CHIEF & ASO/FULL PROF

The University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry – Jacksonville is seeking an Associate/Full Professor Child Psychiatrist (MD) in the Child and Adolescent Division. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), tenure or non-tenure track faculty position. The department is seeking a dynamic individual with outstanding clinical and teaching skills as well as a record of scholarly/research productivity to lead the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The applicant should possess experience in child and adolescent psychiatry, including skills in the evaluation of lifespan trajectories, psychiatric and medical comorbidities, and/or the application of clinical knowledge and skills/interventions to address the needs of children with complex medical and psychiatric needs. A record of accomplishment in program development and research/scholarly activity is highly desirable. Experience in the area of developmental and genetic disorders of childhood is also a plus. The successful candidate must be able to work effectively across multi-disciplinary teams and diverse populations. To learn more about our college, our leadership and our campus, please visit us at https://med.jax.ufl.edu/about/.

With more than 6,200 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 650,000 outpatient visits and more than 40,000 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 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 college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 450 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 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 https://med.jax.ufl.edu/administrative-affairs/faculty-orientation-guide/ 

Commensurate with education and experience.

Candidates should have a MD/DO and be BE/BC in Psychiatry; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

The department is seeking a dynamic individual with outstanding clinical and teaching skills as well as a record of scholarly productivity. The application should possess experience and/or training or other background in pediatric psychiatry and behavioral health including skills in the evaluation of lifespan trajectories, psychiatric and medical comorbidities, and/or the application of clinical knowledge and skills/interventions to address the needs of children with complex medical and psychiatric needs. The successful candidate must be able to work effectively across multi-disciplinary teams and diverse populations.

The Search Committee will begin to review applications as soon as an applicant pool is identified and continue until the position is filled. Please 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 http://www.naces.org/.

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