ORTHOPAEDIC SPORTS MEDICINE FACULTY - CLINICAL ASSISTANT / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Job Description :

The Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Florida College of Medicine- Jacksonville, seeks a full-time Sports Medicine Faculty member at the non-tenure accruing level of Clinical Assistant / Associate Professor.

This position will report to the Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville.

Following is a general description of duties and responsibilities :

Provide and maintain a high level of quality in-patient intermediate care services in all aspects of Orthopaedics.

Provide clinical teaching of trainees in Orthopaedics and participate in the educational program.

Responsible for excellent communication with primary care physicians.

Assist in marketing the Orthopaedic Program to community physicians and managed care organizations.

Participate In monthly division meetings, administrative functions, and institutional activities as requested.

Major responsibilities include teaching, patient care and research.

With more than 6, 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 , outpatient visits and more than , 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 -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 clinical science departments house more than faculty members, 1, staff and 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 .

Expected Salary :

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

Minimum Requirements :

MD / DO AND BC / BE IN ORTHOPAEDICS

Preferred Qualifications :