Pediatrics Physician

Pediatrics Physician at ECU Health summary :

The Pediatrics Physician at ECU Health Physicians is responsible for providing outpatient clinical care and educating future physicians in pediatric medicine. This role involves joining a growing division in a comprehensive healthcare system, contributing to various specialties, and participating in ongoing medical education and research. The position offers academic rank, competitive salary, and extensive benefits while serving a diverse population in eastern North Carolina.

ECU Health Physicians and the Department of Pediatrics, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine, seeks a full-time BE / BC Pediatrician to join the growing division of Academic General Pediatrics. The successful candidate will provide direct outpatient clinical care as well as exemplary medical education / training of physicians in pediatric medicine at the undergraduate and graduate levels. New graduates are encouraged to apply. The Division of Academic General Pediatrics is expanding and currently has fourteen faculty members involved in diverse clinical interests, academic pursuits and research hypothesis. Opportunities exist for physicians with special interests in joining established programs and / or creating new ventures in adolescent medicine, behavior and development, youth mental health, obesity care, sports medicine, acute care, care of children with complex conditions, child advocacy, child maltreatment and other areas of specialization.

The mission of the Department of Pediatrics is to provide comprehensive primary and consultative subspecialty care to children of eastern North Carolina, to advance scientific knowledge through basic and clinical research, and to provide continuing medical education opportunities for physicians in the region.

Job Highlights include :

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians-Academic Employment Model
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, home to the James and Connie Maynard Children s Hospital
• State of the art 198-bed children s hospital
• Established academic division inclusive of 10 Pediatricians and 2 Advanced Practice Providers
• Outpatient only clinical responsibilities
• Salary and academic rank (tenure track or fixed term) commensurate with experience and academic background
• Comprehensive benefits including relocation assistance, vacation & sick PTO, CME days & reimbursement, malpractice (with tail), retirement benefits, state health plan health insurance, employer paid dependent health insurance, medical and dental reimbursements, employer paid AD&D, disability, and life insurance
• Additional supplemental insurance benefits options Accident, AD&D, Cancer, Critical Illness, Dental, FSA for Healthcare and Dependent Care Expenses, Life, and Vision

ECU Health

ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 185 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 110 locations. The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Children s Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research.

ECU Health Physicians includes an academic practice model (ECU employment) and a community practice model (health system employment). There is shared leadership and shared services to support the overall group and to ensure alignment for clinical care, research, education and strategy.

This innovative structure creates opportunities within ECU Health Physicians ranging from acute to ambulatory, academic practice to community practice, regional to rural, and everything in between.

ECU Health Medical Center

ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center is a 974-bed tertiary referral center providing acute, intermediate, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people. In recognition of its nursing excellence and high-quality patient care, ECU Health Medical Center has been designated a Magnet facility by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

James and Connie Maynard Children s Hospital at ECU Health Medical Center

The James and Connie Maynard Children s Hospital, located on the campus of ECU Health Medical Center, is designed to care for children from newborns to 18 years of age (and up to 21 years of age if patient is being followed by a pediatric physician). The 206,499 square foot 198-bed facility provides highly specialized services including a pediatric intensive care (PICU), neonatal intensive care (NICU), kids immunosuppressed specialty unit (KISU), specialty care nursery, mother-baby unit, pediatric ECMO services, 24 / 7 children s emergency department, acute dialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), pediatric radiology, pediatric rehabilitation, general surgery, cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, and craniofacial surgery. The James and Connie Maynard Children s Hospital at ECU Health Medical Center is a designated Children s Miracle Network hospital, placing it among the nation s top children s facilities.

Greenville, NC

Widely recognized as the thriving cultural, educational, economic and medical hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is the 10th largest city in the state with a metropolitan population of nearly 100,000. The Dickinson Avenue Arts District offers a vibrant arts, music, culinary and festival scene in the Uptown Greenville district. Greenville is also home to East Carolina University, the Brody School of Medicine, and Pitt Community College. Excellent affordability, convenient location and natural resources combined with all of the amenities of a metropolitan university town, Greenville is the perfect place to live, work and play!

Keywords :

Pediatrics, Pediatrician, Child healthcare, Medical education, Outpatient care, Adolescent medicine, Clinical research, Child advocacy, Health services, Medical training