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Division Chief, Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Medicine - Clinical Associate/Full Professor (...

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University of Florida
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Jacksonville, Florida

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Division Chief, Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Medicine - Clinical Associate/Full Professor (67597)

Location:
Jacksonville, Florida
Open Date:
Dec 3, 2020
Description:

The University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, Department of Medicine seeks candidates for the position of Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine.

The division boasts a vibrant, growing academic practice with a strong three-year pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship program that includes three fellows per year. In addition to comprehensive pulmonary and critical care, the division also has a robust sleep medicine program. Responsibilities of the Chief will include teaching, patient care, research, and administrative duties. The Chief will mentor junior faculty members and continue the trajectory of growth and increasing prominence of the Division. Candidates should have excellent communication and management skills, as well as a proven track record in research and education. In addition, candidates must be BC/BE in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. Appointment will be at the tenure or non-tenure accruing level of Associate or Full Professor, based on qualifications.  Salary is negotiable; excellent benefits.  

The University of Florida, Jacksonville has a 150-year history of serving the community of Jacksonville as the region’s premier academic health center and the only adult and pediatric level one trauma program in Northeast Florida. The city boasts a favorable climate year-round, and a large variety of outdoor and recreational activities, making it a highly desirable location to live and work. 

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/


Qualifications:

Candidate must be DO/MD and also be able to obtain a Florida Medical License. Also must be BC/BE in Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine and/or Sleep Medicine.


Application Instructions:

Review of applications will start on December 3, 2020 and applications will be accepted until the positions is filled. Please upload CV and three letters of recommendations with application.

The 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/   

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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