Academic Clinical Pathology –Head of Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine Opportunity in Greenville, NC

ECU Health Physicians and ECU Health Medical Center, located in Greenville, North Carolina, are seeking a Clinical Pathologist with expertise in Transfusion Medicine to lead their blood bank and transfusion medicine program. The successful candidate will support high?quality patient care by overseeing blood bank operations and providing expert clinical consultation. Applicants should be board certified or board eligible in clinical pathology or combined anatomic pathology and clinical pathology.  3+ years experience is required

Additional training in histocompatibility and immunogenetics (with ASHI certification) is a plus.

Highlights include:  

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians – Academic employment model
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-bed level 1 trauma and academic medical center, 2^ndlargest hospital in the state of North Carolina
• Academic employment at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
• Established pathology program inclusive of 7 clinical pathologists, 11 surgical pathologists and an AP/CP residency, centralized in one tertiary care medical center laboratory, surgical pathology division accessioning 26,000 cases annually
• Transfusion Medicine Service at ECUHealth Medical Center supports an active Level I adult and pediatric trauma service as well as comprehensive clinical specialty services including hematology/oncology, cardiovascular surgery, and solid organ transplantation
• Clinical and leadership responsibilities will include:
  • Manage daily clinical operations of the ECU Health Medical Center Blood Bank
  • Provide transfusion medicine consultation services to clinicians across the health system
  • Participate in after?hours, weekend, and holiday on?call coverage for transfusion medicine and clinical laboratory services
  • Collaborate closely with other clinical pathologists to ensure safe, efficient, and evidence?based transfusion practices
  • Support continuous quality improvement and compliance with regulatory standards
• Excellent opportunity for career growth within a collaborative and supportive environment
• 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 

If you, or a colleague, are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Ashley Rudolph at (252) 558-3763 or Ashley.Rudolph@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.

The School of Medicine provides accredited education programs for medical students, residents and fellows, doctoral students in the basic medical sciences, and practicing physicians. The hallmarks of these programs are close-faculty student interaction, experiential learning, and development of students’ ability to continue learning even after they leave the formal educational setting. Our education programs are consistent with our missions of enhancing generalist training and offering opportunities in medicine to minority and disadvantaged students.

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!

• 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.