Build Your Sports Medicine Empire by the Beach | Ortho Surgeon

Baptist Health, Northeast Florida’s most preferred health system, is seeking a Fellowship-Trained Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgeon to join our growing orthopedic team in beautiful Jacksonville, Florida. This is a rare opportunity to help launch and shape a new outpatient-focused practice in one of the most desirable coastal communities in the Southeast.

If you’re looking for strong system support, an established referral base, and the ability to grow your sports practice in a thriving market...this is it.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• Brand-new outpatient-centered practice with growth potential
• Robust referral network from 57+ primary care offices
• Full specialty support within a clinically integrated system
• Epic EMR
• Competitive compensation package + comprehensive benefits
• 401(k), malpractice coverage, CME, and generous PTO
• No state income tax
• Live and work minutes from the beach

Your Role

• Provide high-quality surgical and non-surgical sports medicine care
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary orthopedic and specialty team
• Grow and develop sports medicine services in a high-demand market
• Practice in both outpatient and inpatient settings as needed

Qualifications

• MD or DO
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Orthopedic Surgery
• Fellowship-trained in Sports Medicine (Adult Reconstructive also considered)
• Active or eligible for Florida medical license

About Baptist Health

Founded in 1955, Baptist Health is North Florida’s most comprehensive health system and the region’s only mission-driven, locally governed nonprofit provider. With six award-winning hospitals and more than 200 points of care, we offer physicians the stability of a large system with the culture of a physician-led organization.

If you’re ready to grow your sports medicine practice in Coastal Florida with the full backing of a premier health system, we’d love to connect.

Jacksonville Orthopedic Institute is Northeast Florida's most respected name in Orthopedics. Our 31 specialty-trained physicians are proven leaders in Orthopedics with impeccable training and experience in providing comprehensive services for all ages. Our goal is to promote and restore patient health and fitness to the highest level of function, coordinating care from initial diagnosis through treatment and rehabilitation. JOI is the official sports medicine provider for the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Jacksonville Sharks, the Jacksonville University Dolphins, and the Florida State College at Jacksonville Blue Wave. 

As an Orthopedic Surgeon with JOI, your patients benefit from our affiliation with Baptist Health the most preferred healthcare provider in Jacksonville, with access to more than 2,500 specialists and five nationally accredited hospitals. As the largest non-profit health system in Northeast Florida, Baptist Health offers physicians many opportunities to build vibrant and rewarding careers, in a growing community located on the Atlantic Coast.