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The Division of Neurology at Nemours Children’s Health - Jacksonville, FL, and its educational partner institution Mayo Clinic Florida, seeks a Chief of Neurology to lead the division in its clinical and academic mission.
The Division includes 9 Pediatric Neurologists and a Pediatric Neurology Residency of 3 trainees per year (total 15 child neurology residents), in association with Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. The division is part of a neuroscience Institute which includes three neurosurgeons and affiliated with 280 bed Wolfson Children’s Hospital. We have an 8-bed neuro-critical care unit with access to portable MRI and intracranial long-term monitoring. A NAEC Level 4 epilepsy surgery program serves a busy epilepsy program including presurgical evaluations and intraoperative monitoring, minimally invasive robotic surgery, responsive neurostimulation and a ketogenic diet program.
The Division Chief is a Physician leader of Nemours Children’s Health who provides vision, oversight and guidance to the Neurology team in its clinical excellence and academic mission. They work collaboratively with Nemours campuses in Orlando and Delaware, as well as Mayo Alix School of Medicine – Florida and the University of Florida-Jacksonville campus. The successful candidate will be a nationally recognized academic leader with a record of accomplishments in the areas of clinical expertise, academic scholarship and research productivity. Academic appointments would be granted at Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurology and will be commensurate with academic accomplishments.
Responsibilities include:
- Optimize Division clinical services including an appropriate clinical load within the Division
- Lead and support the Nemours missions of Academic excellence
- Foster the attainment of external funding in coordination with Nemours Research Strategy
- Support clinical training and education for medical students, residents and fellows
- Create a culture in which participation in clinical research is recognized as the best standard of care for improving the outcomes of all our patients
- Supports our faculty to participate in clinical trial development
- Recruit and retain well trained and qualified professional staff to the Division
- Fiscal Stewardship and Operational Management
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Nemours Children’s Health, Jacksonville has a long-standing affiliation with Wolfson Children’s Hospital; a 280-bed free standing Children’s Hospital. Our main campus clinic and ambulatory space connects via skybridge to the hospital, ORs, and inpatient units. We have an excellent clinical trials team, and research opportunities abound as data and trials can span all 4 Nemours sites within the integrated multistate Nemours organization. Wolfson Children’s Hospital is the top destination in the region for premature and critically ill newborns in their 70-bed Level IV NICU and is the area’s only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. Our academic partner, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, allows our faculty to enjoy an academic appointment to the level of their expertise.
At our four clinic locations in the Jacksonville area, Nemours is a leading provider of pediatric specialty care with many of our pediatric specialists regularly recognized as the "Best Doctors in America®". We offer comprehensive, family-centered care in more than 30 pediatric specialties. Several of those specialties in collaboration with Wolfson Children's Hospital, have been named among the best in the country by U.S. News & World Report
One of the fastest growing areas of Florida, Jacksonville is home to many arts venues, numerous festivals, national and international sporting events including the NFL Jacksonville Jaguars and the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp AA minor league baseball team, exceptional golf courses as well as world-class art and culture. The annual Players Championship held at the nearby TPC course is an internationally recognized sporting event. We have excellent public and private schools coupled with a low cost-of-living and no state-income tax. We are ideally located on the St. Johns River within minutes of Atlantic coast beaches and a short drive to the Jacksonville International Airport.
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