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The Department of Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, is seeking an up to full-time Otorhinolaryngologist at the non-tenure accruing level of Clinical Assistant/Associate/Professor in the Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. The Department of Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville is a tertiary referral center that serves the population of Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. It is home to the divisions of General Surgery/Surgical Oncology, Otorhinolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, Trauma/Acute Care/Critical Care, and Vascular Surgery.
We are transforming the Division of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery to serve our growing community through multidisciplinary care and collaboration Subspecialty centers of clinical excellence in hearing, voice, olfaction, as well as head and neck surgery, facial plastic/reconstruction are focus areas and will be further developed to meet our vision of being the region’s most valued surgical health care asset. Additionally, the division will provide general otorhinolaryngology services. Already strong in adult otorhinolaryngologic care, we aim to develop our pediatric capabilities and allergy care. The division is actively growing in Northeast Florida with a focus on high quality academic medical care. In St. Johns County, a new hospital and outpatient facility is being built in the Durbin Park area and ENT services are planned for UF Health St. Johns – Flagler Hospital, a well-established community hospital in St. Augustine, FL. We are excited to offer this opportunity.
We are seeking a candidate with training and clinical experience in otorhinolaryngology. We are open to candidates with subspecialty expertise in Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Rhinology/skull base surgery, Laryngology or general otorhinolaryngology. Post graduate education or an interest in ENT allergy or sleep apnea surgery/sleep medicine is a plus. This position will report to the Division Chief of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery and the Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. Every faculty member in the department will have a mentoring team assigned to them and participate in the department wide faculty development program.
The duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:
- Provide and maintain a high level of quality in-patient specialty and/or sub-specialty care services in Otorhinolaryngology.
- Provide clinical teaching of trainees if applicable and participate in the educational program.
- Be responsible for excellent communication with primary care physicians.
- Assist in marketing the Otorhinolaryngology programs to community physicians and managed care organizations.
- Participate in division and department meetings, administrative functions and institutional committees as requested.
About UF Health:
UF Health is the Southeast’s 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 college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 500 faculty members, 1,560 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 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/.
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