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The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville is inviting applicants for several full-time Neonatologist positions in the Division of Neonatology as Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor rank at a tenure/non-tenure accruing level based on qualifications.  

Our clinical neonatology program staffs 6 area Level 1 through Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Units.  The clinical assignment will be exclusively or predominantly at our Level 3 and Level 4 units that admit 700 and 650 neonates per year, respectively.  All outborn neonates born in Florida within the Jacksonville catchment area with birth weights less than 1251 are transferred to the Level 3 of Level 4 NICU allowing for geographically robust clinical studies in the highest risk population.  We also receive neonates from Southeastern Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.  We are an active participant in the Vermont-Oxford Network and in the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative.  Major responsibilities for this position are patient care and teaching. 

We will review applications from any board-certified or board-eligible neonatologist.  We are looking for a variety of applicants, including new graduates from fellowship training as well as candidates with an established record of quality improvement and/or clinical outcomes research or who have mentored academic growth of junior faculty.

We are looking for individuals who have demonstrated a zest for teaching of pediatric residents and advanced practice providers, continued personal professional development, an affinity for continuous quality improvement and/or outcomes-based research, and skills in working as part of a large team. 

This position will report to the Chief of the Division of Neonatology and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville.  Following is a partial description of duties and responsibilities:

• Provide clinical critical care to neonates and newborns at the 6 hospitals staffed by our division of neonatology as assigned by the Chief, Division of Neonatology and/or designee.
• Teach and supervise the care of pediatric residents and advanced practice providers.
• Participate on committees to represent the Department of Pediatrics as required by Chief, Division of Neonatology and/or designee as required.
• Participate in monthly department faculty meetings, administrative functions and institutional committees as requested.
• Develop new and support ongoing divisional academic activities for the purpose of advancing the careers of junior faculty.

About UF College of Medicine - Jacksonville, Pediatrics

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/.

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