The University of Florida Department of Emergency Medicine in Gainesville, FL, is seeking a talented, highly motivated full-time board certified/prepared emergency physician for our UF Emergency Medicine and Division of Community Emergency Medicine to staff our main emergency department and two freestanding, full-service emergency departments. The faculty member will serve as education faculty and will have directed responsibilities for educating residents.

This is a non-tenure accruing position.

Successful candidates will hold UF appointments and become part of our 50+ full-time faculty, 11 fellows, 42 residents and more than 200 members that make up our robust, dynamic department. The UF department of emergency medicine is affiliated with UF Health Shands Hospital, a 1,162 bed teaching hospital with a Level 1 trauma center and burn center that serves as the major referral center for North Central Florida.

Our freestanding EDs offer physicians the opportunity to independently practice community-based emergency medicine while enjoying the academic benefits of working in the country’s only academic health center with six health-related colleges, nine major research institutes and versatile research facilities located on a single contiguous campus. From an academic perspective, the successful candidate will have the training and experience to effectively contribute to the residency training mission.

Gainesville is a beautiful, dynamic and vibrant college town, centrally located in North Florida.  Residents are close to major airports, family entertainment and some of the best beaches in the world.  Home of the “Gator Nation”, award-winning college sports and year-round outdoor activities, Gainesville has repeatedly been voted as one of the best places to live in the U.S.

Join the UF College of Medicine faculty and earn an extremely competitive salary as a UF assistant or associate professor.  Enjoy the full range of University of Florida state benefits, including Sovereign immunity-type medical malpractice; health; life and disability insurance; paid sick leave; and a generous retirement package.

All physicians must be ABEM/ABOEM Board Certified/Board-Eligible.

Preferred Experience

• A minimum of 4 years experience working in a community setting
• A minimum of 3 years working in an academic setting with focused residency teaching responsibilities
• Demonstration of success developing and implementing curricula focused on resident education

All interested applicants must apply online.  Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.  We ask that you also please send a CV & cover letter to:

Amy Smith, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida,

P O Box 100186

Gainesville, FL  32610, amysmith@ufl.edu

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/.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty and staff.

The University of Florida is An Equal Employment Opportunity Institution. 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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