Clinical Associate/Full Professor & Vice Chair of Education

University of Florida • Gainesville, FL

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About The Position

The University of Florida Department of Community Health and Family Medicine seeks a physician leader to serve as Vice Chair of Education at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. This full-time role joins the department’s executive leadership team and contributes across pre-medical, undergraduate medical, graduate medical, and continuing medical education. The successful candidate will balance clinical practice with academic and administrative leadership.

The Vice Chair oversees operational, strategic, and compliance aspects of the department’s educational programs and reports directly to the Department Chair. The role also leads faculty development and mentors, trains, and instructs medical students, family medicine residents, and fellows in clinical and classroom settings. Clinical duties include providing continuity, acute, chronic, and urgent primary care at a continuity clinic site and on an inpatient ward.

UF Health is the shared patient-care and education enterprise of the University of Florida Health Science Center and UF Health Shands health care system. The Department of Community Health and Family Medicine is part of the University of Florida College of Medicine. Salary is negotiable and commensurate with education and experience.

Requirements

• M.D. or D.O. degree, or equivalent.
• Board certification or eligibility in Family Medicine.
• Current Florida medical license or eligibility for one.

Nice To Haves

• Clinical expertise.
• Strong character, leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Superior leadership qualities, judgment, problem-solving skills, and cognitive skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the operational, strategic, and compliance aspects of the department’s educational programs across the education continuum.
• Lead departmental efforts to develop faculty as educators, coaches, and mentors.
• Mentor, train, and instruct medical students, family medicine residents, and fellows in clinical and classroom settings.
• Provide direct primary care, including continuity, acute, chronic, and urgent care, at a continuity clinic site and on an inpatient ward.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree