UF Health Jacksonville| Emergency Medicine Physician| Top School System in FL| St Johns, FL

Position Overview  

The department of Emergency Medicine at UF Jacksonville is expanding and seeking Board-Certified Emergency Medicine Physicians to join our growing team at UF Health Durbin Park in St Johns, Florida. This is an excellent opportunity for physicians with broad clinical experience in community emergency medicine who are committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in a growing academic health system. 

Physicians in this role will provide comprehensive emergency medical care across a wide range of patient presentations while working closely with a multidisciplinary team that includes advanced practice providers, nursing staff, pharmacists, and specialty consultants. The facility will include 24 ED beds, along with dedicated triage and results waiting/fast track areas, and is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including AI-powered dictation tools to support high-quality clinical care. 

Position Highlights: 

• Board Certified / Board Eligible (MD/DO) in Emergency Medicine 

• 20,000 annual volumes 

• 24 hours of physician coverage 

• Competitive salary with productivity   

• Comprehensive Benefit Package  

• Eligible, Florida Medical License & DEA  

• Medical malpractice coverage (sovereign immunity)  

• Epic EMR 

About St. Johns Florida  

St. Johns County, Florida has become one of the fastest growing and most desirable areas in the state known for its top-rated public schools, safe and family-friendly neighborhoods, and exceptional quality of life. The area provides a unique balance of suburban comfort and coastal living, with close proximity to Jacksonville’s beaches and historic charm of St. Augustine. Residents enjoy a warm climate year-round, abundant outdoor recreation, and modern communities with premium amenities. 

About UF Durbin Hospital

UF Health Durbin Park is a 42.5-acre health and wellness campus that will advance health care services as part of UF’s regional expansion plan for Jacksonville and St. Johns County. Located in northeast St. Johns County, UF Health Durbin Park will include a full-service 99-bed hospital with a focus on acute, intensive, and emergency care, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, general surgery, cardiovascular medicine, and women’s services, as well as a multidisciplinary medical office building. 

About UF Health:

Led by Patrick L. Green, FACHE, senior vice president and Northeast Florida regional president, and affiliated with the University of Florida, UF Health Jacksonville and UF Health St. Johns are part of UF Health, the Southeast’s most comprehensive academic health center, with campuses in Jacksonville and St. Augustine, as well as Gainesville and Central Florida.

UF Health North is located in northern Duval County and is a 168-licensed-bed hospital and medical office building, offering emergency medicine, primary care and specialty services.

UF Health Jacksonville is located in Jacksonville’s urban core, north of downtown, and has 623 licensed beds, multiple medical office buildings, as well as the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. It is also home to Trauma One Flight Services, a Level III NICU, and is the area’s only adult and pediatric Level 1 trauma center.

UF Health St. Johns consists of UF Health Flagler Hospital and soon UF Health Durbin Park Hospital. UF Health Flagler Hospital, has a 130-year legacy of caring for the community. The 335-licensed-bed hospital has been named among America’s 50 Best hospitals out of nearly 4,500 nationwide.

Opening in fall 2026, the UF Health Durbin Park campus will include a 99-licensed-bed hospital and a three-story medical office building. Durbin Park is an area adjacent to Nocatee in the northern part of St. Johns County.

UF Health has a range of medical offerings, with more than 100 specialty care options, including cardiology, neurology, oncology and orthopaedics. Combining its strengths with the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville, it offers residents and fellows in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia all the research and leading-edge diagnosis and treatment advantages of an academic health center.

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/.