General Pediatrics (Bower Lyman Center) CLIN ASTASOFULL PROF

CLIN AST/ASO/FULL PROF

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville is seeking a full-time physician BE/BC in Pediatrics Adolescent or in Medicine-Pediatrics to care for infants children youth and young adults with special health care needs and to prepare them for transitioning to adult-based care. This physician will join our UF Health Multispecialty practice at the Bower Lyman Center which is an innovative interdisciplinary primary care practice that provides comprehensive care for over 2000 infants children teens and young adults who have special health care needs and may live with disabilities. The Center also offers embedded mental health and inpatient palliative care services as integral components of a comprehensive system of care.

The academic appointment will be a tenure/non-tenure accruing level of Assistant/Associate or Full Professor depending upon experience and qualifications. The position will report to the Chief of the Division of General Pediatrics and to the Department Chair and integrate with other initiatives in the Division.

The current team includes a pediatrician an advanced practice provider two nurse care coordinators a social worker and other clinical support staff who provide primary medical care and facilitate the health care transition process to adulthood.

General Duties:

Provide clinical expertise and comprehensive care within a primary care medical-behavioral home in an outpatient setting to infants children youth and young adults who have chronic complex medical developmental and/or behavioral conditions including facilitating transition from pediatric to adult-based care.

Work with academic faculty and collaborating community organizations and agencies with a commitment to advancing the rights of children youth and young adults with complex medical conditions and disabilities.

Participate in monthly department faculty meetings administrative functions and institutional committees as requested. Clinical supervision and education of fellows residents medical students and advanced practice providers.

About UF Health:

UF Health is the Southeasts 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 colleges 16 clinical science departments house more than 500 faculty members 1560 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 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.

To learn more about our college leadership mission faculty resources and the city of Jacksonville visit Salary:

Salary is based on academic rank and years of experience and is guided by AAMC salary data for academic practices.

Applicant must possess a MD/DO degree possess or be eligible for medical licensure in the state of Florida and credentialing at area hospitals.

Be board-certified in Pediatrics or in Medicine-Pediatrics.

The Search Committee will begin to review applications as soon as an applicant pool is identified.

To apply for this position visit and search for job number 532084. Attach curriculum vitae the names and addresses of three references and a letter of intent addressed to Frank J. Genuardi MD Search Committee Chairman University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville 653-1 West 8th Street Jacksonville FL 32209.

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.