Job Description

Employment Type: Permanent Faculty

Vacancy ID: FAC0005366

Salary Range: Dependent on Experience and/or Qualifications

Position Summary/Description:

The University of North Carolina ( UNC ) School of Medicine is seeking a clinical faculty member to join our hospitalist practice at the large regional campus in Wilmington, NC. Our regional campus is expanding and growing quickly. This multi-specialty academic practice and children's hospital is part of an innovative partnership between UNC and Novant Health who recently also partnered with Columbus Regional Medical Center to provide specialty care to children from communities throughout southeastern and coastal NC.

This is a clinically focused position with a primary location based in a community hospital in Whiteville, NC. Candidates can also work at the regional children's hospital at Betty Cameron Children's Hospital in Wilmington, NC. This regional campus has a strong connection to a large academic group and quaternary children's hospital. Candidates must be BC/BE in General Pediatrics. This is a full-time faculty position, though part-time employment will be considered if desired. The majority of clinical time at the community hospital is care at a small Level 1 newborn nursery, delivery room resuscitation coverage, emergency department pediatric consultations, and management support for patients in the ED and occasional inpatient admissions. Call can be taken within the local area outside of the hospital. The regional children's hospital has full-spectrum hospitalist and subspecialty care that includes teaching and evaluating Family Medicine residents, UNC medical students and UNC PHM fellows. This recruitment is for three people to join seven other full-time hospitalists and five advanced practice practitioners who work with the hospitalist team in Wilmington to provide pediatric and newborn care. Depending on interest and experience, leadership opportunities are available.

These regional positions have regular UNC Pediatrics faculty appointments. These positions are open rank, fixed term faculty positions appointed in the School of Medicine at UNC Chapel Hill with a FTE between 0.5 and 1.0. The salary is very competitive and adjusted to a national private hospital benchmark. In addition to benefits include coverage of health insurance premiums including family and all co-pays, a 150% retirement match, and occurrence-based malpractice coverage.

Whiteville, NC has small town charm and is ~45 minutes west of Wilmington and ~ 45 miles north of several NC's beautiful beaches and Myrtle Beach. Wilmington, NC, is a charming, coastal city of ~125,000 people located in the southeastern corner of North Carolina between the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean. It is a popular destination because of its moderate, four-season climate, historic preservation district, annual cultural events, and numerous championship golf courses. The historic downtown offers a 1.75-mile Riverwalk and the nearby Wrightsville, Carolina and Kure Beaches are all within half-hour drives from downtown Wilmington.

About The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Carolina rates among the nation’s great institutions of higher education, set on an historic and beautiful campus that celebrates all four seasons. Carolina’s students, faculty and staff come here from around the world, bringing varied cultural, racial and ethnic heritages that help make UNC-Chapel Hill a thriving intellectual center. We’re repeatedly ranked the nation’s best value in higher education for students seeking to earn a college degree – the University has garnered the top spot each time since the ranking’s launch in 1998.Whether you’ve just started your career, are new to academia or are a seasoned professional with assorted campus experiences to draw on, we hope you will find a great place at Carolina.

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Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time, Part time, Fixed term contract, Local area,

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