PRN/PSA General Surgery Opportunity In Edenton, NC

ECU Health General Surgery and ECU Health Chowan Hospital located in Edenton, North Carolina are seeking a Board Certified General Surgeon to provide PRN coverage.  New providers will need to come in the day before first shift for orientation. Five years minimum experience is preferred.

Opportunity Highlights:

• ECU Health Chowan Hospital - Inpatient & Outpatient call and coverage
• Upper and lower scopes are a required procedure
• Call: Solo coverage
• Nights & Weekends
• Volumes per day during outpatient clinic: 25
• Volumes per day surgical cases: up to 8 elective
• Average total surgical inpatient census: 2
• Average number of admissions per day: 1
• May require ICU/Critical Care duties
• Provider will not respond to codes
• Provider will be required to cover consults and procedures in ED during call
• BLS Required; if candidate would like conscious sedation privileges candidate will be required to have ACLS and PALS
• Procedures: Upper and lower scopes, Gall bladder removal, appendix removal, food bolus, bowel obstruction, hernia repair
• EPIC EHR

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.

ECU Health Chowan Hospital in Edenton is a 25-bed critical access hospital which provides programs and services to 110,000 people in 6 counties. It offers medical and surgical services, including intensive care, a specialty care clinic and a dedicated outpatient surgery area with endoscopy capabilities. A 7- bed emergency department serves approximately 16,000 patients per year. 

Edenton, located along the Albemarle Sound, is a showcase of exceptional historic architecture, scenic beauty, and rich history as the first colonial capital of North Carolina.  Its unique historic district, vibrant downtown, spectacular sunsets, and beautiful waterfront living make Edenton an easy place to call home.

• Ability to live on the water
• Only 1 hour to Chesapeake, VA and a short drive to the world-famous Outer Banks beaches, various water sport activities and three golf courses.
• Recognized by Forbes.com as one of America’s prettiest towns
• Low cost of living
• Abundance of activities including boating, sailing, fishing, hiking, kayaking and canoeing and so much more