Physician Surgery-Otorhinolaryngology - Competitive Salary

Job Description

The Department of Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, is seeking an Otorhinolaryngologist at the non-tenure accruing level of Clinical Assistant, Associate, or Professor in the Division of Otorhinolaryngology – 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, and Trauma/Acute Care/Critical Care.

We are transforming the Division of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery to serve our growing community through multidisciplinary care and collaboration. Our focus is on building subspecialty centers of clinical excellence to meet our vision of being the regions most valued surgical health care asset. The division currently offers thriving practices in Laryngology, Otology, Rhinology, with continued growth in Head and Neck Surgery and Facial Plastics/Reconstruction. Additionally, the division will provide comprehensive general otorhinolaryngology services and currently serves as a key leader of the UF Health Skull Base Center. The Chief will lead the growth of the elective surgical practice throughout the Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia region with a focus on high quality academic medical care. The division is poised for growth and we are excited to offer this opportunity.

The duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

• Provide and maintain a high level of quality outpatient intermediate care services in all aspects of Otorhinolaryngology
• Provide clinical teaching of trainees if applicable and participate in the educational program.
• Be responsible for excellent communication with primary care physicians and other consulting providers.
• Assist in marketing the Otorhinolaryngology programs to community physicians and managed care organizations.
• Participate in monthly division 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 -affairs/faculty-orientation-guide/.