Classification Minimum Requirements

Candidates should have a MD /DO and board eligibility / board certification in surgery and surgical critical care. Candidates must either have or be eligible for medical licensure in the state of Florida.

Job Description

The University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville (UFCOM-J), Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, in collaboration with the Department of Emergency Medicine, seeks two (2) motivated and energetic full-time nocturnist Acute Care Surgeons at the non-tenure accruing level of Clinical Assistant/Associate/Full Professor. We are expanding our services to include our North Campus (academic community hospital setting) multi-specialty ICU, which would be the primary location for this position. The Division provides a full-service acute care surgery model downtown, including adult and pediatric trauma care, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care. We are starting a nocturnist acute care surgery model at our North location with coverage of the multi-disciplinary ICU and emergency general surgery. The ICU at UF Health North is staffed overnight with an APP. There is an additional general surgery APP on at night. General Surgery residents are available overnight to participate in surgical cases .

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/ .

Expected Salary

Academic appointment will commensurate with training and level of experience; benefits are excellent.

Required Qualifications

Candidates should have a MD /DO and board eligibility / board certification in surgery and surgical critical care. Candidates must either have or be eligible for medical licensure in the state of Florida.

Preferred

Candidates should have a MD /DO and board eligibility / board certification in surgery and surgical critical care. Candidates must either have or be eligible for medical licensure in the state of Florida.

Special Instructions to Applicants

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 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. This requisition has been reposted. Previous applicants are still under consideration and need not reapply. Health Assessment Required: Yes Advertised: 15 Apr 2026 Eastern Daylight Time

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