Description

Specialization:
Critical Care Pulmonary

Job Summary:

• Join a practice of 14 providers - 7 physicians and 7 APPs
• Practice has been serving the Ocala community and surrounding areas for over 25 years.
• Board certification / board eligibility in pulmonary and critical care medicine required.
• Practice has rotation schedule between clinic, pulmonary consult service and ICU coverage to offer work / life balance.
  • Block Scheduling
• Practice has APPs that assist with physicians with consults in the hospital.
• Practice offers following procedures:
  • Pleural (thoracentesis, thoracostomy, IPC)
  • Chest fluoroscopy
  • Bronchoscopy - conventional, navigational, robotic, radial ultrasound & EBUS
• Practice has sleep lab capabilities.
• Lung function testing and cardio pulm testing available at the practice.
• Incoming provider will be part of teaching faculty with existing residency programs at HCA Florida Ocala Hospital. In addition, opportunity for potential future pulmonary and critical care fellowship involvement could be available too.
• The ideal candidate is expected to be able to start in 2027, though start date is negotiable. 

• Employed opportunity with practice
• Practice offering salary
• Flexible schedule
• Partnership Track
• No State Income Tax

• We operate a 545-bed hospital across two campuses: the Ocala Campus (HCA Florida Ocala Hospital with 323 beds) and HCA Florida West Marion Hospital (a part of HCA Florida Ocala Hospital with 222 beds), alongside 5 freestanding EDs.
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons ranks us as a 3-Star STS Composite Quality provider.
• Recognized by Healthgrades: America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery and Spine Surgery in 2024, among the top 250 hospitals nationwide, and ranked No. 1 in Florida for joint replacement, orthopedic surgery, spine surgery, vascular surgery, and surgical care.
• ACS recognized Level I Trauma Center and hold DNV certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center.
• Our hospital has demonstrated consistent growth and made significant investments in capital improvements over several years.
• We are expanding our Graduate Medical Education (GME) program, currently hosting 160+ residents in partnership with the University of Central Florida (UCF) to train future generations of physicians. 
• Ideal candidate can start in 2027