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The University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville (UFCOM-J) is seeking a highly qualified, board-certified Forensic Child Abuse Pediatrician to serve as Division Chief of the Child Protection Team (CPT) within the Department of Pediatrics. This is a full-time faculty position at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level (tenure/non-tenure track), commensurate with experience and academic accomplishments.
The successful candidate will provide administrative and academic leadership to advance the Division’s mission of protecting vulnerable children through comprehensive medical evaluations, multidisciplinary collaboration, education, and research. In this role, the Division Chief will work closely with the CPT Medical Director to strengthen clinical care, education, and scholarly activities related to child protection.
The Division Chief is responsible for academic leadership of all division faculty and staff, including program development, faculty advancement, scholarship, and educational programming. In partnership, the Division Chief and CPT Medical Director collaborate closely to ensure strong alignment between the clinical and academic missions of the division.
This position offers the opportunity to lead one of Florida’s premier CPT programs, with close integration into a vibrant and growing academic medical center.
The UF Jacksonville CPT serves a broad geographic region across Florida, covering eight counties in Northeast Florida (including Volusia and Flagler counties in the Daytona region) as well as the Big Bend region in Tallahassee and its surrounding eight counties: Franklin, Liberty, Gadsden, Wakulla, Leon, Jefferson, Madison, and Taylor.
In addition to leading the Division, the selected candidate will serve as Program Director of the ACGME-accredited Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship Program, overseeing curriculum, mentoring fellows, ensuring compliance with accreditation standards, and fostering academic excellence in the training of future leaders in the field.
Key Responsibilities:
Leadership & Administration
- Provide strategic academic leadership for the Division of Child Protection, including faculty recruitment mentoring, professional development and administrative oversight.
- Share in providing strategic direction, operational oversight, and fiscal management for the Division.
- Foster a culture of excellence, accountability, and collaboration within the team.
- Ensure compliance with state and institutional requirements governing child protection programs.
- Represent the Division and Department at institutional, community, and statewide forums.
Clinical & Forensic Services
- Partner with the CPT Medical Director to support clinical quality and program development.
- Provide expert medical evaluations and forensic assessments of suspected child abuse and neglect cases.
- Collaborate with child welfare agencies, law enforcement, legal professionals, and community partners.
- Offer consultation and testimony in judicial proceedings as needed.
- Provide guidance on complex cases and promote evidence-based standards of care in child abuse pediatrics.
Education & Training
- Serve as Program Director for the Child Abuse Pediatrics Fellowship, responsible for program oversight, curriculum development, faculty coordination, ACGME compliance, and trainee mentorship.
- Teach and mentor medical students, residents, fellows, and multidisciplinary team members in child protection.
- Develop and deliver educational curricula in child abuse pediatrics and forensic medicine.
- Promote awareness and education across the medical and community workforce regarding child protection.
Research & Scholarship
- Engage in scholarly activities, including research, quality improvement, and publication in child abuse pediatrics or related fields.
- Support the growth of research initiatives within the Division and across the Department.
- Seek extramural funding and collaborative opportunities when appropriate.
About the Department & Institution
The Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville is a dynamic academic program that provides comprehensive care across general and specialty pediatrics. The Child Protection Team is an integral part of this mission, serving as a critical statewide resource for the evaluation of suspected abuse and neglect, and partnering closely with community stakeholders to ensure the safety and well-being of children.
Our program provides expert forensic evaluations, education, and support services across a large region of Florida, serving eight counties in Northeast Florida (including Volusia and Flagler) and extending to the Big Bend region in Tallahassee and its eight surrounding counties (Franklin, Liberty, Gadsden, Wakulla, Leon, Jefferson, Madison, and Taylor). Through these partnerships, the Division plays a pivotal role in protecting children and supporting families across urban, suburban, and rural communities.
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/. |