Addiction Psychiatry/Medicine Opportunity in Greenville, NC

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ECU Health Physicians and The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, are seeking a BE/BC Adult Psychiatrists with a primary clinical focus on addiction medicine to join their expanding behavioral health practice located in Greenville, North Carolina. New graduates and Visa candidates are welcome to apply. The new ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital, a 144-bed behavioral health facility, will open in the late fall of 2025.

With an affordable cost of living, mild winters and close proximity to the North Carolina Coast, Greenville is an excellent place to call home.

Highlights include:

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-bed academic medical center, and at the nearby ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital 
• Academic appointment with the Department of Behavioral Health and Psychiatry at East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine
• Opportunity to work with an expanding, multi-disciplinary, and collegial department
• Inpatient and outpatient clinical responsibilities
• Monday-Friday 8am – 5pm schedule
• On call with resident as first line - phone only
• Academic responsibilities will include supervision of addiction and psychiatry residents as well as teaching of medical students
• Referral network includes 29 county service area with a population of 1.4 million people
• Coming in 2028-new Medical Office Building with over 50,000 sq ft. to include a dedicated addiction space 
• Competitive Compensation and Comprehensive Benefits to include: Administrative Stipend, Relocation, Paid Vacation, Sick, & Holidays, Malpractice/Tail Coverage, 401k matching/457, Medical, Dental, & Vision

In addition to a competitive compensation and benefits plan, qualified applicants may also be eligible for loan repayment, a sign-on bonus, income guarantees, and residency/fellowship paid commitment stipends.

Opportunities exist for student loan repayment from the North Carolina Medical Society and The North Carolina Office of Rural Health.

Requirements:

• MD or equivalent degree from an appropriately accredited institution.
• Completion of an accredited psychiatry residency training program or of an approved combined medicine-psychiatry or family medicine-psychiatry residency training program
• Candidate must be board eligible/certified in Addiction specialty (psychiatry or medicine)
• Candidate must be eligible for medical licensure in the State of North Carolina, have a current state and federal prescriptive authority as well as a valid DATA 2000 waiver to prescribe buprenorphine products for the treatment of addiction.
• Candidates must be eligible for clinical privileges at ECU Health Medical Center

For more information, please contact Shelly Harrington at 252-417-8975 or by email  Shelly.Harrington@ecuhealth.org.

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. www.ecuhealth.org

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.

Widely recognized as the thriving cultural, educational, economic and medical hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is the 10^th 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! Find Yourself in Good Company!

• Located inland off of the North Carolina coast, Greenville is 45 miles east of interstate 95, just over an hour to Raleigh, a little over an hour to the pristine beaches of the Crystal Coast of NC
• Home to East Carolina University (ECU), a vibrant university with an annual enrollment of more than 24,000 students
• Numerous waterways and the Greenville Greenway System are perfect for boating, kayaking, fishing, hiking and camping
• Mild climate perfect for year-round outdoor activities
• Cost of living below the national average, diverse and affordable housing and excellent educational opportunities, both public and private
• Investment of more than $500 million in downtown Greenville’s revitalization bringing new restaurants, shops, businesses, and residents to the area

It is the goal of ECU Health and its entities to employ the most qualified individual who best matches the requirements for the vacant position. Offers of employment are subject to successful completion of all pre-employment screenings. We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Decisions of employment are made based on business needs, job requirements and applicant’s qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other status protected by law.