Neonatologist - CLIN AST/ASO/FULL PROF

CLIN AST/ASO/FULL PROF

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville is inviting applicants for a full-time Neonatologist position in the Division of Neonatology as Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor rank on a non-tenure accruing level based on qualifications. We are specifically searching for candidates who preferentially wish to provide care at level II neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and level I mother-baby units. Currently members of our team provide care at the 14-bed level II NICU at Baptist Medical Center-South and the level I unit at Baptist Medical Center-Beaches. We are seeking an additional skilled neonatologist to expand coverage to a 10-bed level II NICU that opened at the Baptist Medical Center-Clay Hospital in November 2022. If desired there is an opportunity for an individual to provide care for critically ill infants at a new 75-bed level IV NICU at Wolfson Childrens Hospital and the 48-bed level III NICU at UF Health Jacksonville. UF faculty staff both of these NICUs. The Division is an active participant in the Vermont-Oxford Network and in the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative.

All three level I/II units are staffed in-house 24/365 by advanced practice providers (APPs). The neonatologists provide hands-on care in partnership with the APPs during the week (Monday-Friday 8 hours daytime) round at the hospitals on weekends and holidays and are available within 30 minutes of notification to arrive at the hospital at the request of an APP to assist when needed.

Under Florida stature very premature infants (< 30 weeks gestational age or < 1250 grams birth weight) and infants who require medical subspecialty or surgical specialty care are transported from the level II NICUs to the level IV Wolfson Childrens Hospital (WCH) by an experienced transport team that is in-house at WCH.

This position will report to the Chief of the Division of Neonatology and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine Jacksonville. Following is a partial description of duties and responsibilities:

• Provide clinical critical care to neonates and newborns at the Baptist Medical Center-Clay level II NICU as assigned by the Chief Division of Neonatology and/or designee.
• Optionally staff a limited number of rotations at the level IV/III NICUs.
• Teach and supervise the advanced practice providers.
• Participate on committees to represent the Department of Pediatrics as required by Chief Division of Neonatology and/or designee as required.
• Participate in monthly department faculty meetings administrative functions and institutional and hospital committees as requested.

With more than 6200 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 650000 outpatient visits and more than 40000 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 areas 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

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 colleges 16clinical science departmentshouse more than 450 faculty members 1560 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 countrys 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.

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Negotiable based on experience and academic appointment.

The successful candidate will have a MD/DO degree be a board-certified pediatrician and board eligible/board certified in neonatology; and have demonstrated competency in delivery room stabilization and level II NICU care.

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The Search Committee will begin to review applications as soon as an applicant pool is 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 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 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Floridas Sunshine Law.