Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Forensic Pediatrics and Child Protection (University of Florida College of Medicine)

Description The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville has an opening for a full-time position in the Division of Forensic Pediatrics and Child Protection. The position will be at the non-tenure accruing level of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor and will assume the role of Medical Director of the University of Florida’s Child Protection Team (CPT) and Associate Program Director to the Child Abuse Pediatric Fellowship Program. Major responsibilities will include directing the day-to-day clinical operation of the Child Protection Team, clinical care to victims of child abuse, and teaching of fellows, residents and medical students. Conducting community trainings on child abuse is also required. The Director supervises the largest CPT in Florida, in what is an advanced statewide Child Protection Team system. This is a large busy clinical and academic team that includes 9 child abuse examiners of different disciplines, 18 case coordinators/interviewers, a supervising Team Coordinator to meaningfully manage contracts, reports, hiring and scheduling, a sexual abuse trauma therapy program, and focused senior CPT assistants working on death reviews and Death Review Teams for multiple counties. Services are provided at CPT Clinics as well as to area hospitals. Including Wolfson Children’s Hospital (Level I Pediatric Trauma Center) and the University of Florida Health – Jacksonville (Level II Trauma Center). This position will report to the Chief of the Division of Forensics and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. Following is a general description of duties and responsibilities: Provide overall direction and supervision of the CPT team for program service delivery and administration. Provide leadership in establishing an effective and coordinated response to Child Abuse Hotline reports with the designated area Department of Children and Families representatives. Participate and represent the team in the designated community service area as appropriate. Provide advanced medical consultations and supervision, interfacing with 8 different county child protection agencies (Department of Children and Families), the medical examiners, and officers of the State Attorney. Provide medical evaluations of children, and supervise and review the work of the provider agency’s team medical practitioners for the provision of team medical evaluations of children suspected to be abused or neglected. Arrange for and provide in-service training and other professional development for team staff and medical personnel. Assist the statewide CPT Medical Director in the planning and provision of training for regional and statewide training sessions. Participate as a committee member (or appoint a medical designee) in the local Child Abuse Death Review (CADR) Committee. Annually, plan and conduct a minimum of two training sessions in the detection of child abuse and neglect for area physicians and other medical staff, particularly those working in hospital emergency rooms. Provide guidance and oversee the team’s screening of child abuse reports made to the Florida Abuse Hotline, and provide selected direct screening as required by law, or when otherwise determined appropriate. Be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for consultation to team members and team physicians including telemedicine consultation, when available and appropriate, for medical assessment needs. Arrange coverage by another CMS approved CPT Medical Director when unavailable. Assure medical representation for team staffings. Participate in peer reviews with other team physicians and other medical providers. If designated and approved, participate in monitoring of child protection teams as a member of the statewide-designated monitoring team. Attend statewide child protection team meetings and other meetings, and training sessions as required. Provide medical consultation in an area of expertise to other teams when requested. Provide depositions and expert court testimony when appropriate. Provide teaching of fellows, residents and students. Please see our website at www.hscj.ufl.edu/pediatrics. The University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville is the largest of the three UF colleges - medicine, nursing and pharmacy - located on the approximately 110-acre UF Health Jacksonville campus. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 400 faculty members and 300 residents and fellows. The college offers 32 accredited graduate medical education programs. In addition to graduate medical education, clinical rotations in all the major disciplines are provided for students from the UF College of Medicine in Gainesville. For practicing physicians, the college offers a continuing medical education program that recruits national and international speakers who are well known and respected in their fields. The campus' faculty, residents and fellows are active in clinical research. Residents and fellows regularly present their findings at locations across the country and publish their projects in well-known publications. Residents in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia are offered all the benefits of an academic health center by combining our strengths with that of the UF Health Jacksonville. Together, the University of Florida Health Science Center–Jacksonville and UF Health Jacksonville form the region’s premier academic health center–UF Health, a leader in the education of health professionals, a hub for clinical research and a unique provider of high-quality patient care. With more than 5,000 faculty and staff, the academic health center in Jacksonville is the largest UF campus outside of Gainesville, offering nearly 100 specialty services, including: Cancer services; Cardiovascular; Neuroscience; Orthopaedic; Pediatrics; Poison Center; Trauma and Critical Care; and Women and Families services. At 37 clinical sites throughout Northeast Florida, UF physicians tally more than 600,000 outpatient visits and more than 34,000 inpatient admissions annually. Located in North Jacksonville is UF Health North, the only full-service hospital in North Jacksonville. The state-of-the-art hospital at UF Health North offers conveniently located, high-quality health care to patients across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. It offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services unavailable anywhere else in North Jacksonville, provided by UF Health and community physicians. The hospital features all-private rooms, which studies show promote healing and improve the patient experience. Patient engagement technology in patient suites allows for easy meal ordering, TV control and access to nurses. The hospital is adjacent to the existing medical office building, where UF Health providers offer more than 20 specialties, including pediatrics and women’s health services. The campus is located on Max Leggett Parkway close to Jacksonville International Airport, approximately 15 minutes from Nassau County and less than 30 minutes from Georgia. For more information, visit http://north.ufhealthjax.org/. Located on Florida's First Coast, Jacksonville is one of the largest cities in land area in the United States. The city provides an eclectic combination of southern hospitality, business and recreational paradise. More than 1 million people live in the five-county area known as Florida's First Coast. The area offers something for everyone, with a temperate climate incorporating seasonal changes, miles of beautiful waterways and beaches, and a myriad of public facilities for work and play. For more information about Jacksonville, visit http://hscj.ufl.edu/college-of-medicine/administrative-affairs/AboutJacksonville.aspx Qualifications Applicants must possess a MD/DO degree, Florida Medical License eligibility, be BC in Pediatrics and BE/BC in Pediatric Child Abuse Pediatrics. Must meet the ACGME requirements for Associate Program Director. Application Instructions The final candidate will be required to complete a Level II background check. This position was originally posted under requisition #507316. Previous applicants are still being considered and need not re-apply. This position is open until filled. Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Please upload a letter of intent and CV with application. 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 an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty and staff. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call 352-392-2477 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. If you apply for this position please say you saw it on Medicinoxy

Description

The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville has an opening for a full-time position in the Division of Forensic Pediatrics and Child Protection. The position will be at the non-tenure accruing level of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor and will assume the role of Medical Director of the University of Florida’s Child Protection Team (CPT) and Associate Program Director to the Child Abuse Pediatric Fellowship Program. Major responsibilities will include directing the day-to-day clinical operation of the Child Protection Team, clinical care to victims of child abuse, and teaching of fellows, residents and medical students. Conducting community trainings on child abuse is also required.

The Director supervises the largest CPT in Florida, in what is an advanced statewide Child Protection Team system. This is a large busy clinical and academic team that includes 9 child abuse examiners of different disciplines, 18 case coordinators/interviewers, a supervising Team Coordinator to meaningfully manage contracts, reports, hiring and scheduling, a sexual abuse trauma therapy program, and focused senior CPT assistants working on death reviews and Death Review Teams for multiple counties. Services are provided at CPT Clinics as well as to area hospitals. Including Wolfson Children’s Hospital (Level I Pediatric Trauma Center) and the University of Florida Health – Jacksonville (Level II Trauma Center).

This position will report to the Chief of the Division of Forensics and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. Following is a general description of duties and responsibilities:

Provide overall direction and supervision of the CPT team for program service delivery and administration.
Provide leadership in establishing an effective and coordinated response to Child Abuse Hotline reports with the designated area Department of Children and Families representatives. Participate and represent the team in the designated community service area as appropriate.
Provide advanced medical consultations and supervision, interfacing with 8 different county child protection agencies (Department of Children and Families), the medical examiners, and officers of the State Attorney.
Provide medical evaluations of children, and supervise and review the work of the provider agency’s team medical practitioners for the provision of team medical evaluations of children suspected to be abused or neglected.
Arrange for and provide in-service training and other professional development for team staff and medical personnel. Assist the statewide CPT Medical Director in the planning and provision of training for regional and statewide training sessions.
Participate as a committee member (or appoint a medical designee) in the local Child Abuse Death Review (CADR) Committee.
Annually, plan and conduct a minimum of two training sessions in the detection of child abuse and neglect for area physicians and other medical staff, particularly those working in hospital emergency rooms.
Provide guidance and oversee the team’s screening of child abuse reports made to the Florida Abuse Hotline, and provide selected direct screening as required by law, or when otherwise determined appropriate.
Be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for consultation to team members and team physicians including telemedicine consultation, when available and appropriate, for medical assessment needs. Arrange coverage by another CMS approved CPT Medical Director when unavailable.
Assure medical representation for team staffings.
Participate in peer reviews with other team physicians and other medical providers. If designated and approved, participate in monitoring of child protection teams as a member of the statewide-designated monitoring team.
Attend statewide child protection team meetings and other meetings, and training sessions as required.
Provide medical consultation in an area of expertise to other teams when requested.
Provide depositions and expert court testimony when appropriate.
Provide teaching of fellows, residents and students.

Please see our website at www.hscj.ufl.edu/pediatrics.

The University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville is the largest of the three UF colleges - medicine, nursing and pharmacy - located on the approximately 110-acre UF Health Jacksonville campus. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 400 faculty members and 300 residents and fellows. The college offers 32 accredited graduate medical education programs. In addition to graduate medical education, clinical rotations in all the major disciplines are provided for students from the UF College of Medicine in Gainesville.

For practicing physicians, the college offers a continuing medical education program that recruits national and international speakers who are well known and respected in their fields. The campus' faculty, residents and fellows are active in clinical research. Residents and fellows regularly present their findings at locations across the country and publish their projects in well-known publications.

Residents in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia are offered all the benefits of an academic health center by combining our strengths with that of the UF Health Jacksonville. Together, the University of Florida Health Science Center–Jacksonville and UF Health Jacksonville form the region’s premier academic health center–UF Health, a leader in the education of health professionals, a hub for clinical research and a unique provider of high-quality patient care.

With more than 5,000 faculty and staff, the academic health center in Jacksonville is the largest UF campus outside of Gainesville, offering nearly 100 specialty services, including: Cancer services; Cardiovascular; Neuroscience; Orthopaedic; Pediatrics; Poison Center; Trauma and Critical Care; and Women and Families services. At 37 clinical sites throughout Northeast Florida, UF physicians tally more than 600,000 outpatient visits and more than 34,000 inpatient admissions annually.

Located in North Jacksonville is UF Health North, the only full-service hospital in North Jacksonville. The state-of-the-art hospital at UF Health North offers conveniently located, high-quality health care to patients across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. It offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services unavailable anywhere else in North Jacksonville, provided by UF Health and community physicians. The hospital features all-private rooms, which studies show promote healing and improve the patient experience. Patient engagement technology in patient suites allows for easy meal ordering, TV control and access to nurses. The hospital is adjacent to the existing medical office building, where UF Health providers offer more than 20 specialties, including pediatrics and women’s health services. The campus is located on Max Leggett Parkway close to Jacksonville International Airport, approximately 15 minutes from Nassau County and less than 30 minutes from Georgia. For more information, visit http://north.ufhealthjax.org/.

Located on Florida's First Coast, Jacksonville is one of the largest cities in land area in the United States. The city provides an eclectic combination of southern hospitality, business and recreational paradise. More than 1 million people live in the five-county area known as Florida's First Coast. The area offers something for everyone, with a temperate climate incorporating seasonal changes, miles of beautiful waterways and beaches, and a myriad of public facilities for work and play.

For more information about Jacksonville, visit http://hscj.ufl.edu/college-of-medicine/administrative-affairs/AboutJacksonville.aspx

Qualifications

Applicants must possess a MD/DO degree, Florida Medical License eligibility, be BC in Pediatrics and BE/BC in Pediatric Child Abuse Pediatrics.

Must meet the ACGME requirements for Associate Program Director.

Application Instructions

The final candidate will be required to complete a Level II background check.

This position was originally posted under requisition #507316. Previous applicants are still being considered and need not re-apply. This position is open until filled. Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Please upload a letter of intent and CV with application.

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 an equal opportunity institution dedicated to building a broadly diverse and inclusive faculty and staff. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call 352-392-2477 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.

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