Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon - Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor

CLIN AST/ASO/FULL PROF

Possess an MD/DO, completed an accredited Orthopaedic Surgery Residency and one year or greater Orthopaedic Trauma fellowship and be board certified or board eligible.

University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is seeking a full-time Orthopaedic, academic Trauma surgeon that is an MD/DO and BC/BE, fellowship trained in Orthopaedic Trauma. Applicants must be eligible for licensure in Florida. This position will be non-tenured at the academic level of Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, commensurate with experience and academic qualifications.

Major responsibilities include performing orthopaedic trauma surgical and ambulatory care, teaching and research, located at the Downtown campus. Benefits are excellent; salary is negotiable, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

This position will report to the Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

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/.

Salary and academic appointment will commensurate with training and level of experience.

Successful candidates will have a MD/DO , completed an accredited Orthopaedic Surgery Residency and one year or greater Orthopaedic Trauma fellowship and be board certified or board eligible.

Board eligible or board certified

The Search Committee will begin to review applications as soon as an applicant pool is identified. 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 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 (800) 955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.