Clinical Associate/Full Professor & Vice Chair of Education

University of Florida; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, seeks a Clinical Associate/Full Professor & Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine. This full-time leadership role advances medical education across undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education, balancing clinical service with academic leadership.

The successful candidate will oversee educational programs, promote faculty development, and provide direct patient care in our primary care settings and

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree and board certification/eligibility in Family Medicine.
• Current Florida medical license or eligibility is required.
• Academic leadership and medical education experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative leadership for the department's education programs across the education continuum.
• Lead faculty development initiatives to enhance teaching and mentorship.
• Deliver high-quality clinical care in assigned primary care and inpatient settings.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical excellence

Communication

Education

MD or DO degree

Board certification/eligibility in Family Medicine

Florida medical license or eligibility

Job description

Clinical Associate/Full Professor & Vice Chair of Education

Job no: 541785
Work type: Multi-Track Faculty
Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
Categories: Medicine/Physicians
Department: 29160204 - MD-FAMILY MED CENTER AT MAIN

Classification Title:

AST/ASO PROF

An M.D. or D.O. degree (or equivalent), board certification or eligibility in Family Medicine, and a current Florida medical license (or eligibility) are required.

Job Description:

UF Health – The Power of Together!

At UF Health, together, we strive to create unstoppable momentum toward the goal of improving individual and community health through discovery, clinical and translational science and technology, exceptional education and patient-centered, innovative, high-quality health care. At the heart of our mission is to provide high-quality clinical care and to promise every patient their best experience possible. Ready to join us?

The University of Florida Department of Community Health and Family Medicine (CHFM) is seeking a dynamic, forward-thinking physician leader to serve as the Vice Chair of Education at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. This full-time position offers a unique opportunity to complete our executive leadership team; work across the span of pre‑medical, undergraduate medical, graduate medical, and continuing medical education; and shape the future of family medicine education.

The successful candidate will balance clinical excellence with academic leadership. The expected assignment breakdown includes:

• Administrative Leadership (Vice Chair of Education): Overseeing the operational, strategic, and compliance aspects of the department's educational programs across the education continuum, reporting directly to the Department Chair.
• Faculty Development: Lead department efforts to help faculty become even more adroit educators, coaches, and mentors to learners and other members of the CHFM team.
• Clinical (Direct Patient Care): Providing vital primary care services, to include continuity, acute, chronic, and urgent care, in one of our continuity clinic sites and on our inpatient ward.

About UF Health:

UF Health represents the shared vision and commitment to patient care excellence of more than 30,000 employees of the University of Florida Health Science Center and UF Health Shands health care system. With campuses in Gainesville and Jacksonville, UF Health includes six health colleges, nine research institutes and centers, two teaching hospitals, two specialty hospitals, and a host of physician medical practices and outpatient services throughout north central and northeast 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 high‑impact research across the spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical investigation. The Department of Community Health and Family Medicine (CHFM) represents a core pillar of our patient‑care and educational services under the University of Florida’s College of Medicine.

If you require accommodation due to a disability to apply for this position, please contact the ADA Office at [phone] or the Florida Relay System at [phone] (TDD). For more information, visit the UF ADA Compliance website. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.

Salary is negotiable, commensurate with education and experience.

Required Qualifications:

An M.D. or D.O. degree (or equivalent), board certification or eligibility in Family Medicine, and a current Florida medical license (or eligibility) are required.

Preferred:

• Clinical expertise
• Strong character, leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Strong written communications skills
• Superior leadership qualities enhanced by superb judgment, problem‑solving and cognitive skills are desired.

Final candidate will be required to provide 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/ .

Health Assessment Required:

Health Assessment Required: Yes.

Advertised: 26 Oct 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 09 Nov 2026 Eastern Standard Time

The University of Florida is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.