Health Jacksonville medical center; UF Health North; an academic campus in Jacksonville that is home to the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville and includes degree programs offered by the colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy; UF Health St. Johns in St. Augustine; UF Health Neighborhood Hospital in Ocala; and our campus in Central Florida, which includes UF Health Spanish Plaines Hospital and UF Health Leesburg Hospital. It also includes primary care and specialty practices throughout Central, North Central and northern Florida and Southeast Georgia.
The UF Health network of hospitals and physician practices manages more than 3 million inpatient and outpatient visits each year, and serves patients from all 67 Florida counties, from across the nation and from dozens of countries around the world.
About College Of Medicine – Jacksonville (COM-J)
The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville is the largest of the three colleges at the Health Science Center Jacksonville. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 500 faculty members, 1,560 staff and 450 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 and academic appointment will commensurate with training and level of experience.
Required Qualifications
Successful candidates will have a MD/DO. The candidate will have successfully completed complex spine/minimally invasive spine surgery fellowship training.
Preferred
BE/BC in Neurological Surgery is preferred.
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 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.
This position is open until filled.
Health Assessment Required: Yes
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