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Jacksonville, Florida

Assistant/Associate Professor-Family Medicine

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Job Description

Classification Title

Assistant/Associate Professor-Family Medicine

Classification Minimum Requirements: Candidates must be MD/DO and have a Florida

Medical License Job Description

The Department of Community Health and Family Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville seeks a family medicine/internal medicine physician, MD/DO, to join us. The position is for Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor level on a clinical non-tenure accruing track at our outpatient care office - UF Health Family Medicine.

This position is up to fulltime and will report to the medical director and chair of the department at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. Base salary is based on experience and guaranteed with significant additional productivity incentives and benefits package.

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 med.jax.ufl.edu.

Expected Salary

Negotiable based on Qualifications and Experience.

Preferred: Board certified or board eligible. Special Instructions to

Applicants:

The Search Committee will begin to review applications on November 1,

2026. 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 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 (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 is a time-limited position.

Health Assessment Required: Yes

Key Responsibilities

The physician will provide high-quality patient care at the UF Health Family Medicine outpatient office. They will also participate in medical education and contribute to clinical research and innovation within the department.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree and possess a valid Florida Medical License. Board certification or eligibility is preferred for this clinical faculty position.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification (preferred)

Key Skills

Translational research

Healthcare Professional Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

healthcare pay on WeekdayDoc is down 19.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

What does the healthcare market look like in Florida?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingFlorida index 103.4US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
healthcare listings in Florida99 active1,998 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
healthcare pay trend−19.2% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Jacksonville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$270k
Typical market rent
$1,589/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
99.5
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Jacksonville, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.