Neonatology-CLIN AST/ASO/FULL PROF

University Of Florida; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville invites applicants for a full-time Neonatologist position in the Division of Neonatology at the Assistant/Associate/Professor rank at a tenure/non-tenure accruing level. The program staffs three NICUs and handles about 700 admissions annually.

The clinical assignment will be predominantly in our Level 3 unit, with connections to Level 1 and 2 nurseries regionally, and includes patient care and teaching of

Qualifications

• MD/DO degree and eligibility for medical licensure in Florida.
• Eligibility for credentialing at area hospitals.
• Board-certified or board-eligible neonatologist.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical critical care to neonates and newborns in our hospitals.
• Teach and supervise the care of pediatric residents and advanced practice providers.
• Participate in committees representing the Department of Pediatrics.
• Attend monthly department faculty meetings and institutional committees.
• Develop and support divisional academic activities to advance junior faculty.

Skills

Neonatology

Teaching

Clinical care

Leadership

Education

MD/DO degree

Job description

Job no: 538232
Work type: Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Location: Jacksonville Campus
Categories: Education/Training/Instructional Design, Medicine/Physicians
Department: 30090000 - JX-PEDIATRICS-JACKSONVILLE

Classification Title:

CLIN AST/ASO/FULL PROF

Applicants should possess a MD/DO degree, be eligible for medical licensure in the state of Florida and for credentialing at area hospitals.

Job Description:

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville is inviting applicants for a full-time Neonatologist position in the Division of Neonatology at the Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor rank at a tenure/non-tenure accruing level-our Clinical Neonatology Program staffs 3 area Level 1 through Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Units. UF Health has a Level 1 newborn nursery at UF Health North Hospital; a Level 2 NICU (10 beds) at UF St. Jones in St. Augustine, FL, and a Level 3 NICU (45 beds) at UF Health in downtown Jacksonville. We have an active delivery center at UF Health, with approximately 3,000 deliveries per year. The clinical assignment will be exclusively or predominantly in our Level 3 unit, which admits 700 neonates per year. Infants are transferred from Level 1 and 2 newborn nurseries across the region. We also receive neonates from southeastern Georgia and the Florida Panhandle. We are active participants in the Vermont-Oxford Network and the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative. The primary responsibilities of this position include patient care and teaching.

We will review applications from any board-certified or board-eligible neonatologist. We are seeking a diverse range of applicants, including new graduates from fellowship training, candidates with an established record of quality improvement and/or clinical outcomes research, and those who have mentored the academic growth of junior faculty, residents, and advanced practice providers.

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. The following is a partial description of duties and responsibilities:

• Provide clinical critical care to neonates and newborns at the three 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 in committees to represent the Department of Pediatrics as required by the 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 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 16clinical science departmentshouse 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.

Negotiable base on experience and academic appointment.

Preferred:

Board-certified in Pediatrics, and be Board-eligible/board-certified in neonatal/perinatal medicine

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 [phone] (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.

Health Assessment Required:

Health Assessment Required: Yes

Advertised: 17 Dec 2025 Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: Open until filled

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