Faculty Physician - FSU Transitional Year/Internal Medicine Residency Program

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FSU/Lee Health is seeking a Transitional Year/Internal Medicine Faculty Physician to support the FSU College of Medicine Transitional Year and Internal Medicine Residency Program at Cape Coral Hospital!

Lee Health is a nonprofit organization with more than 17,000 employees, 4,500 volunteers, and more than 1,200 employed primary care and specialty providers with multiple practice locations throughout Southwest Florida. The organization has four acute care hospitals and one specialty hospital that together house over 1,800 hospital beds.

About FSU's Transitional Year Residency Programs:

The program consists of enthusiastic and experienced internists who love to teach, supported by highly motivated subspecialty faculty. We are dedicated to training highly professional, competent, empathetic, and outstanding physicians in an academic and collegial environment. We prepare our residents with a strong clinical foundation and hands-on experience that supports success in advanced specialties, while equipping them to thrive in the evolving world of healthcare technology. Our residency program is located in beautiful southwest Florida, a region considered paradise to many, with its tropical weather and endless waterfront views. This is a place where you can have a great work-life balance. Southwest Florida offers excellent arts and culture, education, affordable real estate, dining and nightlife, and sports and outdoor recreation all year long. We're just a few hours away from Walt Disney World, as well as other major cities including Tampa and Miami. You will love it here!

Position Information:

Build a Legacy.

During training, residents will participate in a broad-based program of graduate medical education in multiple clinical disciplines within the supportive environment and close-knit community of Cape Coral and Lee Health. Due to a shortage of physicians in Southwest Florida, we hope that our residents will have such an exceptional experience here that our graduates would consider staying in the area to practice or, after completion of their advanced training programs, that our graduates would consider returning to the area to practice.

We are seeking:

• Passionate Educators : Board-certified Internal Medicine Physicians (MD/DO) with a creative spirit and a fierce commitment to training the next generation.

If you are an ambitious, inspiring leader ready to make a permanent mark on graduate medical education in beautiful Southwest Florida, we want you to be a part of our story.

Come build with us.

Candidate Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited Residency Program in Internal Medicine as well as respective Board Certification (or Board Eligibility as appropriate)
• Unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Florida, or ability to obtain this prior to start date
• Clear, unrestricted DEA
• Minimum 3 years experience in a teaching or faculty capacity with a graduate medical education program
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS credentials through the American Heart Association
• Must comply with all ACGME core faculty requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Teaching, supervising, and evaluating internal medicine residents using real time face to face feedback
• Participate in remediation of residents
• Participate in resident's Didactic conferences including M&M, EMB, journal club, daily morning report, noon conferences as a lecturer, etc
• Faculty physicians will dedicate an average of 15 hours per week to the program

Benefits:

• Generous paid time off to enjoy the Beautiful Southwest Florida weather and beaches!
• Sign on bonus & relocation package
• Dedicated CME time and funding
• Malpractice Insurance and Tail Coverage
• 403(b) retirement plan with match and 457(b) enhanced retirement options
• Short/long term disability
• Participation in the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Opportunity for faculty appointment with the FSU College of Medicine

Fort Myers:

Come live the beach/vacation lifestyle you've always dreamed of in coastal southwest Florida! We have warm weather year-round, beautiful beaches, amazing sunsets, dozens of recreational parks and ecological preserves, as well as numerous world-renowned golf courses. There are a variety of restaurants, plenty of shopping at nearby malls and outlets, art, history, and a wide variety of festivals year-round. There is truly something for everyone! Plus, no state income tax!

Southwest Florida International Airport is easy to access and offers numerous direct flights and connections to meet all your travel needs. Those in this area are also able to enjoy the Key West Express which allows for a 3-hour boat ride down to Key West! Fort Myers is minutes away from Sanibel Island, Captiva, and Naples. This area is also centrally located between three of Floridas major cities, Orlando, Tampa and Miami.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please email your CV to our Physician Recruitment Office at [email protected]

As a community-focused nonprofit health system in Florida, it's our mission to build a healthier future for our community.